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2022-2023 Senators and Committee Assignments

Each TCU Faculty Senator is assigned to one of the Senate Standing Committees. These committees examine particular aspects of the academic affairs and mission themes of the University and normally meet at 3:30 p.m. on the Thursday following the Faculty Senate meeting. Senators may rank their preference for committee assignment. Click on the committee name to find the standing charges, recent recommendations, and senators currently assigned to each.

LAST NAMEFIRST NAMEDEPTCOLLEGERANKTERM EMAILCOMMITTEE
AckallDanyelleMANABusinessInstructor2023d.ackall@tcu.eduGC- Ex officio
ChenGuangyanMOLAAddRan (Hum)Assistant Professor2023g.chen@tcu.eduSRC
DuncanPatriciaRELIAddRan (Hum)Assistant Professor2023p.duncan@tcu.eduCUC
GalvinRichardPHILAddRan (Hum)Professor2025r.galvin@tcu.eduGC
HavensJillENGLAddRan (Hum)Senior Instructor2024-ex officioj.havens@tcu.eduEEC - ex officio
LeeSohyunSPANAddRan (Hum)Associate Professor2023sohyun.lee@tcu.eduSRC
LemonAlexENGLAddRan (Hum)Associate Professor2023a.r.lemon@tcu.eduGC
ManningBrandonENGLAddRan (Hum)Assistant Professor2025brandon.manning@tcu.eduGC
McCormickKellyPHILAddRan (Hum)Associate Professor2023k.mccormick@tcu.eduFRC
QuesadaJanRELIAddRan (Hum)Senior Instructor2025j.quesada@tcu.eduSRC
ToddJeffMOLAAddRan (Hum)Associate Professor2024j.todd@tcu.eduCUC
WenzelMatENGLAddRan (Hum)Instructor2023m.wenzel@tcu.eduAEC
ColesAshleyGEOGAddRan (SS)Associate Professor2023A.COLES@tcu.eduSRC
HammadHananHISTAddRan (SS)Associate Professor2023h.hammad@tcu.eduGC
HosainyHadiHISTAddRan (SS)Instructor I2025hadi.hosainy@tcu.eduFRC
KojolaErikSOCIAddRan (SS)Assistant Professor2024e.kojola@tcu.eduSRC
SandellDavidANTHAddRan (SS)Associate Professor2024d.sandell@tcu.eduFRC
SharplessRebeccaHISTAddRan (SS)Professor2024r.sharpless@tcu.eduAEC
AckallDanyelleMANABusinessInstructor2023d.ackall@tcu.eduGC - ex officio
BradleyLayneINSCBusinessInstructor2025l.bradley@tcu.eduEEC
DefeeCliffINSCBusinessAssociate Professor of Professional Practice2023CLIFF.DEFEE@tcu.eduGC
KalpathySwaminathanFINABusinessAssociate Professor2023s.kalpathy@tcu.eduGC
MihovVassilFINABusinessAssociate Professor2024v.mihov@tcu.eduEEC
MoellerThomasFINABusinessAssociate Professor2025t.moeller@tcu.eduFRC - Chair
NeriMarcACCTBusinessAssistant Professor of Professional Practice2023marc.neri@tcu.eduGC
ThirumalaiSriram INSCBusinessAssociate Professor2024s.thirumalai@tcu.eduSRC
TragerKellyENTRBusinessAssistant Professor of Professional Practice2025kelly.k.trager@tcu.eduAEC
WillsMarkACCTBusinessInstructor2023mark.wills@tcu.eduSRC
WoodBarbaraFINABusinessProfessor of Professional Practice2024b.wood@tcu.eduCUC
AngleSarahSTCOCommunicationInstructor2025s.l.angle@tcu.eduFRC
HahnDustinFTDMCommunicationAssistant Professor2023dustin.hahn@tcu.eduFRC
OwczarskiKimberly FTDMCommunicationAssociate Professor2024k.owczarski@tcu.eduAEC
SawyerChrisCOMMCommunicationProfessor2024c.sawyer@tcu.eduCUC
StewartDaxtonJOURCommunicationProfessor2023d.stewart@tcu.eduFRC - ex officio
YangQinghuaCOMMCommunicationAssistant Professor2025q.yang@tcu.eduEEC
HokayemHayatEDUCEducationAssistant Professor2025h.hokayem@tcu.eduCUC - ex officio
QuinnBrandyEDUCEducationAssociate Professor2023b.quinn@tcu.eduGC - Chair
SwitzerMattEDUCEducationAssociate Professor2024j.switzer@tcu.eduFRC
AtkinsonSeanMUSIFine ArtsAssistant Professor2022-Serving as Past Chairsean.atkinson@tcu.edu
Browning-SamoniLeslieFAMEFine ArtsInstructor2025l.samoni@tcu.eduEEC
ClinninBrianTHEAFine ArtsProfessor2024b.clinnin@tcu.eduCUC
