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. Members of the University Council may not serve as the elected Faulty 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.

(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.
2020-21 dates: Sep 2, Sep 30, Oct 28, Nov 18, Jan 20, Feb 17, Mar 24, Apr 21

TENURE-TRACK FACULTY	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023
BUSINESS
Accountancy	Mark Riley	Mark Mellon	Mark Mellon	Mark Mellon
Finance	Nan Qin for Zheng	Nan Qin for Zheng
Management	Mahesh Subramony	Mahesh Subramony
Marketing	Elisa Fredericks	Elisa Fredericks
OMIS	John Pendergrass	Biagio Palese for Pendergrass	Biagio Palese for Pendergrass
EDUCATION
Counseling and Higher Education	Katy Jaekel	Xiaodan Hu	Xiaodan Hu	Xiaodan Hu
Curriculum and Instruction	Jodi Lampi	Jodi Lampi	Jodi Lampi	Jodi Lampi
Educational Technology, Research & Assessment	Fall-Todd Reeves Spring-Cindy York	Laura Johnson	Laura Johnson
Kinesiology & Physical Education	Peter Chomentowski	Peter Chomentowski	Peter Chomentowski
Leadership, Educational Psychology & Foundations	Benjamin Creed	Benjamin Creed
Special and Early Education	Sarah Johnston-Rodriguez	Lisa Liberty	Lisa Liberty	Lisa Liberty
ENGINEERING & ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY
Electrical Engineering	Veysel Demir	Veysel Demir	Veysel Demir	Veysel Demir
Industrial & Systems Engineering	Fall-TBD Spring-Reinaldo Moraga	Gary Chen	Gary Chen	Gary Chen
Mechanical Engineering	Sahar Vahabzadeh	Fall-Nick Pohlman Spring-Sahar Vahabzadeh	Sahar Vahabzadeh
Technology	Bob Tatara	Bob Tatara
HEALTH & HUMAN SCIENCES
Allied Health & Communicative Disorders	Jamie Mayer	Jamie Mayer
Family and Consumer Sciences	Florensia Surjadi	Florensia Surjadi
Health Studies	Arlene Keddie	Arlene Keddie	Arlene Keddie
Interdisciplinary Health Professions	Amanda McCarthy for Sprong	Amanda McCarthy for Sprong
Nursing	Nancy Petges for Beamer	Nancy Petges for Beamer
LAW	Heidi Kuehl	Fall-Heidi Kuehl Spring-Dan McConkie	Dan McConkie
LIBERAL ARTS & SCIENCES
Anthropology	Fall-Mark Schuller for Irwin Spring-Giovanni Bennardo for Irwin	Kendall Thu	Kendall Thu	Kendall Thu
Biological Sciences	Jozef Bujarski	Fall-TBD for Bujarski Spring-Jozef Bujarski	Jozef Bujarski	Jozef Bujarski
Chemistry & Biochemistry	Chong Zheng for Baker	Evgueni Nesterov for Zheng
Communication	Karen Whedbee	Karen Whedbee	Karen Whedbee	Karen Whedbee
Computer Science	Kirk Duffin	Kirk Duffin	Kirk Duffin	Kirk Duffin
Economics	**George Slotsve	**George Slotsve
English	Doris Macdonald	Gulsat Aygen for Macdonald
Geographic & Atmospheric Sciences	Mike Konen	Mike Konen
Geology & Environmental Geosciences	Ross Powell	Phil Carpenter	Phil Carpenter	Phil Carpenter
History	Ismael Montana	Ismael Montana	Ismael Montana	Ismael Montana
Mathematical Sciences	Gleb Sirotkin	Gleb Sirotkin	Gleb Sirotkin	Gleb Sirotkin
Philosophy	Jason Hanna	Valia Allori	Valia Allori	Valia Allori
Physics	Yasua Ito for Chakraborty	Yasuo Ito for Chakraborty
Political Science	Fall-Kheang Un Spring-April Clark	Fall-April Clark Spring Aarie Glas	Fall-April Clark Spring Aarie Glas	Fall-April Clark Spring Aarie Glas
Psychology	Keith Millis	David Valentiner for Millis
Public Administration	Jaehee Jong for Schatteman	Jaehee Jong for Schatteman
Sociology	Shane Sharp	Shane Sharp	Shane Sharp
Statistics and Actuarial Science	Lei Hua	Lei Hua	Lei Hua
World Languages & Cultures	Fall-Joanna Kot Spring-Tharaphi Than	Matthew Smith	Matthew Smith	Matthew Smith
UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES	Beth McGowan	Beth McGowan
VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS
Art	Todd Buck	Todd Buck
Music	Rodrigo Villanueva for Beyer	David Maki for Beyer	David Maki for Beyer
Theatre & Dance	Rich Grund	Rich Grund	Rich Grund
INSTRUCTORS AND CLINICAL FACULTY	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23
Instructor-BUS
Instructor-EDU		Fall-Joyce Laben Spring-TBD	Joyce Laben	Joyce Laben
Instructor-EET		Ed Miguel	Ed Miguel	Ed Miguel
Instructor-HHS		Marcia Berke	Marcia Berke	Marcia Berke
Instructor-LAS		Kristen Borre	Kristen Borre	Kristen Borre
Instructor-LAW		Jeanna Hunter	Jeanna Hunter	Jeanna Hunter
Instructor-VPA		Brian Penkrot	Brian Penkrot	Brian Penkrot
Instructor-at large		Tim Sullivan	Tim Sullivan	Tim Sullivan
Instructor-at large		Jason Akst	Jason Akst	Jason Akst
Instructor-at large		Victoria Books	Victoria Books	Victoria Books
Clinical faculty-at large		Mariah Cheyney	Mariah Cheyney	Mariah Cheyney
STAFF	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23
Supportive Professional Staff		Cathy Doederlein	Cathy Doederlein	Cathy Doederlein
Supportive Professional Staff		Stephanie Richter	Stephanie Richter	Stephanie Richter
Operating Staff		Natasha Johnson	Natasha Johnson	Natasha Johnson
Operating Staff		Jeffry Royce	Jeffry Royce	Jeffry Royce
STUDENTS	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23
Student-SAC-BUS		Torin Kasper
Student-SAC-EDU
Student-SAC-EET		Natalia Dmitruk
Student-SAC-HHS		Sophia Fanara
Student-SAC-LAS		Fall-Jeremy Knoll Spring-Brittany Blomquist
Student-SAC-VPA
Student-SGA		Antonio Johnson
Student-SGA		Brad Beyer
Student-GC		Kelly Furr
Student-GC		Yasemin Onder
Student-LAW		Madison Riggs
NONVOTING MEMBERS OR CONSULTANTS	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23
Faculty members of the University Advisory Committee  to the Board of Trustees	*Kendall Thu	*Kendall Thu
	Sarah Marsh	Sarah Marsh
	Alex Gelman	Katy Jaekel	Katy Jaekel	Katy Jaekel
	Jason Hanna	Greg Beyer for Hanna	Greg Beyer for Hanna
Faculty Advisory Committee to the IBHE	Linda Saborío for Stoddard	Linda Saborío for Stoddard
Assistant Chair, APC	Marc Falkoff	Marc Falkoff
Assistant Chair, GC	Carrie Kortegast	Katy Jaekel
Assistant Chair, BC	Amanda Ferguson	Fall-Amanda Ferguson Spring-David Gorman
Faculty Athletics Representative (FAR)	Mark Groza	Mark Groza
Parliamentarian	Ferald Bryan	Ferald Bryan
Ombudsperson	Sarah Klaper	Sarah Klaper