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Senate Members List
Below is a list of all the members of the University Senate, including unit/college affiliation, status, term end, voting rights, link to departmental page, and committee participation.
Senators are organized by unit affiliation. You can click on a senator's name to read more about them. If you want to email a particular senator, please click on their name to open up the details and then click on the large, bold-font name to send them an email. (Depending on your browser settings, you may or may not see a security warning about a website wanting to open web content using Outlook on your computer.)
Agriculture, Food and Environment
Sandra Bastin
Sandra Bastin
Faculty
Elected Faculty Senator
Term End: 8/15/2023
Voting
https://hes.ca.uky.edu/person/sandra-bastin
Senate Committees:
Senate's Academic Programs Committee
Roger Brown
Roger Brown
Faculty
Elected Faculty Senator
Term End: 8/15/2021
Voting
http://www.uky.edu/Ag/AgriculturalEconomics/brown_roger.php
Senate Committees:
Senate's Distance Learning and eLearning Committee, Senate's Rules and Elections Committee
Robert Coleman
Robert Coleman
Faculty
Elected Faculty Senator
Term End: 8/15/2023
Voting
https://afs.ca.uky.edu/person/bob-coleman
Senate Committees:
Senate's Admissions and Academic Standards Committee
Nancy Cox
Nicole Gauthier
Nicole Gauthier
Faculty
Elected Faculty Senator
Term End: 8/15/2022
Voting
https://plantpathology.ca.uky.edu/person/nicole-ward-gauthier
Senate Committees:
Senate's Research and Graduate Education Committee
Alison Gustafson
Alison Gustafson
Faculty
Elected Faculty Senator
Term End: 8/15/2022
Voting
https://hes.ca.uky.edu/person/alison-gustafson
Senate Committees:
Senate's Research and Graduate Education Committee
Jeffrey Lehmkuhler
Jeffrey Lehmkuhler
Faculty
Elected Faculty Senator
Term End: 8/15/2021
Voting
https://afs.ca.uky.edu/person/jeffrey-lehmkuhler
Senate Committees:
Senate's Admissions Advisory Committee
Melissa Morgan
Melissa Morgan
Faculty
Elected Faculty Senator
Term End: 8/15/2022
Voting
https://afs.ca.uky.edu/person/melissa-morgan
Senate Committees:
Senate's Academic Programs Committee
Gregg Rentfrow
Gregg Rentfrow
Faculty
Elected Faculty Senator
Term End: 8/15/2023
Voting
https://afs.ca.uky.edu/person/gregg-rentfrow
Senate Committees:
Senate's Academic Organization and Structure Committee
Rachael Snyder
Jason Unrine
Jason Unrine
Faculty
Elected Faculty Senator
Term End: 8/15/2022
Voting
https://pss.ca.uky.edu/person/jason-unrine
Jennifer White
Jennifer White
Faculty
Elected Faculty Senator
Term End: 8/15/2023
Voting
https://entomology.ca.uky.edu/person/jennifer-white
Senate Committees:
Senate's Academic Facilities Committee
Arts and Sciences
Susan Barron
Susan Barron
Faculty
Elected Faculty Senator
Term End: 8/15/2022
Voting
https://psychology.as.uky.edu/users/sbarron
Senate Committees:
Senate's Academic Organization and Structure Committee
Stefan Bird-Pollan
Stefan Bird-Pollan
Faculty
Elected Faculty Senator
Term End: 8/15/2022
Voting
https://philosophy.as.uky.edu/users/sbi223
Christian Brady
Robyn Brown
Senate Committees:
Senate's Advisory Committee on Disability Accommodation and Compliance
Rebecca Freeman
Senate Committees:
Senate's Advisory Committee on Disability Accommodation and Compliance
Jillienne Haglund
Senate Committees:
Senate's Research and Graduate Education Committee
Kausalya (Kay) Shenoy
