College Senates
(FS Bylaws, Section 5.1.2)

5.1.2.1 Composition - The college senate shall consist of the departmental chairs of the college, the dean of the college, and such additional academic personnel as the dean shall deem appropriate and necessary to the work of the senate. The dean, or the dean's designee, shall serve as chair of the senate and be responsible for preparing the agenda.

5.1.2.2 Duties - The college senate shall consider and review administrative matters of the college and advise the dean of the college on such matters.

College Senates Membership  2023-24

College of Business
Denise Schoenbachler, Interim Dean
Daewoo Park, Associate Dean
Anthony Preston, Assistant Dean
Kelsey Johnson, Assistant Dean
Brad Cripe, Chair, Accountancy
Gina Nicolosi, Chair, Finance
Jon Briscoe, Chair, Management
Vijay Krishnan, Chair, Marketing
Charles Petersen, Chair, Operations Management and Information Systems

College of Education
William Pitney, Interim Dean
Todd Gilson, Associate Dean
David Walker, Associate Dean
Melissa Ouimette, Administrative Assistant
Suzanne Degges-White, Chair, Counseling and Higher Education
Sally Blake, Chair, Curriculum and Instruction
Wei-Chen Hung, Chair, Educational Technology, Research and ASsessment
Steven Howell, Chair, Kinesiology and Physical Education
Carolym Pluim, Chair, Leadership, Educdational Psychology and Foundations
Bess Wilson, Chair, Special and Early Educatoin
Laura Hedin, Morgridge Endowed Chair
Jason Klein, Senior Director, Learning Partnerships
Susan Mizgalski, Senior Director, Communications and Strategy
Eric Junco, Director for Equity
Jonathan Cook, Director of Finance and Operations
Christopher Lowe, Director for Student Success

College of Engineering and Engineering Technology
David Grewell, Dean
Mansour Tahernezhadi, Senior Associate Dean
Reinaldo Moraga, Undergraduate Associate Dean
Don Zinger, Chair, Electrical Engineering
Lichuan Liu, Director, Biomedical Engineering
Shun Takai, Acting Chair, Engineering Technology
Gary Chen, Acting Chair, Industrial and Systems Engineering
Tariq Shamim, Chair, Mechanical Engineering
YJ Lin, Director, Mechatronics Engineering

College of Health and Human Sciences
Kelly Fiala, Dean
Rachel Gordon, Associate Dean
Mandy Kreitzer, Business Administrator
Andrew Spring, Chair, Military Science
Jeanne Isabel, Chair, Health Studies
Kari Hickey, Chair, School of Nursing
Melani Duffrin, Acting Chair, Interdisciplinary Health Professions
Sherrill Morris, Chair, Allied Health and Communicative Disorders
Thomas Pavkov, Family and Consumer Sciences

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Bob Brinkmann, Dean, Chair
Amanda Durik, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Affairs
Leslie Matuszewich, Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Affairs
Chris McCord, Acting Associate Dean for Academic Administration
Ellen Hamrick, Director of Budget and Financial Operations
Paula Meyer, Director of College Communications
Simon Weffer, Director of College Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Leila Porter, Chair, Anthropology
Garry Sunter, Chair, Biological Sciences
Victor Ryzhov, Chair, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Mehdi Semati, Chair, Communication
Nicholas Karonis, Chair, Computer Science
Mark Frank, Chair, Earth, Atmosphere and Environment
Carl Campbell, Chair, Economics
Scott Balcerzak, Chair, English
Valerie Garver, Chair, History
Andrew Ledoan, Chair, Mathematical Sciences
Jason Hanna, Chair, Philosophy
Vishnu Zutshi, Chair, Physics
Mitch Pickerill, Chair, Political Science
Alecia Santuzzi, Chair, Psychology
Scott Robinson, Chair, Public Administration
Abu Bah, Chair, Sociology
Alan Polansky, Chair, Statistics and Actuarial Sciences
John Bentley, Chair, World Languages and Cultures
Thomas Skuzinski, Director, Center for Environmental Studies
Christina ABreau, Director, Center for Latino and Latin American Studies
Mark Schuller, Director, Center for Nonprofit and NGO Studies
Judy Ledgerwood, Director, Center for Southeast Asian Studies
Katy Jaekel, Director, Center for Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies
Judy Santacaterina, BGS
Ajewole Duckett, Center for Black Studies

College of Visual and Performing Arts
Paul Kassel, Dean
Ed Klonoski, Associate Dean
Andrew Glendening, Director, Music
Jessica Labatte, Director, Art
Roxanna Conner, Director, Theatre and Dance
Kelly Black, Director of Finance
Andy Dolan, Marketing Associate





Contact Us

University Council
Altgeld Hall 103

Benjamin Creed
President, Faculty Senate
Chair, University Council
bcreed@niu.edu

Pat Erickson
Administrative Assistant
pje@niu.edu

Linda Saborío
Faculty Advisory Council to the IBHE
lsaborio@niu.edu

Carrie Kortegast
Faculty Personnel Advisor
ckortegast@niu.edu

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