Faculty Senators & Leadership

2025-2026 Executive Committee

  • President: Dr. Heidi Dempsey – fspres@jsu.edu
  • Vice President/President-Elect: Dr. David Dempsey
  • Secretary:  Dr. Barbie Norvell
  • Historian:  Dr. Wendy Key
  • Advocacy Committee Chair:  Dr. Kathryn Catlin
  • Elections Committee Chair:  Dr. Jeffrey Zanzig
  • Policies and Campus Planning Committee Chair:  Dr. Mike Burns
  • Student Retention Committee Chair:  Prof. Courtney Peppers

Officers Archive

Faculty Mace

2025-2026 Senators

Applied Engineering

Dr. Noureddine Bekhouche

2025-2028;1st term

Art

Dr. Maureen McGuire

2025-2028; 1st term

Biology

Dr. Mike Burns

2025-2028;1st term

Career Technical Education and Professional Studies

Dr. Diane Best

2025-2028; 1st term

Chemistry and Geosciences

Dr. Kathryn Catlin

2024-2027; 1st term

Communication

Dr. Patrick McGrail

2023-2026; 1st term

Criminal Justice

Dr. Leah Simmons

2025-2028; 1st term

Emergency Management & Public Administration

Dr. Chan Wang

2024-2027; 1st term

English

Dr. Ashley Rattner

2025-2028; 1st term

English

Dr. Kimberly Southwick-Thompson

2025-2028; 1st term

Finance, Economics & Accounting

Dr. Jeffrey Zanzig

2025-2028; 1st term

History & Foreign Languages

Dr. Lance Ingwerson

2023-2026; 1st term

Kinesiology

Dr. Chris Clark

2023-2026; 1st term

Kinesiology

Dr. Allen Gilbert

2024-2027; 1st term

Library

Prof. Allison Boswell

2024-2027; 1st term

Management & Marketing

Dr. Yajun Lu

2024-2027; 1st term

Mathematical, Computing & Info Sciences

Dr. David Thornton

2024-2027; 1st term

Mathematical, Computing & Info Sciences

Dr. Kazi Rahman 

2024-2027; 1st term

Military Science

LTC Eddie Walker

2024-2027; 1st term

Music

Prof. Chris Hosmer

2024-2027; 1st term

Music

Dr. Shellie Beeman

2024-2027; 1st term

Nursing

Dr. Laura Barrow

2025-2028; 2nd term

Nursing

Dr. Stacy Mikel

2023-2026; 1st term

Nursing

Dr. Wendy Key

2024-2027; 1st term

Professional Counseling and Leadership

 Dr. Stacey Gill

2024-2027; 1st term

Psychology

Prof. Courtney Peppers

2025-2028; 1st term

Respiratory Therapy

Prof. Andres Crawley

2024-2027; 2nd term

Social Work

Dr. Jody Long

2024-2027; 1st term

Sociology & Political Science

Dr. Brianna Turgeon

2024-2027; 1st term

Teacher Education

Dr. Barbie Norvell

2023-2026; 1st term

Theater & Film

Prof. Randal Blades

2024-2027; 1st term


Ex-Officio (Non-voting) Members

Provost/EVPAA

Dr. Christie Shelton

SGA President

Ayanah Scott

Online@JSU

Shelena Cofield

Faculty Commons

Mica Mecham

Staff Council Representative

 

Department Head Council Representative

Dr. Kimber Wickersham