Faculty Council Members & Committees

Ty Hollett (2025-)

Pia Smal (2025-)

Ashley Patterson (2025-)

Esther Prins, LPS (2022 - 2026), Convenor and Senate Council member
Ed Fuller, EPS (2022- 2026)
Efrain Marimon, CI (2023-2027)
Javier Casado Perez, EPCSE (2024-2028)
Julia Plumer, CI (2025-2029)
LaWanda Ward, EPS (2025-2029)
 

Alternates: 

1. Jennifer Hanna, EPCSE (2025-26)
2. Jacqui Reid-Walsh, CI (2025-26)
   
    

Amber O'Shea (2023-26)
Wilson Okello (2025-27)
 

Alternate: David Lee (2025-26)  
 

TBD, Faculty Council Representative  

Julia Plummer, Director of Curriculum, C&I 

Kimberly Powell, Director of Graduate Studies, C&I 

Matt McCruden, Director of Graduate and Undergraduate Studies, EPCSE 

Heather Zimmerman, Director of Graduate and Undergraduate Studies, LPS 

Andrea McCloskey, Member of Faculty Senate Committee on Curricular Affairs (ex officio) 

Priya Sharma, Member of Graduate Council Sub-Committee on New and Revised Programs and Courses 

TBD, Member of Equity Team Curriculum Sub-Committee  

Barbara NewHall, College of Education, Staff Support (ex officio) 

Rayne Sperling, College of Education Dean’s Representative (ex officio) 

Marcela Borge, Associate Professor, Department of Learning and Performance Systems

Mark Kissling, Associate Professor, Department of Curriculum and Instruction

Kai Schafft, Professor, Department of Education Policy Studies

Ellen Zou, Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Psychology, Counseling, and Special Education

Membership consists of a member from each department, one of whom must be an elected Faculty Council member. An undergraduate student, a graduate student, and the Dean's appointee shall be non-voting members.

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Elizabeth Hughes,  (Faculty Council Chair Elect) Associate Professor, Department of Educational Psychology, Counseling, and Special Education
Kai Schafft, (Faculty Council Department Representative) Professor, Department of Education Policy Studies
Seong Ji Jeong, Assistant Professor, Department of Learning and Performance Systems
Charlotte Land, Assistant Professor, Department of Curriculum and Instruction

Undergraduate Student

Graduate Student
 

Karen Brewster, Director of Operations, Dean's Appointee

Julia Plummer, Professor (CI) 2024-27

Marcela Borge, Associate Professor (LPS) 2024-27

Heather Zimmerman, Professor (LPS) 2024-27

Paul Riccomini,  Professor (EPCSE) 2024-25 (Alternate for A. Flemming)

Deirdre O'Sullivan, Associate Professor (EPCSE) 2023-26

LaWanda Ward (Dean's Appointee), Associate Professor (EPS) 2023-26

David Gamson (Dean's Appointee), Professor (EPS) 2023-26

William Diehl, Associate Teaching Professor (LPS) 2023-2025 

Karen Paulson, Teaching Professor (EPS) 2023-2025 

Alicia McDyre, Associate Teaching Professor, C&I (2024-26)

Elisa Hopkins, Teaching Professor, C&I, (2024-26)

Elizabeth Benedek-Wood, Teaching Professor, EPCSE, (2024-26)