Faculty Senate

Purpose and membership

The College of Education Faculty Senate:

  • Undertakes the role of constructing and revising policy/procedures to uphold shared governance.

  • Develops a closer community between colleges, instructional departments, and faculty and students.

  • Advises the Dean of the College on budget and program priorities, strategic planning, consultative on preparation for targeted searches and other priorities of the mission of the COE.

  • Coordinates special projects and events relative to college-sponsored committees.

  • Holds elections for COE department and three at-large representatives on committees.

  • Advocates for college faculty with both the University Senate and administration, providing an additional line of communication for faculty.

  • Nominates colleagues for university awards.

  • Creates ad-hoc committees to address specific issues.

2024-25 Faculty Senate

2025-26 Faculty Senate

COE Faculty Senate Membership

David Hernández-Saca, Chair
Literacy, Early Childhood & Special Education (LESE)
Term Ends: Spring 2026

Timothy (Tim) Weih
At-Large
LESE 
Term Ends: Spring 2027

Mason Kuhn
Elementary and Middle Level Education (EMLE)
Term Ends: Fall 2028

Ex-Officio:
Colleen Mulholland, Dean
Sohyun Meacham, COE Dean's Proxy, Associate Dean of Research, Scholarship & Faculty Excellence
 

Kady Korbel 
Educational Foundations and Professional Experiences (EFPE)
Term Ends: Spring 2027

Theophile Muhayimana
Learning, Leadership & Community (LLC)
Term Ends: Spring 2027

Senate Secretary (TBD)
Mason Kuhn
EMLE 

Mary Sult (Centers)
LLC
Amber Dullard (P&S)
College of Education Advising & Teacher Education Success
Tom Britt (Merit)
LLC

COE Faculty Senate representatives on university committees:

  • Tubbs Committee: Dana Atwood-Blaine, EMLE
  • Awards Committee: Theophile (Theo) Muhayimana, LLC
  • Beverly Funk Barnes Educator Excellence Award: Megan Balong, EFPE
  • Class of 1943/Ross A. Nielsen Professional Service Award: Dessy Stoycheva, EMLE
  • University Faculty Senate: Megan Balong, EFPE; Karla Justice, LESE; Shelley Price-Williams, LLC
  • Student Academic Appeals Board (SAAB): Kenneth Hayes, LLC
  • University Graduate Council: Mason Kuhn, EMLE
  • Intercollegiate Academics Advisory Council (IAAC): Tim Gilson, LLC
  • Faculty Senate Nominating Committee: Karen Breitbach,
  • Grad College Curriculum Committee, Robert (Rob) Boody, LLC
  • Committee on Admission, Readmission & Retention, Gregory Bourassa, EFPE
  • University Curriculum Committee, Dawn Mollenkopf, LESE