Faculty Senate
Purpose or Function: The Faculty Senate is an elected body of faculty members. As an advising and recommending body, the Faculty Senate reports to the President or the President’s designee. The Senate is the faculty’s body for university-wide participation in the governance of the institution.
Membership: The Senate is composed of four (4) senators from each academic college/school and two (2) senators from the Mary and Jeff Bell Library. Senators are elected for two-year staggered terms, with no senator serving more than two (2) successive terms. Qualifications are explained in the Faculty Senate Constitution. The immediate past Faculty Senate Speaker, the Provost & Vice President for Academic Affairs, Associate Provost, Associate Vice President for Student Success, Academic and Administrative Compliance Manger, Faculty Ombuds, and Chief Information Officer, and Staff Council Vice President are standing ex-officio, non-voting members of the Senate.
Faculty Senate committees include: Executive Committee, Academic Affairs Committee, Faculty Affairs Committee, Committee on Committees, Awards/Bylaws/Election Committee, and Budget Analysis Committee. Committee elections are held annually, and the current members are listed on Faculty Senate's webpage: https://www.tamucc.edu/faculty/faculty-senate/index.php.
Presiding Officer (Chair): Speaker of the Faculty Senate (elected annually by the membership)
Responsible University Official: Provost & Vice President for Academic Affairs
Name | Unit Represented | Term End |
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Scott Johnson | College of Liberal Arts (Speaker) |
May 31, 2027 |
Alihan Hadimlioglu | College of Engineering and Computer Science (Deputy Speaker) |
May 31, 2026 |
Sandy Huang |
College of Business |
May 31, 2026 |
Joseph Mollick | College of Business |
May 31, 2026 |
Oliver Cruz-Milan | College of Business |
May 31, 2027 |
Dimitrios Koutmos | College of Business |
May 31, 2027 |
James Ikonomopoulos |
College of Education and Human Development |
May 31, 2026 |
Ric Ricard | College of Education and Human Development |
May 31, 2026 |
Denise Lara |
College of Education and Human Development |
May 31, 2027 |
Bethanie Pletcher | College of Education and Human Development |
May 31, 2027 |
Taoran Ji | College of Engineering and Computer Science |
May 31, 2026 |
Scott King | College of Engineering and Computer Science |
May 31, 2027 |
Habib Senol | College of Engineering and Computer Science |
May 31, 2027 |
Dale Pattison | College of Liberal Arts |
May 31, 2026 |
Vacant | College of Liberal Arts |
May 31, 2026 |
Kelly Bezio |
College of Liberal Arts |
May 31, 2027 |
Cathy Harrel |
College of Nursing and Health Sciences |
May 31, 2026 |
Felix Omoruyi | College of Nursing and Health Sciences |
May 31, 2026 |
Luis Espinoza | College of Nursing and Health Sciences |
May 31, 2027 |
Melissa Leal | College of Nursing and Health Sciences |
May 31, 2027 |
Judy Metcalf | College of Science |
May 31, 2026 |
M-Emad Tahtamouni | College of Science |
May 31, 2026 |
Fereshteh Billiot | College of Science |
May 31, 2027 |
Ingo Pecher | College of Science |
May 31, 2027 |
Susan De Ghize | School of Arts, Media, & Communication |
May 31, 2026 |
Kevin Loeffler | School of Arts, Media, & Communication |
May 31, 2026 |
Seth McKnight | School of Arts, Media, & Communication |
May 31, 2027 |
Tom Oldham | School of Arts, Media, & Communication |
May 31, 2027 |
Lori Podolsky | Mary and Jeff Bell Library |
May 31, 2026 |
Mohammad AlHamad | Mary and Jeff Bell Library |
May 31, 2027 |
Catherine Rudowsky |
Provost & Vice President for Academic Affairs (ex-officio) |
N/A |
Susan Murphy |
Associate Provost - Interim (ex-officio) |
N/A |
Kevin Houlihan |
Academic and Administrative Compliance Manager (ex-officio) |
N/A |
Ben Soto |
Chief Information Officer-Interim (ex-officio) |
N/A |
Deborah Sibila |
Faculty Ombuds (ex-officio) |
N/A |
Joseph Doan |
Staff Council Vice President (ex-officio) |
N/A |
Last Updated: 07/10/2025