The Faculty Senate
(FS Bylaws, Article 1 and 7)

Membership of Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Bylaws, Article 1

1.1 Voting Members

1.1.1 Election of Voting Members

Voting members of the Faculty Senate shall be elected in the following manner:

(A) One member of the Faculty Senate shall be elected from and by the tenure-track faculty of each academic department or school in the degree-granting colleges of the university, with two elected from each department or school of over 50 faculty members, and one faculty member each from the College of Law and the University Libraries. Such tenure-track faculty, eligible to either be elected or to elect, shall include those who hold the rank of professor, associate professor, or assistant professor, and shall exclude the president, the president's staff, the executive vice president and provost, the executive vice president and provost's staff, the deans, and the deans' staff.

Members of the University Council may not serve as the elected Faculty Senate representative of an academic department. Alternates for elected members of the Faculty Senate shall be selected from the member’s department. Alternates may attend and participate as voting members in the event the elected member is unable to attend.

In addition, 10 non-tenured instructors as defined by the Instructors collective Bargaining Agreement Article 1 shall be voting members. One instructor will be selected by each of the seven degree-granting colleges. The remaining three instructors will be selected at large.

One clinical faculty member will be selected by the Council of Deans.

Two Supportive Professional Staff members will be selected by the Supportive Professional Staff Council.

Two Operating Staff members will be selected by the Operating Staff Council. Operating Staff will serve one-year terms.

(B) When the Faculty Senate does not contain at least one elected faculty representative who is a member of a minority racial group, the elected faculty members of the Faculty Senate shall meet and elect such a representative. The person thus elected shall be chosen from among the faculty members of the university who are eligible for election as a faculty representative of the Faculty Senate. Prior to conducting such an election, the elected faculty representatives on Faculty Senate shall seek nominations from the college faculties and shall elect one of the persons thus nominated. The position thus filled shall be in addition to the number of seats otherwise apportioned. The faculty representative so elected shall serve a term of three years.

(C) Eleven students will have voting membership on the Faculty Senate. One student will be selected by the Student Advisory Committee from each of the six undergraduate degree-granting colleges. Two undergraduate students will be selected by the Student Government Association. Two graduate students will be selected by the Graduate Council. One College of Law student will be selected by the College of Law. Students will serve one-year terms. Students will not vote on faculty and staff personnel matters.

1.1.2 The terms of office for all voting members of the Faculty Senate, except students, shall be for three years and shall begin July 1 of each year.

1.2 Nonvoting Members

1.2.1 Any faculty member of the University Advisory Committee (UAC) to the Board of Trustees who is not a voting member of the Faculty Senate shall be an ex officio nonvoting member.

1.2.2 If not otherwise a member of the Faculty Senate the faculty representative to the Illinois Board of Higher Education Faculty Advisory Committee shall be an ex officio nonvoting member.

1.2.3 If they are not otherwise voting members of the Faculty Senate, the faculty serving as assistant chairs of the Academic Planning Council, the Graduate Council, and the Baccalaureate Council, shall sit as ex officio nonvoting members of the Senate during their terms of office.

1.2.4 If not otherwise a voting member of the Faculty Senate, the Faculty Athletics Representative shall be an ex officio nonvoting member.

Faculty Senate Bylaws, Article 7

7.1 The Faculty Senate shall serve as the official voice of the faculty of Northern Illinois University and as the authoritative representative liaison body between the faculty and (1) the University Council, (2) the president of the university, (3) the executive vice president and provost, (4) other vice presidents with respect to their responsibilities affecting the faculty, and (5) the chair and the Board of Trustees. The Faculty Senate is the body empowered to act as an agent for the university faculty with the power to formulate policies regarding educational functions of the university.

7.2 In accordance with the Preamble and Article 7.3 of the University Constitution and the stated commitment to university governance as a shared process, the Faculty Senate shall serve the following purposes:

7.2.1 Faculty shall predominate in all policy decisions relating to the faculty personnel system, the university curriculum, and to policy decisions concerning admissions and academic policies and standards.

