# Senators - Faculty Senate Meet your senators, listed alphabetically by academic year # Senators AY 2024-25 [![image-1764955699067.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764955699067.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764955699067.png) **Senate Member:** Khem Aryal **College/Program:** CLAC - EPWL **Email Address:** ​​ [![image-1764956169795.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764956169795.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764956169795.png) **Senate Member:** Shanon Brantley **Term:** 2023-2025 **College/Program:** CNHP - CD/PT/OT/NS/AT **Email Address:** ​​ [![image-1764956234722.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764956234722.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764956234722.png) **Senate Member:** Katie Camden **Term:** 2023-2025 **College/Program:** CNHP - NU **Email Address: ​​** [![image-1764956296613.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764956296613.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764956296613.png) **Senate Member:** Toccara Carter **College/Program:** University College **Email Address:** ​​[tcarter@astate.edu](mailto:tcarter@AState.edu) [![image-1764956449799.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764956449799.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764956449799.png) **Senate Member:** Jessica Curtis **Term:** 2024-2026 **College/Program:** EBS - PSY & COUN **Email Address:** [![image-1764956513577.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764956513577.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764956513577.png) **Senate Member:** Savannah Cormier **Term:** 2024-2026 **College/Program:** EBS - PSY & COUN **Email Address:** [![image-1764956631513.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764956631513.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764956631513.png) **Senate Member:** Donna Caldwell **Term:** 2024-2026 **College/Program:** CNHP - Health Professions **Email Address: ​​** [![image-1764956694464.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764956694464.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764956694464.png) **Senate Member:** Eric Dry **College/Program:** Library Senator **Email Address: ​​** [![image-1764956863696.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764956863696.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764956863696.png) **Senate Member:** Ibrahim Dyar **Term:** 2024-2026 **College/Program:** EBS - CEE **Email Address:** [![image-1764956969278.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764956969278.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764956969278.png) **Senate Member:** Gary Edwards **College/Program:** CLAC - History **Email Address: ​​** [![image-1764957028109.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764957028109.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764957028109.png) **Senate Member:** Paul Finnicum **Term:** 2024-2026 **College/Program:** EBS - HPESS **Email Address:** [![image-1764957127451.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764957127451.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764957127451.png) **Faculty Senate Secretary** **Senate Member:** Audrey Folsom **Term:** 2024-2026 **College/Program:** CNHP - SW/HSRM/MIRS/HS/CLS **Email Address:** [![image-1764963498711.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764963498711.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764963498711.png) **Senate Member:** Karen Graham **Term:** 2024-2026 **College/Program:** EBS - TE **Email Address:** [![image-1764957307220.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764957307220.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764957307220.png) **Senate:** Bert Greenwalt **College/Program:** Agriculture **Email Address:** [![image-1764963959477.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764963959477.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764963959477.png) **Faculty Senate Vice-President** **Senate Member:** John Hershberger **College/Program:** BCSM - Chemistry/Phys **Email Address:** [![image-1764959968095.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764959968095.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764959968095.png) **Senate Member:** Stephanie Hoeckley **College/Program:** CLAC - Music **Email Address: ​​**[shoeckley@astate.edu](mailto:shoeckley@AState.edu) [![image-1764960046883.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764960046883.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764960046883.png) **Senate Member:** Julie King **Term:** 2024-2026 **College/Program:** CNHP - At-Large **Email Address: ​​** [![image-1764960088745.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764960088745.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764960088745.png) **Senate Member:** Veena Kulkarni **College/Program:** CLAC - Sociology & Criminology **Email Address: ​​** [![image-1764960132791.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764960132791.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764960132791.png) **Senate Member:** Mark Lewis **College/Program:** NGCB - Business Law **Email Address:** [![image-1764960185305.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764960185305.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764960185305.png) **Senate Member:** Scott Mangan **Term:** 2024 - 2026 **College/Program:** BCMS - Biology **Email Address: ​​** [![image-1764960256909.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764960256909.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764960256909.png) **Senate:** Suzanne Melescue **College/Program:** BCMS - Math/Stats **Email Address:** [![image-1764960308244.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764960308244.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764960308244.png) **Senate Member:** Pradeep Mishra **College/Program:** CLAC - Media & Journalism **Email Address: ​​** [![image-1764963726167.jpg](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764963726167.jpg)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764963726167.jpg) **Faculty Senate President** **Senate Member:** Amanda Mohler **College/Program:** CNHP - OT **Email Address:** [![image-1764960355358.