Faculty Senators

In order for the Faculty Senate to fulfill its role as the primary voice of the faculty, its members must each meet their responsibilities as a Senator. These responsibilities are characterized by representation, communication, and dedication. 

  • Senators are responsible for being the voice for their colleagues in the Senate and faithfully representing their views. 
  • Senators are responsible for communicating with their colleagues about Senate agenda items. Communication should be regular and timely. Senators should have a regular place on their unit’s meeting agenda and should engage colleagues in discussion about the senate agenda. 
  • Senators are responsible for encouraging their colleagues to identify new issues of importance to the faculty. 
  • Senators are responsible for regularly attending meetings and for finding alternates for those times when attendance is not possible. Senators are responsible for preparing for meetings. In particular, prior to meetings, Senators should: read the agenda materials; present the issues on the agenda to their colleagues and solicit input; and ready questions concerning agenda items.
  • Senators are responsible for participating in meetings. 
  • Senators are responsible for serving on committees. 

An active and effective Faculty Senate is essential to a healthy university, not least because it safeguards faculty and students against the creeping corporatization so present in modern academia. An active and effective Senate, however, requires members who are all willing to take on the responsibilities listed above. Joining the Faculty Senate is agreeing to contribute in this way. 

Executive Committee

Name College Email Term
Daniel Tirone Humanities and Social Sciences dtiron1@lsu.edu  2025
Inessa Bazayev Music and Dramatic Arts ibazayev@lsu.edu  2025
Parampreet Singh Science psingh@lsu.edu  2025
Michelle Osborn Veterinary Medicine mosborn@lsu.edu  2025
Kyla Kazuschyk Music and Dramatic Arts kkazuschyk@lsu.edu  2025
Kenneth Lopata Science klopata@lsu.edu  2025
Carmela Mattza Humanities and Social Sciences cmattza@lsu.edu  2025

Senators

Name College Email Term
Achyut Adhikari Agriculture acadhikari@agcenter.lsu.edu  2025
Kayanush Aryana Agriculture karyana@agcenter.lsu.edu  2026
Maria Bampasidou Agriculture mbampasidou@agcenter.lsu.edu  2025
John Bardes Humanities and Social Sciences jbardes@lsu.edu  2025
Gerald Baumgartner Engineering gb@lsu.edu  2025
Brett Boutwell Music and Dramatic Arts boutwell@lsu.edu  2026
Christine Bruening Art and Design cbruening@lsu.edu  2027
Summer Chandler Law Center summerchandler@lsu.edu  2027
Yan Chen Agriculture yachen@agcenter.lsu.edu  2026
Rebecca Christofferson Veterinary Medicine rcarri1@lsu.edu  2027
Charles Delzell Science delzell@math.lsu.edu  2027
Ray Diamond Law Center rdiamond@lsu.edu  2026
Hallie Dozier Agriculture hdozier@agcenter.lsu.edu  2025
Mehdi Farasat Engineering mfarasat@lsu.edu  2026
Meredith Gaglio Art and Design mgagli4@lsu.edu  2026
Charles Goodman Music and Dramatic Arts goodman1@lsu.edu  2027
Lauren Griffin Humanities and Social Sciences lhgriffin@lsu.edu  2027
Janene Grodesky Human Sciences and Education janenegrodesky@lsu.edu  2025
Achim Herrmann Science aherrmann@lsu.edu  2025
Ryan Hulteen Human Sciences and Education rhulteen@lsu.edu  2026
Catherine Jacquet Humanities and Social Sciences cjacquet@lsu.edu  2026
Kyla Kazuschyk Music and Dramatic Arts kkazuschyk@lsu.edu  2025
Revati Kumar Science revatik@lsu.edu  2026
Patty Lathan Veterinary Medicine plathan@lsu.edu  2027
Tracy LeBlanc Humanities and Social Sciences tleblanc220@gmail.com  2025
Julia Ledet Science ledet@lsu.edu  2027
Yuwei Li Humanities and Social Sciences yuweili@lsu.edu  2026
Kenneth Lopata Science klopata@lsu.edu  2025
Donald Lund Business dlund@lsu.edu  2027
Paul Manthei Human Sciences and Education pmanthei@lsu.edu  2026
Giulio Mariotti Coast and Environment gmariotti@lsu.du  2027
Sarah Mathews Science sarahmathews@lsu.edu  2026
Carmela Mattza Humanities and Social Sciences cmattza@lsu.edu  2027
Supratik Mukhopadhyay Coast and Environment mmukho1@lsu.edu  2027
Marcia Newcomer Science newcomer@lsu.edu  2026
Wayne Newhauser Science newhauser@lsu.edu  2025
Michelle Osborn Veterinary Medicine mosborn@lsu.edu  2026
Rosemary Peters-Hill Humanities and Social Sciences rpeters@lsu.edu  2026
Patricia Queiroz-Williams Veterinary Medicine pqueiroz@lsu.edu  2025
Leonard Ray Humanities and Social Sciences lray2@lsu.edu  2025
Michael Russo LSU Libraries mrusso1@lsu.edu  2025
Subramaniam Sathivel Agriculture ssathivel@agcenter.lsu.edu  2026
Ingmar Schoegl Engineering ischoegl@lsu.edu  2026
Jennifer Scott Human Sciences and Education jenscott@lsu.edu  2026
Edward Shihadeh Humanities and Social Sciences edsoc@lsu.edu  2025
Samuel Snow Engineering ssnow@lsu.edu  2027
Paul Soto Humanities and Social Sciences soto1@lsu.edu  2025
Phillip Sprunger Science phils@lsu.edu  2027
Casey Stannard Agriculture stannard@lsu.edu  2027
Min Su Business minsu@lsu.edu  2025
Chao Sun Engineering csun@lsu.edu  2025
Michelle Todd Human Sciences and Education etodd10@lsu.edu  2025
Mayank Tyagi Engineering mtyagi@lsu.edu  2026
Bulent Unel Business bunel@lsu.edu  2027
Willem Van Boxtel Humanities and Social Sciences wvboxtel@lsu.edu  2026
Shea Vela-Vick Science shea@math.lsu.edu  2027
Ted Waldron Business tlwaldron@lsu.edu  2027
Cathy Williams Agriculture cwilliams@agcenter.lsu.edu  2026
Jian Xu Engineering jianxu@lsu.edu  2027
Jun Zou Art and Design junjiang@lsu.edu  2026

