University Councils and Committees

The president, provost, and other administrative officers of KSU engage the major constituencies of the university community through a prescribed structure and process of shared governance for the institution's operations. That structure includes a University Council, four Senates, and a number of university standing committees. The faculty senate, staff senate, administrators' senate, and student government senate review and respond to important issues and conditions affecting them through their elected Senators. Each Senate's president and vice president serve on the University Council with four of KSU's academic and administrative officers to coordinate and facilitate the entire governance process.

The primary functions of the KSU Faculty Senate are to facilitate faculty participation in the establishment of university policies for the benefit and welfare of the institution, to inquire into any matters that have implications for the academic development and functioning of KSU and to make recommendations concerning such matters, and to be a channel of communications between and among the KSU faculty and the KSU President, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, and the other senate bodies.

  • Karen Kornweibel
    Dean
    KSU Journey Honors College

    Catherine "Katie" Kaukinen  
    Dean
    Norman J. Radow College of Humanities and Social Sciences

    Lawrence Whitman
    Dean
    Southern Polytechnic College of Engineering and Engineering Technology

    Heather Koopman
    Dean
    College of Science and Mathematics

    Monica Swahn
    Dean
    Wellstar College of Health and Human Services

    Sumanth Yenduri
    Dean
    College of Computing and Software Engineering

    Robin Cheramie
    Dean
    Michael J. Coles College of Business

    Adrian Epps
    Dean
    Clarice C. and Leland H. Bagwell College of Education

    Valerie Morris
    Interim Dean
    Robert S. Geer Family College of the Arts

    Hazem Rashed-Ali
    Dean
    College of Architecture and Construction Management

    Juliet Langman
    Dean
    Graduate College

 

College and Department/School Faculty Councils

  • College of Architecture and Construction Management CFC

    Zuhair El-Itr, Chair
    Ameen Farooq
    Ermal Shpuza
    Michael Carroll
    Md. Hussain
    Ali Keyvanfar

    Architecture DFC

    Peter Pittman, Chair
    Trace Gainey
    Selen Okcu

    Construction Management DFC

    Hussein Abaza, Chair
    Stephanie Vereen
    Minsoo Baek

  • College of the Arts CFC

    Charles Parrott, Chair
    Daniel Lee
    Autumn Eckman
    John Lawless
    Matt Haffner
    Paul Orlando (Interim)

    Dance DFC

    McCree O'Kelley, Chair
    Committee of the Whole

    School of Art and Design DFC

    Chris Malone, Chair
    Natasha Habers
    Joe Karg
    Sandee Chamberlain
    Robert Sherer
    Kristine Kim

    School of Music DFC

    David Kehler, Chair
    Robert Henry
    Doug Lindsay

    Theatre and Performance Studies DFC

    Charlie Parrott, Chair
    Committee of the Whole

  • College of Computing and Software Engineering CFC

    Joe DeMaio, Chair
    Victor Clincy
    Jack Zheng
    Reza Parizi

    Software Engineering and Game Development DFC

    Reza Parizi, Chair
    Joy Li
    Pejman Sajjadi

    Information Technology DFC

    Jack Zheng, Chair
    Ming Yang
    Shirley Tian
    Jamie Jamison
    Chi Zhang

    Computer Science, DFC

    Victor Clincy, Chair
    Jose Garrido
    Hisham Haddad

    Data Science and Analytics

    Joe DeMaio
    Austin Brown
    Nicole Carder

  • Radow College of Humanities and Social Sciences CFC

    Dorothy Marsil, Chair
    Andrew Pieper
    Philip Aust
    Mile Keleher
    Garrett Smith
    Shane Peterson
    Terry Powis
    Bert Way
    Jonathan Arnett
    Sara Giordano
    Gail Markle
    Chris Pallas

    School of Communication and Media DFC

    Justin Pettigrew, Chair
    May Gao
    Amber Hutchins
    Lindsey Hand
    Russell James

    School of Conflict Management, Peacebuilding and Development DFC

    Heather Pincock, Chair
    Volker Franke
    Tim Hedeen

    Technical Communication and Interactive Design DFC

    Jonathan Arnett, Chair
    Mike Lahey
    Cheryl Shinall

    English DFC

    Brian Artese, Co-Chair
    Nina Morgan, Co-Chair
    Katarina Gephardt
    Cindy Bowers
    Stephen Goss

    World Languages and Cultures DFC

    Zaya Rustamova, Chair
    Abby Alexander
    Anja Bernardy
    Renata Creekmur
    Lee Jackson
    Kristen Elley

    Geography and Anthropology DFC

    Terry Powis, Chair
    Susan Kirkpatrick-Smith
    Mark Patterson
    Allen Roberts
    Ken Williamson
    Matt Wilson
    Teresa Raczek

    History and Philosophy DFC
    LeeAnn Lands, Chair
    Masako Racel
    Brain Swain

    Interdisciplinary Studies DFC
    Sara Giordano, Chair
    Trina Queen
    Griselda Thomas

    School of Government and International Affairs DFC
    Tavishi Bhasin, Chair
    Tom Nisley
    Misty Grayer
    Jack Moran
    Tim Kersey

    Psychological Science DFC
    Allison Martin, Chair
    Suma Mallavarapu
    Dianhan Zheng
    Sharon Pearcey
    Ordene Edwards

    Sociology and Criminal Justice DFC
    Ken White, Chair
    Brian Starks
    William Whilte
    Linda Treiber