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764960355358.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764960355358.png) **Senate Member:** Jamie Pasmore **College/Program:** CNHP - NU **Email Address:** [![image-1764960428699.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764960428699.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764960428699.png) **Senate Member:** Dwayne Powell **College/Program:** NGCB - Business/Accounting **Email Address:** [![image-1764960472443.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764960472443.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764960472443.png) **Senate:** Bill (William) Paulson **College/Program:** BCMS - Math/Stats **Email Address:** [![image-1764960526914.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764960526914.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764960526914.png) **Senate Member:** Trinity Pullam **Term:** 2023-2025 **College/Program:** CNHP - NU **Email Address:** [tpullam​​@astate.edu](mailto:tpullam%E2%80%8B%E2%80%8B@astate.edu) [![image-1764960815823.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764960815823.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764960815823.png) **Senate Member:** DayDay Robinson **College/Program:** CLAC - Theatre **Email Address: ​​**[drobinson@astate.edu](mailto:drobinson@AState.edu) [![image-1764960854806.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764960854806.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764960854806.png) **Senate Member:** Ed Salo **College/Program:** CLAC - Representative At Large, Heritage Studies **Email Address: ​​** [![image-1764960886971.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764960886971.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764960886971.png) **Senate Member:** Richard Segall **College/Program:** NGCB - Information Systems/ Business Analytics **Email Address:** [![image-1764960938631.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764960938631.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764960938631.png) **Senate Member:** Sarah Scott **College/Program:** CLAC - Communication **Email Address: ​​**[sscott@astate.edu](mailto:sscott@AState.edu) [![image-1764960980837.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764960980837.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764960980837.png) **Senate Member:** Kristin Sumler **College/Program:** ESL **Email Address:** [![image-1764961310948.webp](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764961310948.webp)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764961310948.webp) **Senate Member:** Alexander Sokolov **College/Program:** Engineering of Management and Construction **Email Address:** [asokolov@astate.edu](mailto:asokolov@AState.edu) [![image-1764961693352.jpg](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764961693352.jpg)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764961693352.jpg) **Senate Member:** Hung-Chi Su **College/Department:** ECS - Computer Science **Email Address:** [![image-1764964015249.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764964015249.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764964015249.png) **Senate Member:** Hao Yang Teng **College/Program**: BCMS - Math and stat **Email Address:** [![image-1764961762372.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764961762372.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764961762372.png) **Senate Member:** Rollin Tusalem **College/Program:** CLAC - Government, Law & Policy **Email Address: ​​** [![image-1764963469813.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764963469813.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764963469813.png) **Senate:** Rashele Wade **College/Program:** CNHP - SW **Email Address:** [![image-1764961956302.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764961956302.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764961956302.png) **Senate Member:** Rob Williams **Term:** 2024-2026 **College/Program:** EBS - ELCSE **Email Address:** [![image-1764962000988.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764962000988.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764962000988.png) **Senate Member:** Kim Vickrey **College/Program:** CLAC - Art & Design **Email Address: ​​** **[![wheatherly.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/wheatherly.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/wheatherly.png)** **Senate Member:** Morgan Weatherly, Professor of Military Science **College/Program**: ROTC **Email Address:** [j](mailto:jweatherly@AState.edu)[weatherly](mailto:jweatherly@AState.edu)[@](mailto:jweatherly@AState.edu)[astate](mailto:jweatherly@AState.edu)[.edu](mailto:jweatherly@AState.edu) [![image-1764962309165.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764962309165.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764962309165.png) **Senate Member:** Jason Zhou **Term:** 2024 **College/Program:** BCMS - Biology **Email Address:** ​​ # Senators AY 2025-26 [![image-1764963096850.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764963096850.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764963096850.png) **Senate Member:** Banafsheh (Bana) Aghayeeabianeh **College/Program:** CLAC - Sociology & Criminology **Email Address:** [![image-1764963541410.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764963541410.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764963541410.png) **Senate Vice-President** **Senate Member:** Kacie Altom **College/Program:** CNHP - Nursing **Email Address:** [![image-1764955699067.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764955699067.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764955699067.png) **Senate Member:** Khem Aryal **College/Program:** CLAC - EPWL **Email Address:** ​​ [![image-1764963863001.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764963863001.