Kausalya (Kay) Shenoy
Faculty
Elected Faculty Senator
Term End: 8/15/2022
Voting
https://bio.as.uky.edu/users/kshen2/kausalya-shenoy
Senate Committees:
Senate's Retroactive Withdrawal Appeals Committee
Michelle Sizemore
Michelle Sizemore
Faculty
Elected Faculty Senator
Term End: 12/31/2023
Voting
https://english.as.uky.edu/users/mrsize0
Senate Committees:
Senate's Admissions and Academic Standards Committee
Megan VanGilder
Justin Wedeking
Business and Economics
Jon Chait
Jon Chait
Faculty
Elected Faculty Senator
Term End: 8/15/2023
Voting
https://gatton.uky.edu/faculty-research/faculty/chait-jon
Senate Committees:
Senate's Institutional Finances and Resources Allocation Committee
Olivia Davis
Olivia Davis
Faculty
Elected Faculty Senator
Term End: 8/15/2023
Voting
https://gatton.uky.edu/faculty-research/faculty/davis-olivia
Senate Committees:
Senate's Institutional Finances and Resources Allocation Committee
Jack Kirn
Jack Kirn
Elected Faculty Senator
Term End: 8/15/2022
Voting
http://gatton.uky.edu/faculty-research/faculty/kirn-john
Senate Committees:
Senate's Admissions and Academic Standards Committee
Anita Lee-Post
Anita Lee-Post
Faculty
Elected Faculty Senator
Term End: 8/15/2022
Voting
http://gatton.uky.edu/faculty-research/faculty/lee-post-anita
Senate Committees:
Senate's Academic Programs Committee
Ajay Mehra
Ajay Mehra
Elected Faculty Senator
Term End: 8/15/2022
Voting
http://gatton.uky.edu/faculty-research/faculty/mehra-ajay
Senate Committees:
Senate's Diversity and Inclusion Committee
Ram Pakath
Ram Pakath
Faculty
Elected Faculty Senator
Term End: 8/15/2023
Voting
https://gatton.uky.edu/faculty-research/faculty/pakath-ramakrishnan
Senate Committees:
Senate's Library Committee
Sean Peffer
Sean Peffer
Elected Faculty Senator
Term End: 8/15/2022
Voting
http://gatton.uky.edu/faculty-research/faculty/peffer-sean
Senate Committees:
Senate's Library Committee
Simon Sheather
Simon Sheather
Dean
Ex Officio Senator
Term End: 8/15/2021
Non-voting
http://gatton.uky.edu/faculty-research/faculty/sheather-simon
Leslie Vincent
Leslie Vincent
Faculty
Elected Faculty Senator
Term End: 8/15/2021
Voting
http://gatton.uky.edu/faculty-research/faculty/vincent-leslie
Senate Committees:
Senate's Academic Programs Committee, Senate's Distance Learning and eLearning Committee
Communication and Information
Alan DeSantis
Alan DeSantis
Faculty
Elected Faculty Senator
Term End: 8/15/2020
Voting
https://ci.uky.edu/grad/contact/desantis/alan-d
Senate Committees:
Senate's Academic Facilities Committee, Senate's Research and Graduate Education Committee
Alyssa Eckman
Alyssa Eckman
Faculty
Elected Faculty Senator
Term End: 8/15/2022
Voting
https://ci.uky.edu/isc/directory/alyssa-eckman
Senate Committees:
Senate's Academic Planning and Priorities Committee
Jennifer Greer
Shannon Oltmann
Shannon Oltmann
Faculty
Elected Faculty Senator
Term End: 8/15/2022
Voting
https://ci.uky.edu/sis/users/shannon-oltmann
Senate Committees:
Senate's Distance Learning and eLearning Committee
Zixue Tai
Zixue Tai
Faculty
Elected Faculty Senator
Term End: 8/15/2023
Voting
https://ci.uky.edu/jam/faculty-directory/zixue-tai
Senate Committees:
Senate's Academic Programs Committee
Trace Jean Williams
Dentistry
Hannah Miller
Jeff Okeson
Jeff Okeson
Interim Dean
Dean
Elected Faculty Senator
Term End: 8/15/2021
Voting
https://ukhealthcare.uky.edu/doctors/jeffrey-okeson
Dean
Elected Faculty Senator
Term End: 8/15/2021
Voting