7.2.2 To promote the representation of the faculty in the governance of the university;

7.2.3 To encourage active faculty participation in the development of university policies and procedures;

7.2.4 To discuss and recommend as a Faculty Senate policies affecting the university as a whole;

7.2.5 To promote the welfare of the faculty and the university.

Meets monthly on Wednesdays from 3 to 5 p.m.
2023-2024 dates: Sep 6, Oct 4, Nov 1, Nov 29, Jan 24, Feb 21, Mar 27, Apr 24

TENURE-TRACK FACULTY	2022-2023	2023-2024	2024-2025	2025-2026
BUSINESS
Accountancy	Mark Mellon	Fall-Mark Mellon Spring-TBD	Mark Mellon	Mark Mellon
Finance	Fall-Yao Zheng Spring-Nan Qin	Nan Qin
Management	Sarah Marsh, VP	Sarah Marsh Vice President
Marketing	Reza Rajabi for Fredericks	Reza Rajabi for Fredericks
OMIS	Biagio Palese	Fall-Amin Vahedian Khezerlou Spring-Biagio Palese	Biagio Palese
EDUCATION
Counseling and Higher Education	Xiaodan Hu	Gudrun Nyunt	Gudrun Nyunt	Gudrun Nyunt
Curriculum and Instruction	Fall-Jodi Lampi Spring-Sheldon Woods for Lampi	Jodi Lampi	Jodi Lampi	Jodi Lampi
Educational Technology, Research & Assessment	Cindy Campbell	Cindy Campbell	Cindy Campbell
Kinesiology & Physical Education	Peter Chomentowski	Peter Chomentowski	Peter Chomentowski
Leadership, Educational Psychology & Foundations	Tiffany Puckett for Creed	Ben Creed President
Special and Early Education	Lisa Liberty	Lisa Liberty	Lisa Liberty	Lisa Liberty
ENGINEERING & ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY
Electrical Engineering	Veysel Demir	Veysel Demir	Veysel Demir	Veysel Demir
Industrial & Systems Engineering	Gary Chen	Ziteng Wang	Ziteng Wang	Ziteng Wang
Mechanical Engineering	Sahar Vahabzadeh	Sahar Vahabzadeh	Sahar Vahabzadeh
Technology	Mahdi Vaezi	Mahdi Vaezi
HEALTH & HUMAN SCIENCES
Allied Health & Communicative Disorders	In-Sop Kim	In-Sop Kim
Family and Consumer Sciences	Bette Montgomery	Charline Xiaolin Xie for Montgomery
Health Studies	Fall-Sheila Barrett Spring-Jennifer Gray	Sheila Barrett	Sheila Barrett
Interdisciplinary Health Professions	Melanie Duffrin	Nahal Salimi for Duffrin
Nursing	Jeanette Rossetti for Petges	Jeanette Rossetti for Petges
LAW	Fall-Sarah Fox Spring-Dan McConkie	Therese Arado for McConkie	Therese Arado for McConkie
LIBERAL ARTS & SCIENCES
Anthropology	Emily McKee	Emily McKee	Emily McKee	Emily McKee
Biological Sciences	Virginia Naples for Bujarski	Virginia Naples	Virginia Naples	Virginia Naples
Chemistry & Biochemistry	Evgueni Nesterov	Evgueni Nesterov
Communication	Karen Whedbee	Karen Whedbee	Karen Whedbee	Karen Whedbee
Computer Science	Kirk Duffin	Kirk Duffin	Kirk Duffin	Kirk Duffin
Earth, Atmosphere and Environment	Michael Konen for Carpenter	Wei Luo	Wei Luo	Wei Luo
Economics	George Slotsve	George Slotsve
English	Brian May for Aygen	Mark Van Wienen for Gulsat Aygen