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764963863001.png) **Senate Member:** Robert Bradleyl **College/Program:** CNHP - Athletic Training **Email Address:** ​​ [![image-1764956296613.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764956296613.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764956296613.png) **Senate Member:** Toccara Carter **College/Program:** University College **Email Address:** ​​[tcarter@astate.edu](mailto:tcarter@AState.edu) [![image-1764962778117.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764962778117.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764962778117.png) **Senate Member:** Jason Causey **College/Program:** ECS **Email Address:** [![image-1764956513577.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764956513577.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764956513577.png) **Senate Member:** Savannah Cormier **Term:** 2024-2026 **College/Program:** EBS - PSY & COUN **Email Address:** [![image-1764956631513.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764956631513.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764956631513.png) **Senate Member:** Donna Caldwell **Term:** 2024-2026 **College/Program:** CNHP - Health Professions **Email Address: ​​** [![image-1764956694464.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764956694464.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764956694464.png) **Senate Member:** Eric Dry **College/Program:** Library Senator **Email Address: ​​** [![image-1764956863696.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764956863696.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764956863696.png) **Senate Member:** Ibrahim Dyar **Term:** 2024-2026 **College/Program:** EBS - CEE **Email Address:** [![image-1764956969278.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764956969278.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764956969278.png) **Senate Member:** Gary Edwards **College/Program:** CLAC - History **Email Address: ​​** [![image-1764957127451.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764957127451.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764957127451.png) **Faculty Senate Secretary** **Senate Member:** Audrey Folsom **Term:** 2024-2026 **College/Program:** CNHP - MLRS **Email Address:** [![image-1764962562941.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764962562941.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764962562941.png) **Senate Member:** Karen Graham **Term:** 2024-2026 **College/Program:** EBS - TE **Email Address:** [![image-1764957307220.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764957307220.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764957307220.png) **Senate:** Bert Greenwalt **College/Program:** Agriculture **Email Address:** [![image-1764963939419.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764963939419.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764963939419.png) **Senate Member:** John Hershberger **College/Program:** BCSM - Chemistry/Phys **Email Address:** [![image-1764959968095.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764959968095.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764959968095.png) **Senate Member:** Stephanie Hoeckley **College/Program:** CLAC - Music **Email Address: ​​**[shoeckley@astate.edu](mailto:shoeckley@AState.edu) [![image-1764960046883.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764960046883.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764960046883.png) **Senate Member:** Julie King **Term:** 2024-2026 **College/Program:** CNHP - At-Large **Email Address: ​​** [![image-1764960132791.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764960132791.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764960132791.png) **Senate Member:** Mark Lewis **College/Program:** NGCB - Business Law **Email Address:** [![image-1764962994204.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764962994204.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764962994204.png) **Senate Member:** Anne McGee **Term**: 2025 -2027 **College/Program:** CLAC - World Languages & Cultures **Email Address:** [![image-1764960185305.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764960185305.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764960185305.png) **Senate Member:** Scott Mangan **Term:** 2024 - 2026 **College/Program:** BCMS - Biology **Email Address: ​​** [![image-1764960256909.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764960256909.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764960256909.png) **Senate:** Suzanne Melescue **College/Program:** BCMS - Math/Stats **Email Address:** [![image-1764960308244.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764960308244.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764960308244.png) **Senate Member:** Pradeep Mishra **College/Program:** CLAC - Media & Journalism **Email Address: ​​** [![image-1764963726167.jpg](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764963726167.jpg)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764963726167.jpg) **Faculty Senate President** **Senate Member:** Amanda Mohler **College/Program:** CNHP - OT **Email Address:** [![image-1764960355358.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764960355358.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764960355358.png) **Senate Member:** Jamie Pasmore **College/Program:** CNHP - NU **Email Address:** [![image-1764960428699.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764960428699.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764960428699.png) **Senate Member:** Dwayne Powell **College/Program:** NGCB - Business/Accounting **Email Address:** [![image-1764960815823.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764960815823.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764960815823.png) **Senate Member:** DayDay Robinson **College/Program:** CLAC - Theatre **Email Address: ​​**[drobinson@astate.edu](mailto:drobinson@AState.edu) [![image-1764962625068.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764962625068.