 

Attendance

P = Present
A = Absent
*If left blank, the Senator was not on the roster at the time of the meeting
 

Executive Committee

Name August 27 September 19 October 7 October 29 November 20 January 22 February 20 March 24 April 15
Daniel Tirone P P              
Inessa Bazayev P P              
Parampreet Singh P P              
Michelle Osborn P P              
Kyla Kazuschyk P P              
Kenneth Lopata P P              
Carmela Mattza                  

Senators

Name August 27 September 19 October 29 November 20 January 22 February 20 March 24 April 15
Achyut Adhikari A A            
Priscilla Allen P A            
Kayanush Aryana P P            
Maria Bampasidou P P            
John Bardes P Alternate: Meredith Veldman            
Gerald Baumgartner P P            
Brett Boutwell P P            
Christine Bruening P P            
Summer Chandler P P            
Yan Chen A Alternate: Jennifer Blanchard            
Rebecca Christofferson   Alternate: Basal Abuaita            
Charles Delzell                
Ray Diamond Alternate: Nick Davrados P            
Hallie Dozier P A            
Mehdi Farasat P A            
Meredith Gaglio A A            
Charles Goodman   P            
Lauren Griffin P P            
Janene Grodesky P Alternate: Colin Wierts            
Achim Herrmann P P            
Ryan Hulteen P P            
Catherine Jacquet P A            
Karim Johari A A            
Kyla Kazuschyk P P            
Revati Kumar P P            
Patty Lathan P A            
Tracy LeBlanc A A            
Julia Ledet                
Yuwei Li   P            
Kenneth Lopata P P            
Donald Lund   P            
Paul Manthei P P            
Giulio Mariotti P Alternate: Paul Miller            
Sarah Mathews Alternate: Bret Elderd Alternate: Bret Elderd            
Carmela Mattza   P            
Supratik Mukhopadhyay A A            
Marcia Newcomer A A            
Wayne Newhauser  A A            
Michelle Osborn P P            
Rosemary Peters-Hill P P            
Patricia Queiroz-Williams A A            
Leonard Ray A A            
Michael Russo P P            
Subramaniam Sathivel P P            
Ingmar Schoegl P A            
Jennifer Scott                
Edward Shihadeh P P            
Samuel Snow P P            
Paul Soto Alternate: Haley Cobb Alternate: Paul Soto            
Phillip Sprunger   P            
Casey Stannard P P            
Min Su   P            
Chao Sun P P            
Michelle Todd P A            
Mayank Tyagi P P            
Bulent Unel   A            
Ted Waldron   P            
Cathy Williams P P            
Jian Xu P P            
Jun Zou P P            