EnglerJenniferTHEAFine ArtsAssociate Professor2023j.engler@tcu.eduSRC
KimSan-kyMUSIFine ArtsAssociate Professor2025s.kim4@tcu.eduCUC
MackayLydiaTHEAFine ArtsAssistant Professor2023l.mackay@tcu.eduEEC
MeynTillMUSIFine ArtsProfessor2023t.meyn@tcu.eduAEC
RobinsonTwylaMUSIFine ArtsAssistant Professor of Professional Practice2023twyla.robinson@tcu.eduAEC
RodriguezJamesMUSIFine ArtsAssistant Professor2023james.rodriguez@tcu.eduAEC - ex officio
SkinnerMichaelTHEAFine ArtsProfessor2025m.skinner@tcu.eduCUC
TrahanCoreyMUSIFine ArtsInstructor I2024COREY.TRAHAN@tcu.eduFRC
ZellerJessicaDANCFine ArtsAssociate Professor2024j.zeller@tcu.eduCUC
WilliamsDanielHOCOHonors CollegeProfessor2025d.e.williams@tcu.eduFRC
AdamsLavonneNURSNursing & Health SciencesAssociate Professor2023l.adams2@tcu.eduGC
EllisKathrynNURSNursing & Health SciencesAssociate Professor of Professional Practice2023kathryn.ellis@tcu.eduEEC
EspositoPhilKINENursing & Health SciencesAssistant Professor2023p.esposito@tcu.eduSRC
FrablePamelaNURSNursing & Health SciencesAssociate Professor2025p.frable@tcu.eduGC
HicksTracyNURSNursing & Health SciencesAssistant  Professor of Professional Practice2023T.HICKS@tcu.eduSRC - ex officio
Jackson-CenalesOtekaNURSNursing & Health SciencesAssistant Professor of Professional Practice2025oteka.jacksoncenales@tcu.eduCUC
KingAdamKINENursing & Health SciencesAssociate Professor2025a.king@tcu.eduEEC
LynchLaurelCOSDNursing & Health SciencesAssistant Professor of Professional Practice2024l.lynch@tcu.eduFRC
RobinsonJanieNURSNursing & Health SciencesAssociate Professor2024janie.r.robinson@tcu.eduSRC - Chair
WalkerDanielleNURSNursing & Health SciencesAssociate Professor2025d.k.walker@tcu.eduSRC
WardRobynNRANNursing & Health SciencesAssociate Professor of Professional Practice2025r.ward@tcu.eduEEC
GonzalesEricMedical EducationSchool of MedicineAssociate Professor2025eric.b.gonzales@tcu.eduFRC
BroomEllenPSYCScience & EngineeringAssociate Professor of Professional Practice2024e.w.broom@tcu.eduFRC
CrenshawMolliBIOLScience & EngineeringInstructor II2025molli.crenshaw@tcu.eduAEC
FriedmanGregMATHScience & EngineeringProfessor2023g.friedman@tcu.eduAEC
FrinchaboyPeterPHYSScience & EngineeringProfessor2025p.frinchaboy@tcu.eduGC
FryJulieCHEMScience & EngineeringInstructor II2023j.fry@tcu.eduAEC
GarciaSophiaBIOLScience & EngineeringInstructor II2023sophia.garcia@tcu.eduEEC - Chair
HarveyOmarGEOLScience & EngineeringAssociate Professor2025omar.harvey@tcu.eduEEC
HerzigEmilyMATHScience & EngineeringInstructor I2023e.herzig@tcu.eduAEC
JonesClarkBIOLScience & EngineeringSenior Instructor2025c.jones2@tcu.eduCUC - Chair
KianiMorganENGRScience & EngineeringAssociate Professor2023m.kiani@tcu.eduCUC
SaweyMichaelBIOLScience & EngineeringInstructor II2023m.sawey@tcu.eduEEC
SpiceLorenMATHScience & EngineeringAssociate Professor2023l.spice@tcu.eduEEC
TomlinDerekMATHScience & EngineeringInstructor I2024d.c.tomlin@tcu.eduCUC
WeiBingyangCOSCScience & EngineeringAssistant Professor2023b.wei@tcu.eduSRC
CraigLayneENGLSISInstructor II2023a.layne.craig@tcu.eduAEC - Chair
AEC:
Academic Excellence Committee
CUC:Committee on University Committees
EEC:Educational Evaluation Committee
FRC:Faculty Relations Committee
FSEC:Faculty Senate Executive Committee
GC:Governance Committee
HMVV:Heritage, Mission, Vision & Values (part of the core curriculum)
IAC:Intercollegiate Athletic Committee
SRC:Student Relations Committee
Special Committees

Horizon Commission
Creative Activity, Research & Scholarship (CARS)
Faculty Senate Advisory Committee