Faculty Senators & Leadership

2026-2027 Executive Committee

  • President: Dr. David Dempsey – fspres@jsu.edu
  • Vice President/President-Elect: Dr. Allen Gilbert – fsvp@jsu.edu
  • Secretary: Dr. Wendy Key
  • Historian: Dr. Patrick McGrail
  • Faculty Advocacy Committee Chair: Dr. Ryan Burns
  • Elections Committee Chair: Dr. Stacy Mikel
  • Policies and Campus Planning Committee Chair: Dr. Mike Burns
  • Student Retention Committee Chair: Dr. Maureen McGuire

Officers Archive

Faculty Mace

2026-2027 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

2026-2029; 2nd term

Criminal Justice

Dr. Leah Simmons

2025-2028; 1st term

Emergency Management & Public Administration

 Mr. Gorgin Mansourian

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. Ryan Burns

2026-2029; 1st term

Kinesiology

Dr. Amanda Cunningham

2026-2029; 1st term

Kinesiology

Dr. Kelsey McEntire

2026-2029;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

James Amsler

2026-2029; 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

2026-2029; 2nd 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. Ashley Turner

2026-2029; 1st term

Theater & Film

Prof. Randal Blades

2024-2027; 1st term


Ex-Officio (Non-voting) Members

Faculty Senate President

Dr. David Dempsey

Faculty Senate Vice President/President-Elect

Dr. Allen Gilbert

Provost/EVPAA

Dr. Christie Shelton

SGA President

Bethany Stoots

Online@JSU

Shelena Cofield

Faculty Commons

Mica Mecham

Staff Council Representative

 

Department Head Council Representative

Dr. Kimber Wickersham