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
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

Student senators

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