The Campus Senate is a legislative body composed of twenty faculty, five students and three student alternates, one civil service staff member and one civil service alternate, one academic professional and one academic professional alternate, and one administrator. The Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs serves as an ex-officio, non-voting member.
Faculty senators 2023-2025
Deborah Anthony, CPAE, at-large
Professor & Chair, Legal Studies
2024-2025 Senate Parliamentarian
Mail stop: PAC 350
Telephone: (217) 206-8340
Email: danth2@uis.edu
Kristi Barnwell, CLASS, at-large
Associate Professor, History
Mail stop: UHB 3050
Telephone: (217) 206-7420
Email: kbarn2@uis.edu
Donna Bussell, CLASS, at-large
Professor & Chair, English and Modern Languages
Mail stop: UHB 3050
Telephone: (217) 206-8091
Email: dbuss3@uis.edu
Cheng-Chia "Brian" Chen, CHST
Associate Professor, School of Integrated Sciences, Sustainability, and Public Health
Mail stop: PAC 309
Telephone: (217) 206-8548
Email: cchen236@uis.edu
Richard Funderburg, CPAE
Associate Professor, School of Public Management and Policy
Mail stop: PAC 420
Telephone: (217) 206-7220
Email: rfund2@uis.edu
Sharon Graf, CLASS (2024-2025 replacement term)
Professor, Sociology/Anthropology
Mail stop: UHB 3038
Telephone: (217) 206-6570
Email: sgraf1@uis.edu
Timothy Hakenewerth, CLASS
Assistant Professor, Counseling and Social Work
Mail stop: BRK 332
Telephone: (217) 206-8151
Email: thake2@uis.edu
Karl McDermott, CBM, at-large
Professor & Chair, Accounting, Economics, and Finance
Mail stop: UHB 4054
Telephone: (217) 206-8468
Email: kmcde3@uis.edu
Neetu Singh, CBM
Associate Professor, Management Information Systems
2024-2025 Senate Secretary
Mail stop: UHB 4093
Telephone: (217) 206-7921
Email: nsing2@uis.edu
Carrie Switzer, CHST
Associate Professor & Chair, Psychology
Mail stop: UHB 3144
Telephone: (217) 206-7229
Email: cswit1@uis.edu
Faculty senators 2024-2026
Kyle Blount, CHST, at-large
Assistant Professor, School of Integrated Sciences, Sustainability, and Public Health
Mail stop: PAC 326
Telephone: (217) 206-8524
Email: wblou2@uis.edu
Lynn Fisher, CLASS, at-large
Professor & Chair, Sociology/Anthropology
2024-2025 Senate Chair
Mail stop: UHB 3038
Telephone: (217) 206-7938
Email: lfish1@uis.edu
Alan Freedman, CHST
Assistant Professor, School of Health Sciences
Mail stop: SLB 109
Telephone: (217) 206-8617
Email: afree5@uis.edu
Marc Klingshirn, CHST, at-large
Associate Professor, Chemistry
Mail stop: LRH 101
Telephone: (217) 206-8193
Email: mklin2@uis.edu
Jennifer Martin, CPAE
Associate Professor, School of Education
Mail stop: BRK 330
Telephone: (217) 206-6682
Email: jmart315@uis.edu
Dathan Powell, CLASS
Associate Professor, Art, Music, and Theatre
Mail stop: VPA 127 B
Telephone: (217) 206-8587
Email: dpowe5@uis.edu
Sarah Sagmoen, LIB
Clinical Assistant Professor, Library
Mail stop: BRK 140
Telephone: (217) 206-6618
Email: ssagm2@uis.edu
Joshua Smith, CHST
Instructor, Computer Science
Mail stop: UHB 3100
Telephone: (217) 206-6792
Email: jsmit6@uis.edu
Holly Thompson, CLASS, at-large
Associate Professor, Counseling
2024-2025 Senate Vice Chair
Mail stop: BRK 332
Telephone: (217) 206-7568
Email: hthom2@uis.edu
Yuan Wen, CBM
Assistant Professor, Marketing, Management, and Operations
Mail stop: UHB 4062
Telephone: (217) 206-8264
Email: ywen25@uis.edu
Staff and administration senators
Administrative senator:
Jorge Villegas
Associate Dean, College of Business and Management
Mail stop: UHB 4004
Telephone: (217) 206-7927
Email: jvill2@uis.edu
Academic Professional senator:
Craig McFarland
Academic Advisor, CLASS
Mail stop: UHB 3045
Telephone: (217) 206-8616
Email: dmcfa4@uis.edu
Academic Professional alternate senator:
Sarah Gibson
Online Advisor, CPAE
Mail stop: PAC 430
Telephone: (217) 206-7934
Email: sgibs3@uis.edu
Civil Service senator:
Aaron Stewart
Facilities Business Manager, Facilities & Services
Mail stop: BSB 33
Telephone: (217) 206-8360
E-mail: astew5@uis.edu
Civil Service alternate senator:
Jeff Sudduth
Technical Associate, Information Technology Services
Mail stop: BRK 180
Telephone: (217) 206-8350
E-mail: jsudd3@uis.edu
Student senators
Abhishek Bhore
Email: abhor3@uis.edu
Karac Henderson
Email: kend7@uis.edu
Alaba Kunlere
Email: akunl2@uis.edu
Samuel Moore
Email: smoor26@uis.edu
Emmanuelle Yakana
Email: emoss5@uis.edu
Aparna Nadhirigari, student alternate senator
Email: anadh@uis.edu
Sri Charan Rao Ramaraju, student alternate senator
Email: srama28@uis.edu
Outside Bodies
The Campus Senate also elects or appoints representatives to certain outside bodies.
Faculty Representatives to the University of Illinois System University Senates Conference
University of Illinois System University Senates Conference website
- Amy Dunning, CPAE, 2023-2026
- Lynn Fisher, CLASS, 2024-2027
- Sudeep Sharma, CBM, 2022-2025
Faculty Representative to the Illinois Board of Higher Education Faculty Advisory Committee
Illinois Board of Higher Education Faculty Advisory Committee website
- Tena Helton, CLASS, 2024-2028
- Kristi Barnwell, alternate, CLASS, 2024-2028