  • Bagwell College of Education CFC

    Nihal Khote, Chair
    Soon Lee
    Albert Jimenez
    Joya Hicks
    Mary Keogh
    Julie Moore
    Jason Harron
    Binbin DeViller
    Brian Lawler
    Anete Vasquez 

    Educational Leadership DFC

    Sheryl Croft, Chair
    Albert Jimenez
    Chinnasa Elue

    Elementary and Early Childhood Education DFC

    Ike Ukeje, Chair
    Shannon Tovey
    Preethi Titu
    Mary Keogh
    Camille Sutton-Brown
    Stacy Delacruz, Ex Officio Memeber

    Inclusive Education DFC 
    Harriet Bessette, Chair
    Nihal Khote
    Amanda Richey
    Vidya Munanda

    Instructional Technology DFC
    Julie Moore, Chair
    Dabae Lee
    Jim Wright

    Secondary and Middle Grades Education DFC
    Nichole Guillory, Chair
    Anete Vazquez
    Jihye Kim
    Belinda Edwards
    Binyao Zheng

  • College of Science and Mathematics CFC

    Anton Bryantsev, Chair
    Jennifer Vandernbussche
    Mark Mitchell
    Jeremy Gullery
    Joel McNeal

    Chemistry and Biochemistry DFC

    Marina Koether, Chair
    Lu Kang
    Carol Chrestensen

    Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology DFC

    Thomas McElroy, Chair
    Nick Green
    Joel McNeal
    Marcia Hesser
    Daniel Henderson

    Mathematics DFC

    Erik Westlund, Chair
    Bo Yang
    Dhruba Adhikari
    Ludmila Orlova-Shokry
    Charles Kang
    Rebecca Shi

    Molecular and Cellular Biology DFC

    Andrew Haddow, Chair
    Chris Cornelison
    Carla Andrew

    Physics

    David Joffe, Chair
    David Garofalo
    Ben Rybolt
    Marco Guzzi
    Mohmoud Asmar

  • Southern Polytechnic College of Engineering and Engineering Technology CFC

    Greg Wiles, Chair
    Laura Ruhala
    Metin Oguzmert
    Walt Thain
    Jeff Wagner
    Matt Marshall

    Civil and Construction Engineering DFC

    Tien Yee, Chair
    Youngguk Seo
    Jayhyun Kwon
    Parth Bhavsar
    David Ancalle-Reyes
    Roneisha Worthy

    Electrical and Computer Engineering DFC

    Sandip Das, Chair
    Billy Kihei
    Charles Duvall
    Sumit Chakravarty

    Mechanical Engineering DFC

    Sathish Gurupathatm, Chair
    Ayse Tekes
    Jungkyu (Justin) Park
    Dal Kim
    Eduardo Farfan
    Ali Khazaei

    Engineering Technology DFC

    Austin Asgill, Chair
    Aaron Adams
    Javad Khazaii
    David Stollberg

    Robotics and Mechatronics Engineering DFC

    Ying Wang, Chair
    Matt Marshall
    Razvan Voicu 

    Industrial and Systems Engineering DFC

    Robert Keyser, Chair
    Lin Li
    Valentina Nino

  • Coles College of Business CFC

    Herb Mattord, Chair
    Catherine Cleaveland
    Leo MacDonald
    Stuart Napshin
    Scott Widmier
    Minjiao Zhang
    Govind Hariharan

    School of Accountancy DFC

    Vineeta Sharma, Chair
    Committee of the Whole

    Economics, Finance and Quantitative Analysis DFC

    James Tompkins, Chair
    Brett Katzman
    Leo MacDonald

    Information Systems DFC

    Radwan Ali, Chair
    Herb Mattord
    Reza Vaezi
    Max North

    Leven School of Management, Entrepreneurship and Hospitality DFC

    Stuart Napshin, Chair
    Michael Maloni
    Jonathan Brown
    Deborah Mixson-Brookshire
    Tim Blumentritt

    Marketing and Professional Sales DFC

    Scott Widmier, Chair
    Jennifer Hutchins
    Scott Inks
    Hyunju Shin

  • Wellstar College of Health amd Human Services CFC

    Cameron Greensmith, Chair
    Mari-Amanda (Aimee) Dyal
    Doreen Wagner
    Garrett Hester
    Jennifer Willett

    Exercise Science and Sport Management DFC

    Josh Pitts, Chair
    Cheryl McLester
    Katherine Ingram

    Health Promotion and Physical Education DFC

    Bernie Goldfine, Chair
    Selena Patterson
    Lori Scheck

    Social Work and Human Services DFC

    Leslie McClane, Chair
    Alan Kirk
    Hans Skott-Myhre                             
    Cameron Greensmith                                        

    Wellstar School of Nursing DFC

    Diane Keen, Chair
    Lynn Varagona
    Tracey Course
    Megan Huxtable
    Rosemary Greenidge
    Kate Harrington
    Chinosmo Nwozichi
    Miriam Cummings
    Jonathan Steppe

  • Library CFC

    Kristina Clement, Chair
    Chelsee Dickson, Vice-Chair/Chair Elect
    Rosemary Humphrey
    Mary Ann Jones
    Christin Collins
    Christina Holm
    Marie Day
    Karen Doster-Greenleaf
    Judy Reardon
    Olga Koz
    Laurie Aycock
    Li Chen
    Catherine Lewis, Ex Officio Member
    Chris Sharpe, Ex Officio Member
    Ashley Dupuy, Ex Officio Member

    Library Resources DFC

    Jackie Blanton-Watkins, Chair

    Public Service DFC

    Rosemary Humphrey, Chair