- 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
Faculty Senators & Leadership
2025-2026 Executive Committee

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 |
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Department Head Council Representative |
Dr. Kimber Wickersham |