https://ukhealthcare.uky.edu/doctors/jeffrey-okeson
Howard Roberts
Howard Roberts
Elected Faculty Senator
Term End: 8/15/2022
Voting
https://ukhealthcare.uky.edu/doctors/howard-roberts
Senate Committees:
Senate's Academic Planning and Priorities Committee, Senate's Retroactive Withdrawal Appeals Committee
Allison Wright
Allison Wright
Elected Faculty Senator
Term End: 8/15/2022
Voting
https://ukhealthcare.uky.edu/doctors/allison-wright
Senate Committees:
Senate's Admissions and Academic Standards Committee
Design
Abbie Neiheisel
Education
Allen Allday
Allen Allday
Faculty
Elected Faculty Senator
Term End: 8/15/2022
Voting
https://education.uky.edu/profile/allan-allday/
Senate Committees:
Senate's Academic Organization and Structure Committee
Haley Bergstrom
Haley Bergstrom
Faculty
Elected Faculty Senator
Term End: 8/15/2023
Voting
https://education.uky.edu/profile/katherine-mccormick/
Senate Committees:
Senate's Academic Facilities Committee
Susan Cantrell
Susan Cantrell
Faculty
Elected Faculty Senator
Term End: 8/15/2022
Voting
https://education.uky.edu/profile/susan-cantrell/
Senate Committees:
Senate's Research and Graduate Education Committee
Debra Harley
Debra Harley
Faculty
Elected Faculty Senator
Term End: 8/15/2022
Voting
https://education.uky.edu/profile/debra-harley/
Senate Committees:
Senate's Academic Organization and Structure Committee
Julian Heilig
Evan Horvath
Justin Lane
Justin Lane
Faculty
Elected Faculty Senator
Term End: 8/15/2023
Voting
https://education.uky.edu/profile/justin-lane/
Senate Committees:
Senate's Advisory Committee on Disability Accommodation and Compliance
Ellen Usher
Ellen Usher
Faculty
Elected Faculty Senator
Term End: 8/15/2022
Voting
https://education.uky.edu/profile/ellen-usher/
Senate Committees:
Senate's Academic Planning and Priorities Committee
Jennifer Wilhelm
Jennifer Wilhelm
Faculty
Elected Faculty Senator
Term End: 8/15/2023
Voting
https://education.uky.edu/profile/jennifer-wilhelm/
Senate Committees:
Senate's Academic Organization and Structure Committee
Engineering
Gail Brion
Gail Brion
Faculty
Elected Faculty Senator
Term End: 8/15/2021
Voting
https://www.engr.uky.edu/directory/brion-gail
Senate Committees:
Senate's Rules and Elections Committee
Rudolph Buchheit
Ken Calvert
Ken Calvert
Elected Faculty Senator
Term End: 8/15/2023
Voting
https://www.engr.uky.edu/directory/calvert-kenneth
Aaron Cramer
Aaron Cramer
Faculty
Elected Faculty Senator
Term End: 8/15/2019
Voting
https://www.engr.uky.edu/directory/cramer-aaron
Senate Committees:
Senate's Academic Programs Committee
Kevin Donohue
Kevin Donohue
Faculty
Elected Faculty Senator
Term End: 8/15/2022
Voting
https://www.engr.uky.edu/directory/donohue-kevin
Senate Committees:
Senate's Academic Facilities Committee
Douglas Kalika
Douglas Kalika
Faculty
Elected Faculty Senator
Term End: 8/15/2022
Voting
https://www.engr.uky.edu/directory/kalika-douglass
Senate Committees:
Senate's Research and Graduate Education Committee
James Lumpp
James Lumpp
Faculty
Elected Faculty Senator
Term End: 8/15/2022
Voting
https://www.engr.uky.edu/directory/lumpp-james-e
Amelia Pace
David Pienkowski
David Pienkowski
Elected Faculty Senator
Term End: 8/15/2021
Voting
https://www.engr.uky.edu/directory/pienkowski-david
Senate Committees:
Senate's Rules and Elections Committee
Scott Yost
Scott Yost
Faculty
Elected Faculty Senator
Term End: 8/15/2022
Voting
https://www.engr.uky.edu/directory/yost-scott
