Membership
The Faculty Senate is comprised of 27 elected faculty senators apportioned such that the College of Business, Engineering, and Computational & Mathematical Sciences and the College of Education and Health & Natural Sciences shall have at least three senators each, the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social & Behavioral Sciences shall have at least six senators, and the Library shall have at least one senator. At least two senators must be non-tenure-track faculty, including those with full- and part-time appointments. The remaining twelve seats are elected at large. The Faculty Senate has six ex officio members: the three Council of University System Faculty representatives from FSU, the Chair of the Graduate Council, the Chair of the Academic Department Chairs Council, and the Chair of the Faculty.
Faculty Senate Steering Committee
- Interim Chair of the Faculty: Justin Dunmyre (Mathematics) jrdunmyre@frostburg.edu
- Vice Chair: Shoshana Braddfield (Philosophy) srbrassfield@frostburg.edu
- Secretary: Jason Speights (CEHNS, Chemistry and Physics) jcspeights@frostburg.edu
- Chair, Academic Affairs Committee: Jodi Welsch (Educational Professions), jwelsch@frostburg.edu
Chair, Faculty Concerns Committee: Sydney Duncan (English Foreign Languages), sduncan@frostburg.edu
Chair, Graduate Council: Ben Norris (CEHNS, Chemistry), bnnorris@frostburg.edu - Chair, University Undergraduate Curriculum Requirement Subcommittee: Eric Moore, (Chemistry Physics) ejmoore@frostburg.edu
- Chair, Institutional Priorities and Resources Committee: Karen Keller (CEHNS, Biology), klkeller@frostburg.edu
Chair, Academic Department Chairs Council & Ex-Officio Member of FCC: Travis English (Visual Arts) twenglish@frostburg.edu
Academic Affairs Committee
- Jodi Welsch-Chair (Educational Professions)
- Jill Buterbaugh (Nursing)
- Kathleen Jocoy (Psychology)
- JoAnna Shore (Management)
- Jaime Striplin (Nursing)
- Jamey Tobery-Nystrom (Educational Professions)
- David Zheng (Computer Science & Information Technologies)
Faculty Concerns Committee
- Sydney Duncan-Chair (English Foreign Languages)
- Jennifer Browne (English and Foreign Languages)
- Seniz Celimli-Aksoy (Educational Professions)
- Jay DeWire (Music)
- Stefanie Hay (Nursing)
- Kevin Kehrwald (English and Foreign Languages)- Spring 2024
- Darrell Rushton (Theatre and Dance)- Fall 2023
- Doris Santamaria-Makang (Educational Professions)
- Assayd Al-Wreikat (Accounting)
Yelizaveta (Liza) Zakharova (Library)
Graduate Council
- Ben Norris-Chair (Chemistry)
- Naomi Gades (English and Foreign Languages)
- Katie Horacek (Mathematics)
- In addition to the two Senators serving on the council, Graduate Council also has faculty representatives from the various graduate programs.
Institutional Priorities and Resources
- Karen Keller-Chair (Biology)
- Curt Baker (Educational Professions)
- Kierstan Bradley (Accounting)
- Kelly Bubp (Mathematics)
- Erica Kennedy (Psychology)
- David Puthoff (Biology)
- Michael Williams (Educational Professions)
Council of University System Representatives (Ex-Officio members of FCC)
- Doris Santamaria-Makang (Educational Professions)
- Kate Sheehan (Biology)
- Kumudini Munasinghe (Biology)- Alternate