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

Faculty Senate Members
Name Unit Represented Term End
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