Senate Committees:
Senate's Admissions and Academic Standards Committee
Fine Arts
Jennifer Campbell
Jennifer Campbell
Elected Faculty Senator
Term End: 8/15/2021
Voting
https://finearts.uky.edu/music/faculty-staff/jennifer-campbell
Senate Committees:
Senate's Library Committee
Herman Farrell
Herman Farrell
Faculty
Elected Faculty Senator
Term End: 8/15/2020
Voting
http://finearts.uky.edu/theatre-dance/faculty-staff/herman-d-farrell-iii
Senate Committees:
Senate's Admissions and Academic Standards Committee
Yuha Jung
Yuha Jung
Faculty
Elected Faculty Senator
Term End: 8/15/2022
Voting
https://finearts.uky.edu/arts-administration/faculty-staff/yuha-jung
Senate Committees:
Senate's Distance Learning and eLearning Committee
Mark Shanda
Mark Shanda
Dean
Ex Officio Senator
Term End: 8/15/2021
Non-voting
http://finearts.uky.edu/college-fine-arts/faculty-staff/mark-shanda
Rachel Wilkinson
Scott Wright
Scott Wright
Faculty
Elected Faculty Senator
Term End: 8/15/2022
Voting
https://finearts.uky.edu/music/faculty-staff/scott-wright
Senate Committees:
Senate's Research and Graduate Education Committee
Graduate School
Gregory Hall
Gregory Hall
Faculty
Elected Faculty Senator
Term End: 8/15/2023
Voting
https://www.uky.edu/pattersonschool/people/faculty/dr-gregory-hall
Senate Committees:
Senate's Academic Organization and Structure Committee
Brian Jackson
Cyrus Saffari
Health Sciences
Scott Lephart
Jada Phillips
Kevin Schuer
Law
Jennifer Bird-Pollan
Jennifer Bird-Pollan
Faculty
Ex Officio Senator
Term End: 08/15/2021
Non-voting
https://law.uky.edu/directory/jennifer-bird-pollan
Senate Committees:
Senate's Admissions and Academic Standards Committee, Senate Council
Mary Davis
Mary Davis
Interim Dean
Dean
Ex Officio Senator
Term End: 8/15/2021
Voting
https://law.uky.edu/directory/mary-j-davis
Dean
Ex Officio Senator
Term End: 8/15/2021
Voting
https://law.uky.edu/directory/mary-j-davis
Martell Johnson
Lewis Honors College
Laura Bryan
Laura Bryan
Interim Dean
Ex Officio Senator
Term End: 6/30/2021
Non-voting
https://www.uky.edu/honors/laura-bryan
Ex Officio Senator
Term End: 6/30/2021
Non-voting
https://www.uky.edu/honors/laura-bryan
Libraries
Jan Carver
Jan Carver
Elected Faculty Senator
Term End: 8/15/2021
Voting
https://libguides.uky.edu/prf.php?account_id=40210
Senate Committees:
Senate's Library Committee
Medicine
Ahmed Abdel-Latif
Senate Committees:
Senate's Academic Planning and Priorities Committee
Francisco Andrade
Senate Committees:
Senate's Distance Learning and eLearning Committee
Lee Blonder
Lee Blonder
Faculty Trustee
Faculty
Elected Faculty Senator, Ex Officio Senator
Term End: 8/15/2022
Voting
http://med.uky.edu/users/lxblond
Faculty
Elected Faculty Senator, Ex Officio Senator
Term End: 8/15/2022
Voting
http://med.uky.edu/users/lxblond
Senate Committees:
Senate Council
Luke Bradley
Luke Bradley
Faculty
Elected Faculty Senator
Term End: 8/15/2021
Voting
https://biochemistry.med.uky.edu/users/lhbrad2
Aftab Chishti
Aftab Chishti
Faculty
Elected Faculty Senator
Term End: 8/15/2021
Voting
https://pediatrics.med.uky.edu/users/ach222
Robert DiPaolo
Laura Fanucchi
Senate Committees:
Senate's Advisory Committee on Disability Accommodation and Compliance
Regina Fragneto
Regina Fragneto
Elected Faculty Senator
Term End: 08/15/2021
Voting
https://ukhealthcare.uky.edu/doctors/regina-fragneto
Kathryn Saatman
Kathryn Saatman
Faculty
Elected Faculty Senator
Term End: 8/15/2023
Voting
