Faculty/Staff

Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate 2025-2026

Officers

President: Dr. Eric Valenzuela
Vice-President: Dr. Jesse Filbrun
Secretary: Dr. Melody Mayo
Parliamentarian: Dr. Krista Nelson

Faculty Senate Constitution

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Senators

Rankin College of Business

SenatorTerm EndsTerm 1/2OfficePhoneEmail
Dr. Tim Wise20261BLN 3295159tdwise@saumag.edu
Dr. Eric Valenzuela20272BLN 3384307ericvalenzuela@saumag.edu
Dr. Shane Warrick20281BLN 3425152cswarrick@saumag.edu

College of Education and Human Performance

SenatorTerm EndsTerm 1/2OfficePhoneEmail
Dr. Arien Faucett20261HKR5098arienfaucett@saumag.edu
Dr. Lashonda Ivory20271EDUC4890lrivory@saumag.edu
Dr. Stacey Stanberry20281EDU 1244889sastanberry@saumag.edu

Dempsey College of Liberal and Performing Arts

SenatorTerm EndsTerm 1/2OfficePhoneEmail
Rhaelene Lowther20261BB 2194242rrlowther@saumag.edu
Dr. Deborah Wilson20271NEL 1224324djwilson@saumag.edu
Dr. Mamadou Djiguimde20282WIL 3145230MamadouDjiguimde@saumag.edu

College of Science and Engineering

SenatorTerm EndsTerm 1/2OfficePhoneEmail
Dr. Ahmad Al-Shami20261WIL 2074914aalshami@saumag.edu
Dr. Mohammad Islam20271ENG 1294398mnislam@saumag.edu 
Dr. Daniel McDermott20281SCI 2124378dsmcdermott@saumag.edu

School of Graduate Studies

SenatorTerm EndsTerm 1/2OfficePhoneEmail
Dr. Melody Mayo20261EDUC 1165035mamayo@saumag.edu

At-Large Senators

SenatorTerm EndsTerm 1/2OfficePhoneEmail
Dr. Jesse Filbrun20261SCI 106H5031jessefilbrun@saumag.edu
Dr. Lynze Greathouse20261EDU 1125218ldgreathouse@saumag.edu
Dr. Md Karim20272WIL 218A5174mdkarim@saumag.edu
Dr. Krista Nelson20272PCE5442kristanelson@saumag.edu
Dr. Tara Almand20281WNB 2134335tgalmand@saumag.edu
Dr. Jessica Samples20282EDU1134944jrsamples@saumag.edu

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