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764962625068.png) **Senate Member:** Veronika Scudamore **Term:**2025–2027 **College/Program:** EBS - HPESS **Email Address:** [*vpribyslavska@astate.edu*](mailto:vpribyslavska@astate.edu) [![image-1764960886971.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764960886971.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764960886971.png) **Senate Member:** Richard Segall **College/Program:** NGCB - Information Systems/ Business Analytics **Email Address:** [![image-1764960980837.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764960980837.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764960980837.png) **Senate Member:** Kristin Sumler **College/Program:** ESL **Email Address:** [![image-1764961310948.webp](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764961310948.webp)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764961310948.webp) **Senate Member:** Alexander Sokolov **College/Program:** Engineering of Management and Construction **Email Address:** [asokolov@astate.edu](mailto:asokolov@AState.edu) [![image-1764961693352.jpg](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764961693352.jpg)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764961693352.jpg) **Senate Member:** Hung-Chi Su **College/Department:** ECS - Computer Science **Email Address:** [![image-1764963987493.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764963987493.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764963987493.png) **Senate Member:** Hao Yang Teng **College/Program**: BCMS - Math and stat **Email Address:** [![image-1764962893142.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764962893142.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764962893142.png) **Senate Member:** Marceline Thompson-Hayes **College/Program**: CLAC - Communication **Email Address:** [![image-1764961762372.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764961762372.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764961762372.png) **Senate Member:** Rollin Tusalem **College/Program:** CLAC - Government, Law & Policy **Email Address: ​​** [![image-1764963344346.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764963344346.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764963344346.png) **Senate Member:** Rashele Wade **College/Program:** CNHP - Social Work **Email Address:** [![image-1764963250440.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764963250440.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764963250440.png) **Senate Member:** Eric West **College/Program:** CNHP - HSRM Dietetics **Email Address:** [![image-1764961956302.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764961956302.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764961956302.png) **Senate Member:** Rob Williams **Term:** 2024-2026 **College/Program:** EBS - ELCSE **Email Address:** [![image-1764962000988.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764962000988.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764962000988.png) **Senate Member:** Kim Vickrey **College/Program:** CLAC - Art & Design **Email Address: ​​** [![image-1764964097481.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764964097481.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764964097481.png) **Senate Member:** Major Jeremey Matt Weeks **College/Program**: ROTC **Email Address:** [![image-1764962309165.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764962309165.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764962309165.png) **Senate Member:** Jason Zhou **Term:** 2024 - 2026 **College/Program:** BCMS - Biology **Email Address:** ​​ # Senators AY 2026-27 [![Aghayeeabianeh.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764963096850.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764963096850.png) **Senate Member:** Banafsheh (Bana) Aghayeeabianeh **College/Program:** CLAC - Sociology & Criminology **Term:** 2025-2027 **Email Address:** ![KAltom ](https://www.astate.edu/images/directory-headshots-912x1000/altom-headshot-26.webp) **Faculty Senate Secretary** **Senate Member:** Kacie Altom **College/Program:** CNHP - Nursing **Term:** 2025-2027 **Email Address:** [![KAryal.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764955699067.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764955699067.png) **Senate Member:** Khem Aryal **College/Program:** CLAC - EPWL **Term:** 2025-2027 (Spring) **Email Address:** ​​ [![TiBaker.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2026-08/scaled-1680-/Pb2image.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2026-08/Pb2image.png) **Senate Member:** Timberly Baker **Term:** 2026- 2028 **College/Program:** EBS - CEE **Email Address:** [![HOWL.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2026-08/scaled-1680-/SKEimage.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2026-08/SKEimage.png) **Senate Member:** Kousik Biswas **College/Department:** ECS - Computer Science **Term:** 2026-2028 **Email Address:** [![RBradley.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764963863001.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764963863001.png) **Senate Member:** Robert Bradley **College/Program:** CNHP - Athletic Training **Term:** 2025-2027 **Email Address:** ​​ [![ABrown.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2026-08/scaled-1680-/7Ypimage.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2026-08/7Ypimage.png) **Senate Member:** Andrea Brown **Term:** 2026 - 2028 **College/Program:** CNHP - OT **Email Address:** [![TCarter.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764956296613.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764956296613.png) **Senate Member:** Toccara Carter **College/Program:** University College **Email Address:** ​​[tcarter@astate.edu](mailto:tcarter@AState.edu) [![JCausey.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764962778117.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764962778117.png) **Senate Member:** Jason Causey **College/Program:** ECS **Term:** 2025-2027 **Email Address:** [![MCooper.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2026-08/scaled-1680-/qcQimage.