https://physiology.med.uky.edu/users/ksaat2
Senate Committees:
Senate's Research and Graduate Education Committee
Madison Sands
Nursing
Jan Forren
Jan Forren
Faculty
Elected Faculty Senator
Term End: 8/15/2022
Voting
http://www.uky.edu/nursing/about-us/faculty-directory/odom-forren-jan
Senate Committees:
Senate's Library Committee
Claire-Marie Hall
Janie Heath
Janie Heath
Ex Officio Senator
Term End: 8/15/2021
Non-voting
http://www.uky.edu/nursing/about-us/faculty-directory/heath-janie
Julianne Ossege
Julianne Ossege
Faculty
Elected Faculty Senator
Term End: 8/15/23
Voting
https://www.uky.edu/nursing/about-us/faculty-directory/ossege-julianne
Senate Committees:
Senate's Advisory Committee on Disability Accommodation and Compliance
Elizabeth Tovar
Elizabeth Tovar
Faculty
Elected Faculty Senator
Term End: 8/15/2022
Voting
https://www.uky.edu/nursing/about-us/faculty-directory/tovar-elizabeth
Senate Committees:
Senate's Distance Learning and eLearning Committee
Pharmacy
R. Kiplan (Kip) Guy
R. Kiplan (Kip) Guy
Dean
Ex Officio Senator
Term End: 8/15/2021
Non-voting
http://pharmacy.uky.edu/faculty/rkgu223/Rodney-Guy
Chuck Loftin
Chuck Loftin
Elected Faculty Senator
Term End: 8/15/2021
Voting
http://pharmacy.uky.edu/faculty/cdloft2/Charles-Loftin
Senate Committees:
Senate's Academic Facilities Committee
Public Health
Donna Arnett
Richard Charnigo
Richard Charnigo
Faculty
Elected Faculty Senator
Term End: 8/15/2021
Voting
http://cph.uky.edu/people/richard-charnigo
Senate Committees:
Senate's Academic Programs Committee
Faith Elder
Martha Riddell
Martha Riddell
Faculty
Elected Faculty Senator
Term End: 8/15/2022
Voting
http://cph.uky.edu/people/martha-c-riddell
Social Work
Chris Flaherty
Chris Flaherty
Faculty
Elected Faculty Senator
Term End: 8/15/2021
Voting
https://socialwork.uky.edu/dr-chris-flaherty/
Senate Committees:
Senate's Distance Learning and eLearning Committee
Cassandra Kruchten
Justin Miller
Ex Officio Academic Administrators
David Blackwell
David Blackwell
Other
Ex Officio Senator
Term End: never
Voting
http://www.uky.edu/provost/about/provost-david-w-blackwell
Eli Capilouto
Eli Capilouto
President of the University & University Senate Chair
Other
Ex Officio Senator
Term End: never
Non-voting
http://www.uky.edu/president/about/president-eli-capilouto
Other
Ex Officio Senator
Term End: never
Non-voting
http://www.uky.edu/president/about/president-eli-capilouto
Larry Holloway
Larry Holloway
Ex Officio Senator
Term End: never
Non-voting
https://www.engr.uky.edu/directory/holloway-lawrence-e
Ex Officio Vice Presidents
Mark Birdwhistell
Lisa Cassis
Lisa Cassis
Vice President for Research
Staff
Ex Officio Senator
Term End: never
Non-voting
https://www.research.uky.edu/vice-president-research/staff/lisa-cassis
Staff
Ex Officio Senator
Term End: never
Non-voting
https://www.research.uky.edu/vice-president-research/staff/lisa-cassis
Senate Committees:
Senate's Research and Graduate Education Committee
Craig Collins
Tom Harris
Angie Martin
Mike Richey
Colleen Swartz
Mary Vosevich
Kim Wilson
George Wright
George Wright
Vice President for Institutional Diversity
Staff
Ex Officio Senator
Term End: never
Non-voting
https://www.uky.edu/diversity/vice-president-office-institutional-diversity
Staff
Ex Officio Senator
Term End: never
Non-voting
https://www.uky.edu/diversity/vice-president-office-institutional-diversity
Ex Officio, Other
Jon Gent
Michael Kennedy
Kaveh Tagavi
Kirsten Turner