Faculty Senate Members

COLLEGE/DEPARTMENTREPRESENTATIVETERM EXPIRATIONEMAIL ADDRESS
ARCHITECTURESteven Hardy2025shardy4@unl.edu
 Sonya Turkman2025sonya.turkman@unl.edu
    
ARTS & SCIENCES   
School of Biological SciencesColin Meiklejohn2026cmeiklejohn2@unl.edu
 Clay Cressler2025ccressler2@unl.edu
ChemistryBob Powers2027rpowers3@unl.edu
Classics and Religious StudiesRobert Gorman2026rgorman1@unl.edu
Communication StudiesAaron Duncan2027aduncan3@unl.edu
EnglishPascha Stevenson2025pstevenson2@unl.edu
 TBD2027 
    
Earth & Atmospheric SciencesDavid Harwood2025dhardwood1@unl.edu
HistoryTBD2027 
 Ann Tschetter2026atschetter2@unl.edu
MathematicsGeorge Avalos2027gavalos2@unl.edu
 Xavier Perez Gimenez2025xperez@unl.edu
Modern Languages & LiteratureErica Schauer2025eschauer2@unl.edu
 Rigoberto Guevara2026rguevara@unl.edu
PhilosophyColin McLear2026mclear@unl.edu
Physics & AstronomyAlexei Gruverman2026agruverman2@unl.edu
 Timothy Gay2027tgay@unl.edu
Political ScienceKevin Smith2025ksmith1@unl.edu
PsychologyChelsea Witt2026cwitt@unl.edu
 Scott Barrett2026scott.barrett@unl.edu
School of Global Integrative StudiesBill Belcher2026wbelcher2@unl.edu
Sociology

Aaron PeeksMease

 

2025apeeks3@unl.edu
    
BUSINESS
 
   
School of AccountancySteve Hegemann2026shegemann4@unl.edu
EconomicsFederico Zincenko2025fzincenko2@unl.edu
Finance 2027 
ManagementElina Ibrayeva2025eibrayeva2@unl.edu
MarketingSunil Singh2025ssingh10@unl.edu
Supply Chain ManagementEsma Gel2026esma.gel@unl.edu
    
CENTERS   
Center for Children, Families, and the LawMegan Paul2025mpaul@unl.edu
English as a Second LanguageAnn Bouma2025abouma2@unl.edu
NE Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families, & SchoolsHyeonJin Yoon2027hyoon5@unl.edu
At-Large Center DistrictTBD2027 
    
EDUCATION AND HUMAN SCIENCES   
Child, Youth & Family StudiesTBD2026 
Educational AdministrationCorey Rumann2027 
Educational PsychologyRalph DeAyala2027rdeayala2@unl.edu
Nutrition & Health SciencesTomasz Bednarski2026tomasz.k.bednarski@unl.edu
 TBD2026 
Special Education & Communication DisordersKevin Pitt2027kevin.pitt@unl.edu
 Mackenzie Savaiano2026msavaiano2@unl.edu
Teaching, Learning & Teacher EducationJustin Olmanson2025
jolmanson2@unl.edu
 Deepika Menon2027dmenon2@unl.edu
Textiles, Merchandising, & Fashion DesignsMichael Burton2026mburton4@unl.edu
    
ENGINEERING   
Biological Systems EngineeringTBD2026 
 TBD2026 
Chemical and Biomolecular EngineeringTBD2025

 

 

Civil EngineeringJunke Guo2026jguo2@unl.edu
 no representative2027 
Electrical  & Computer EngineeringHamid Vakilzadian2026hvakilzadian@unl.edu
 Hasan Otu2026hotu2@unl.edu
Durham School of Architectural Engineering and ConstructionKelli Kopocis2025kellikopocis@unl.edu
 Zhigang Shen2025shen@unl.edu
Mechanical & Materials EngineeringEveline Baesu2027ebaesu@unl.edu
 no representative2026 
    

 

School of Computing 

 

 

Chris Bourke2026chris.bourke@unl.edu
 Max Pierobon2027maxp@unl.edu
    
    
FINE & PERFORMING ARTS   
Art, Art History, and Design

Wendy Katz

 

2026wkatz2@unl.edu
Glenn Korff School of MusicJamie Reimer2027jreimer2@unl.edu
 Pete Eklund2026pae@unl.edu
Johnny Carson School of Theatre and FilmSteve Kolbe2026skolbe2@unl.edu
    
INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURE & NATURAL RESOURCES   
4-H Youth DevelopmentMichelle Krehbiel2026mkrehbiel2@unl.edu
Agricultural EconomicsWes Peterson2026epeterson1@unl.edu
 Chris Gustafson2026cgustafson6@unl.edu
Agricultural Leadership, Education & CommunicationsL. J. McElravy2026lj.mcelravy@unl.edu
Agronomy and HorticultureJohn Lindquist2027

 

 

 Terri James2027terri.james@unl.edu
 Ismail Dweikat2026idweikat2@unl.edu
Animal Science 2027 
 Galen Erickson2026gerickson4@unl.edu
BiochemistryTBD2025 
EntomologyTom Weissling2026tweissling2@unl.edu
Food Science & TechnologyJoseph Baumert2026jbaumert2@unl.edu
 Devin Rose2026drose3@unl.edu
Plant PathologyDavid Dunigan2025ddunigan2@unl.edu
School of Natural Resources

Joe Dauer

 

2025joseph.dauer@unl.edu
 Tsegaye Tadesse2025ttadesse2@unl.edu
StatisticsSusan VanderPlas2027susan.vanderplas@unl.edu
Veterinary & Biomedical SciencesSeth Harris2027sharris4@unl.edu
 Dave Steffen2025dsteffen1@unl.edu
Extension Engagement Zone 1Sarah Paisley2026spaisley3@unl.edu
Extension Engagement Zone 2Amy Timmerman2026atimmerman2@unl.edu
Extension Engagement Zone 3David Lott2025david.lott@unl.edu
Extension Engagement Zone 4Tasha Wulf2026tasha.wulf@unl.edu
Extension Engagement Zone 5Kim Bearnes2026kbearnes1@unl.edu
Extension Engagement Zone 6Elizabeth Exstrom2026elizabeth.exstrom@unl.edu
Extension Engagement Zone 7 2027 
Extension Engagement Zone 8Jordan Luxa2026jordan.luxa@unl.edu
Extension Engagement Zone 9Linda Reddish2026linda.reddish@unl.edu
Extension Engagement Zone 10 2027 
Extension Engagement Zone 11 2027 
    
JOURNALISM & MASS COMMUNICATIONSDane Kiambi2026danekiambi@unl.edu
 John Shrader2026john.shrader@unl.edu
    
LAWRich Leiter2025rich.leiter@unl.edu
 no representative2025 
    
UNIVERSITY LIBRARIESLoran Dawes2026ldawes2@unl.edu
 Signe Boudreau2025signeb@unl.edu
    
Postdoctoral Association 2025 
Staff SenateJordan Gonzales2025jgonzales@huskeralum.org
ASUN 2025 
GSAJenn Vemkur2025