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2026-08/qcQimage.png) **Senate Member:** Michael Cooper **Term:** 2026 - 2028 **College/Program:** CNHP - Nursing **Email Address: ​​** [![NCovey.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2026-08/scaled-1680-/y9Vimage.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2026-08/y9Vimage.png) **Senate Member:** Nicole Covey **Term:** 2026-2028 **College/Program:** EBS - TE **Email Address:** [![EDry.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764956694464.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764956694464.png) **Senate Member:** Eric Dry **College/Program:** Library Senator **Email Address: ​​** [![image-1764956969278.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764956969278.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764956969278.png) **Senate Member:** Gary Edwards **College/Program:** CLAC - History **Email Address: ​​** [![Audrey Folsom 1256 small.jpg](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2026-08/scaled-1680-/audrey-folsom-1256-small.jpg)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2026-08/audrey-folsom-1256-small.jpg) **Faculty Senate Vice-President** **Senate Member:** Audrey Folsom **Term:** 2026-2028 **College/Program:** CNHP - MLRS **Email Address:** [![MFulton.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2026-08/scaled-1680-/ZhMimage.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2026-08/ZhMimage.png) **Senate Member:** Melanie Fulton **College/Program:** CNHP - Social Work **Term:** 2026-2028 **Email Address:** [![SGotay.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2026-08/scaled-1680-/6Xwimage.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2026-08/6Xwimage.png) **Senate Member:** Stephanie Gotay **Term:** 2026-2027 **College/Program:** EBS - PSY & COUN **Email Address:** [![BGreenwalt.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764957307220.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764957307220.png) **Senate:** Bert Greenwalt **College/Program:** Agriculture **Email Address:** [![JHershberger.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764963939419.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764963939419.png) **Faculty Senate President** **Senate Member:** John Hershberger **College/Program:** BCSM - Chemistry/Phys **Email Address:** [![SHoeckley.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764959968095.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764959968095.png) **Senate Member:** Stephanie Hoeckley **College/Program:** CLAC - Music **Email Address: ​​**[shoeckley@astate.edu](mailto:shoeckley@AState.edu) [![JHoward.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2026-08/scaled-1680-/ccmimage.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2026-08/ccmimage.png) **Senate Member:** John Howard **College/Program**: ROTC **Email Address:** [![JKing.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764960046883.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764960046883.png) **Senate Member:** Julie King **Term:** 2026-2028 **College/Program:** CNHP - At-Large **Email Address: ​​** [![MLewis.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764960132791.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764960132791.png) **Senate Member:** Mark Lewis **College/Program:** NGCB - Business Law **Email Address:** [![AMcGee.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764962994204.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764962994204.png) **Senate Member:** Anne McGee **Term**: 2025-2027 (Fall) **College/Program:** CLAC - World Languages & Cultures **Email Address:** [![SMangan.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764960185305.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764960185305.png) **Senate Member:** Scott Mangan **Term:** 2024 - 2026 **College/Program:** BCMS - Biology **Email Address: ​​** [![SMelescue.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764960256909.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764960256909.png) **Senate:** Suzanne Melescue **College/Program:** BCMS - Math/Stats **Email Address:** [![MMilad.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2026-08/scaled-1680-/kP7image.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2026-08/kP7image.png) **Senate Member:** Mohamed Milad **College/Program**: BCMS - Math and stat **Term:** 2026-2028 **Email Address:** [![PMishra.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764960308244.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764960308244.png) **Senate Member:** Pradeep Mishra **College/Program:** CLAC - Media & Journalism **Email Address: ​​** [![pankaj nagpal.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2026-08/scaled-1680-/yskimage.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2026-08/yskimage.png) **Senate Member:** Pankaj Nagpal **College/Program:** NGCB/ITS **Term:** 2026-2028 **Email Address:** [pnagpal@AState.edu ](mailto:dpowell@astate.edu) [![DDRobinson.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764960815823.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764960815823.png) **Senate Member:** DayDay Robinson **College/Program:** CLAC - Theatre **Term:** 2025-2027 **Email Address: ​​**[drobinson@astate.edu](mailto:drobinson@AState.edu) [![VScudamore.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764962625068.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764962625068.png) **Senate Member:** Veronika Scudamore **Term:** 2025–2027 **College/Program:** EBS - HPESS **Email Address:** [*vpribyslavska@astate.edu*](mailto:vpribyslavska@astate.edu) [![RSegall.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764960886971.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764960886971.png) **Senate Member:** Richard Segall **College/Program:** NGCB - Information Systems/ Business Analytics **Email Address:** [![Ksumler.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764960980837.