Faculty/Staff

Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate 2026-2027

Officers

President: Dr. Jesse Filbrun
Vice-President: Dr. Lynze Greathouse
Secretary: Nathan Lambert
Parliamentarian: Dr. Eric Valenzuela

Senators

Rankin College of Business

Senator Term Ends Term 1/2 Office Phone Email
Dr. Jimmy Chien 2029 1 BLN 309 5055 JChien@saumag.edu
Dr. Eric Valenzuela 2027 2 BLN 338 4307 ericvalenzuela@saumag.edu
Dr. Shane Warrick 2028 1 BLN 342 5152 cswarrick@saumag.edu

College of Education and Human Performance

Senator Term Ends Term 1/2 Office Phone Email
Dr. Han-Earl Lim 2029 1 WBF 116 4796 hlim@saumag.edu
Dr. Lashonda Ivory 2027 1 EDUC 4890 lrivory@saumag.edu
Dr. Stacey Stanberry 2028 1 EDU 124 4889 sastanberry@saumag.edu

Dempsey College of Liberal and Performing Arts

Senator Term Ends Term 1/2 Office Phone Email
Rhaelene Lowther 2029 2 BB 219 4242 rrlowther@saumag.edu
Nathan Lambert 2027 1 BAB 105 5081 nalambert@saumag.edu
Dr. Mamadou Djiguimde 2028 2 WIL 314 5230 MamadouDjiguimde@saumag.edu

College of Science and Engineering

Senator Term Ends Term 1/2 Office Phone Email
Dr. Hayder Zghair 2029 1 ENG 109 4256 hzghair@saumag.edu
Dr. Mohammad Islam 2027 1 ENG 129 4398 mnislam@saumag.edu 
Dr. Daniel McDermott 2028 1 SCI 212 4378 dsmcdermott@saumag.edu

School of Graduate Studies

Senator Term Ends Term 1/2 Office Phone Email
Dr. Amber Overholser 2029 1 CRS 201B 4270 aroverholser@saumag.edu

At-Large Senators

Senator Term Ends Term 1/2 Office Phone Email
Dr. Jesse Filbrun 2029 2 SCI 106H 5031 jessefilbrun@saumag.edu
Dr. Lynze Greathouse 2029 2 EDU 112 5218 ldgreathouse@saumag.edu
Dr. Md Karim 2027 2 WIL 218A 5174 mdkarim@saumag.edu
Dr. Krista Nelson 2027 2 PCE 5442 kristanelson@saumag.edu
Dr. Tara Almand 2028 1 WNB 213 4335 tgalmand@saumag.edu
Dr. Jessica Samples 2028 2 EDU113 4944 jrsamples@saumag.edu
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