Senate Membership
Senate Membership 2025-2026
Membership in Faculty Congress, Faculty Senate, and Faculty Senate Council is defined in articles III.3, IV.2, and V.2 of the University of Michigan-Dearborn Campus By-Laws (2022). Members of Faculty Senate Council are elected by and from Faculty Senate voting members. Guidelines for senators and alternates are provided in the current year's Dropbox folder; to request access, email the Faculty Senate Secretary, [email protected].
VOTING MEMBERS: FACULTY SENATE COUNCIL (2 ex officio, 4 elected)
Faculty Senate Chair Elizabeth Rohan (ex-officio Chair to 08/31/2026)
Faculty Senate Vice-Chair Raya Samet (ex-officio Vice-chair to 08/31/2026)
CASL Representative Arlo Clark-Foos (to 08/31/2026)
CECS Representative Bruce R Maxim (to 08/31/2026)
CEHHS Representative Mesut Duran (to 08/31/2026)
COB Representative Barbara Klein (to 08/31/2026)
VOTING MEMBERS: FACULTY SENATE (22 ELECTED)
Faculty Senate Chair: Liz Rohan, CASL at-large (Chair to 08/31/2026, member to 08/31/2028), alternate Vadym Pyrozhenko (per Campus Bylaws, the chair only votes to break a tie; the alternate votes to represent their college)
Faculty Senate Vice Chair: Raya Samet, LIB (Vice-chair to 08/31/2026, member to 08/31/2026)
Chris Alteri, CASL-NSCI (TO 08/31/2026), alternate Daniel Lawson
Maya Barak, CASL-at large (to 08/31/2027), alternate John Abramyan
Anda Botoseneanu, CEHHS & Executive Committee Liaison (to 08/31/2027), alternate Natalie Sampson, EC alternate Seong Hong
Arlo Clark-Foos, CASL-BSCI (to 08/31/2027), alternate Pamela McAuslan, EC alternate Maya Barak
Christos Constantinides, CASL-at large (to 08/31/2026), alternate Rusi Sun
Mesut Duran, CEHHS (to 08/31/2027), alternate Kirsten Dara Hill
Fred Feng, CECS (to 8/31/2028), alternate Zhiwei Tommy Xu
Jun He, CEHHS (to 08/31/2027), alternate Yi Maggie Guo
Seong Hong, CEHHS (to 08/31/2026), alternate Natalie Sampson
Yulia Hristova, CASL-M/S (to 08/31/2027), alternate Angela Krebs
Barbara Klein, COB (to 08/31/2026), alternate Yi Maggie Guo
Jaerock Kwon, CECS (to 08/31/2028), alternate Jian Hu (replaces Kwon through August 2026)
Emily Luxon, CASL at-large (to 08/31/2028, alternate Sheila R Smith
Michael T MacDonald, CASL-LCA (to 08/31/2028), alternate Jamie Shinhee Lee
Junaid Farooq, CECS & Executive Committee Liaison (to 08/31/2026), alternate Tommy Xu
Bruce Maxim, CECS (to 08/31/2026), alternate Carole Mei
Janice Molloy, COB (to 08/31/2028), alternate Michael Molesky
German Reyes-Villanueva, CECS (to 08/31/2028), alternate Carole Mei
Claudia K Walters, CASL-SSCI (to 08/31/2027), alternate Jamie Wraight
Rose Wellman, CASL at-large (to 08/32/2028), alternate Rusi Sun
NON-VOTING MEMBERS (2 Elected, 6 ex officio)
Gabriella Scarlatta, Chancellor (ex officio)
Ghassan Kridli, Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs (ex officio), alternate Stein Brunvand
Jamie Wraight Lecturer-at-large (to 08/31/2028), alternate Michael Molesky (elected),
Joseph Kirkland, Lecturer-at-large (to 08/31/2026, alternate Imad Makki (elected)
Yi-Su Chen, Senate Assembly member (ex officio, to 04/30/2027), alternate Khalid Kattan
Francine Dolins, Senate Assembly member (ex officio; to 04/30/2028, alternate Kattan, Anderson or Su
Wessam Elmeligi, Senate Assembly member (ex officio; to 04/30/2026), alternate Warren Anderson
Pamela Pennock, Senate Assembly member (ex officio; to 04/30/2026), alternate Hung-Chung Su
INVITED GUESTS (6)
Stein Brunvand, Associate Provost (ex officio)
Patrick Beauchesne, Faculty Ombuds (ex officio to 08/31/2026)
Dale Thomson, Faculty Ombuds (ex officio to 12/31/2026)
Barbara Matthei, Faculty Retirees representative /ARFS (ex officio to 08/31/2025)
Imaan Rao, Student Government Vice-president (ex officio, to 05/01/2026), alternate Rupinder Singh
Faculty Senate Secretary, Karen F Dimanche Davis (ex officio)