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764960980837.png) **Senate Member:** Kristin Sumler **College/Program:** ESL **Email Address:** [![ASokolow.webp](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764961310948.webp)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764961310948.webp) **Senate Member:** Alexander Sokolov **College/Program:** Engineering of Management and Construction **Term:** 2026-2028 **Email Address:** [asokolov@astate.edu](mailto:asokolov@AState.edu) [![MHayes.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764962893142.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764962893142.png) **Senate Member:** Marceline Thompson-Hayes **College/Program**: CLAC - Communication **Term:** 2025-2027 **Email Address:** [![RTusalem.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764961762372.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764961762372.png) **Senate Member:** Rollin Tusalem **College/Program:** CLAC - Government, Law & Policy **Email Address: ​​** [![KVickrey.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764962000988.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764962000988.png) **Senate Member:** Kim Vickrey **College/Program:** CLAC - Art & Design **Email Address: ​​** [![EWest.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764963250440.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764963250440.png) **Senate Member:** Eric West **College/Program:** CNHP - HSRM Dietetics **Term:** 2025-2027 **Email Address:** [![RWilliams.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764961956302.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764961956302.png) **Senate Member:** Rob Williams **College/Program:** EBS - ELCSE **Email Address:** [![JZhou.png](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/image-1764962309165.png)](https://kb.astate.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image-1764962309165.png) **Senate Member:** Jason Zhou **College/Program:** BCMS - Biology **Term:** 2025-2027 **Email Address:** ​​ # Faculty Senators - Requirements, etc. ### Faculty Senator Qualifications and Eligibility Only University Faculty employed full-time by Arkansas State University who hold the rank of instructor, assistant professor, associate professor, or professor and who have served as a full-time faculty member for at least three years may serve as a Faculty Senator. Affiliate Faculty may not serve as senators or proxies for elected senators. The term of each senator is fixed at two years. A senator may be elected for an unlimited number of consecutive terms. Senators are elected or appointed to their positions from the academic organizations they represent. ### Apportionment and Composition of the Faculty Senate The officers of the Senate shall reapportion seats on the Faculty Senate among the colleges and the independent academic organizations based on the number of University Faculty members (not Affiliate Faculty) within those units as determined in the fall semester prior to reapportionment (Article I, Section I). Faculty with dual appointments shall be counted only once and by the college of their primary academic appointment as defined by the budget line or tenure determination. The professional library staff and the military science faculty shall be represented as an independent academic unit. The creation of additional such academic units outside of colleges will be likewise acknowledged and represented. Representation would begin the academic year following the creation of the unit. ### Officers of the Faculty Senate The officers of the Faculty Senate shall consist of a president, vice president, secretary, and president-elect or immediate past president. These four officers shall serve as the Faculty Senate Executive Committee. This committee has the responsibility to plan meetings of the Faculty Senate and conduct the business of the Senate. The Faculty Senate Executive Committee shall also plan meetings for the Faculty of Arkansas State University. Any faculty member eligible for service in the Faculty Senate shall be eligible to hold any elective office of the Faculty Senate (See Article I, Section III). The Faculty Senate officers shall be members of the Faculty Senate with all rights and privileges of such membership. #### President The president shall preside over the Faculty Senate. The president shall serve for a term of two years. Upon completing the two-year term as president, the retiring president will serve in the Executive Committee for one year as immediate past president. In the absence of the president or vice president, the immediate past president or the president-elect shall preside over the Faculty Senate or the Faculty of Arkansas State University meetings. #### Vide-President The vice president is elected each year from seated Faculty Senators with a maximum of two consecutive years. The role of the vice president is to preside over Senate meetings in the absence of the president. The vice president also serves on the Faculty Senate Executive Committee. #### Secretary The secretary is elected each year from seated Faculty Senators with a maximum of two consecutive years. The secretary shall keep the records of the faculty proceedings and be responsible for select administrative tasks related to the business of the Faculty Senate University Faculty. This includes minutes for the Faculty Senate and the Faculty of Arkansas State University meetings. #### President-Elect The University Faculty shall select the president-elect. The president-elect shall be elected every other year and shall serve for one year, whereupon he/she will succeed the president in office. The president and president-elect shall not be from the same college/academic organization. The president-elect serves as a member of the Faculty Senate Executive Committee. ##### Board of Trustees The president and/or vice president of the Faculty Senate, or a member of the faculty so designated by the president of the Faculty Senate, shall attend meetings of the Arkansas State University System Board of Trustees and other shared governance meetings as appropriate and shall submit periodic reports to the Faculty Senate about the discussions of these bodies. Last reviewed 8/24/2026