History	Ismael Montana,  President	Taylor Atkins	Taylor Atkins	Taylor Atkins
Mathematical Sciences	Gleb Sirotkin	Gleb Sirotkin	Gleb Sirotkin	Gleb Sirotkin
Philosophy	Valia Allori	Alicia Finch	Alicia Finch	Alicia Finch
Physics	Yasuo Ito	Yasuo Ito
Political Science	April Clark	Brendon Swedlow	Brendon Swedlow	Brendon Swedlow
Psychology	David Valentiner	David Valentiner
Public Administration	Jaehee Jong	Jaehee Jong
Sociology	Shane Sharp	Shane Sharp	Shane Sharp
Statistics and Actuarial Science
World Languages & Cultures	Linda Saborio for Smith	Dennis Brain	Dennis Brain	Dennis Brain
UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES	Beth McGowan	Beth McGowan
VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS
Art and Design	Todd Buck for Staikidis	Kryssi Staikidis
Music	Christopher Scanlon	Christopher Scanlon	Christopher Scanlon
Theatre & Dance	Lori Hartenhoff	Lori Hartenhoff	Lori Hartenhoff
INSTRUCTORS AND CLINICAL FACULTY	2022-2023	2023-2024	2024-2025	2025-2026
Instructor-BUS
Instructor-EDU	David Serowka for Laben	Vicky Books	Vicky Books	Vicky Books
Instructor-EET	Ed Miguel
Instructor-HHS	Marcia Berke	Jennifer Ross	Jennifer Ross	Jennifer Ross
Instructor-LAS	Kristen Borre	Roxanna Fotovat	Roxanna Fotovat	Roxanna Fotovat
Instructor-LAW	Jeanna Hunter
Instructor-VPA	Brian Penkrot
Instructor-at large	Fall-Dave Benner Spring-Tim Sullivan
Instructor-at large	Jason Akst
Instructor-at large	Victoria Books
Clinical faculty-at large	Mariah Cheyney	Yenitza Guzman	Yenitza Guzman	Yenitza Guzman
STAFF	2022-2023	2023-2024	2024-2025	2025-2026
Supportive Professional Staff	Felicia Bohanon	Felicia Bohanon	Felicia Bohanon	Felicia Bohanon
Supportive Professional Staff	Andrew Rogers for Richter	John Boswell	John Boswell	John Boswell
Operating Staff	Natasha Johnson	Natasha Johnson
Operating Staff	Holly Nicholson	Varsie Geisler
STUDENTS	2022-2023	2023-2024	2024-2025	2025-2026
Student-SAC-BUS
Student-SAC-EDU
Student-SAC-EET
Student-SAC-HHS		Marlena Martinez
Student-SAC-LAS	Hannah Mooberry	Kennedy Porter
Student-SAC-VPA
Student-SGA	Dallas Douglass
Student-SGA	Fall-Corey Batz Spring-Raaif Majeed
Student-GC	Nazia Saiyed	Hollis Harris
Student-GC	Dashiell Shulman	Kianna Graves
Student-LAW	Paige Gors
NONVOTING MEMBERS OR CONSULTANTS	2022-2023	2023-2024	2024-2025	2025-2026
Faculty members of the University Advisory Committee  to the Board of Trustees	Ismael Montana	Ben Creed
	Karen Whedbee	Karen Whedbee
	Katy Jaekel	Fall-Katy Jaekel Spring-Larissa Garcia
	Brad Cripe	Brad Cripe
Faculty Advisory Committee to the IBHE	Linda Saborío	Linda Saborío	Linda Saborío
Assistant Chair, APC	Marc Falkoff
Assistant Chair, GC	Fall-Katy Jaekel Spring-Jeremy Groves
Assistant Chair, BC	Amanda Ferguson	Amanda Ferguson
Faculty Athletics Representative (FAR)	Courtney Hughes	Courtney Hughes
Parliamentarian	Ferald Bryan	Ferald Bryan
Ombudsperson	Sandy Cox	Sandy Cox