P = Present
A = Absent
*If left blank, the Senator was not on the roster at the time of the meeting
 

Executive Committee

Name August 28 September 19 October 11 November 2 November 29 January 24 February 20 March 18 April 11
Inessa Bazayev P P P P P P P P P
Daniel Tirone P P P P P P P P P
Mandi Lopez P A A A A A A A A
Parampreet Singh P P P P P P P P P
Kevin Ringelman P P P P P P P P P
Kyla Kazuschyk P P A P P P P A P
Michelle Osborn (elected to FSEC at September 19 meeting)      P P P A P P P

Senators

Name August 28 September 19 October 11 November 2 November 29 January 24 February 20 March 18 April 11
Achyut Adhikari P P A A A A Alternate: James Wise P A
Priscilla Allen P P A P P P P P P
Kayanush Aryana P P P P P A P P P
Scott Baldridge P P Alternate: Charles Delzell A A Alternate: Charles Delzell P P P
Maria Bampasidou P P A P A P P A P
John Bardes P Alternate: Sherri Johnson P P Alternate: K. Stephen Prince P Alternate: Meredith Veldman P Alternate: Meredith Veldman
Estanislado Barrera P P P P Alternate: Rosalind Hudson Alternate: Julie Rollins P Alternate: Julie Rollins P
Gerald Baumgartner Alternate: Rahul Shah A Alternate: Rahul Shah Alternate: Rahul Shah Alternate: Fred Aghazadeh P A P P
Brett Boutwell P P P P P P Alternate: Jeff Perry P P
James Canfield P A P A P P P A P
Yan Chen P P P Alternate: Jennifer Blanchard P A P P Alternate: Jennifer Blanchard
John Church A P A P P P P P P
Fabio Del Piero A A A P A P P A A
Ray Diamond Alternate: Nikolas Davrados P A P P P P P A
Kerry Dooley P A P A P P P A P
Thomas Douthat P P P P P P P P P
Hallie Dozier P A A Alternate: Heather Kirk-Ballard P A P P P
Mehdi Farasat P P P A P P A A P
Matthew Freeman A A A A A A A A A
Lisa Fultz P P P Alternate: Ed Bush P        
Meredith Gaglio P P A P A A P A A
Janene Grodesky P P P Alternate: Dan Yost Alternate: Melissa Thompson P P P P
Roy Heidelberg P A Alternate: Min Su P P P Alternate: Robin Lemaire P P
Achim Herrmann P Alternate: Jonathan Snow P Alternate: Jonathan Snow P A A A P
Matthew Hiatt Alternate: Cassie Glaspie Alternate: cassie Glaspie P P P P A P Alternate: Kehui Xu
Ryan Hulteen P Alternate: Jaclyn Hadfield P P P P Alternate: Jaclyn Hadfield P P
Catherine Jacquet           P P P Alternate: Herman Kelly
Karim Johari P P A A A A A A A
Kyla Kazuschyk P P Alternate: Vanessa Uhlig P P P P A P
Revati Kumar P P Alternate: Robert Cook P P A P A P
Tracy LeBlanc P P A A A P P P A
Joseph Legoria Alternate: Ken Reichelt P Alternate: Dana Hollie P A A A A A
Kenneth Lopata P P P A P P P P P
James Madden P P P A P P P P P
Robert Mann P Alternate: Judith Sylvester A P A A P A Alternate: Judith Sylvester
Paul Manthei P P P P P P P P A
Sarah Mathews A A P P A P P P P
Carmela Mattza P P Alternate: Dorota Heneghan P P P P P P
Marcia Newcomer Alternate: Yong-Hwan Lee A Alternate: Yong-Hwan Lee P Alternate: Yong-Hwan Lee Alternate: Yong-Hwan Lee A A P
Wayne Newhauser  P P A A A A A A A
Michelle Osborn P P P P P A P P P
Patricia Queiroz-Williams P A A A A A A A A
Leonard Ray A A A A A A A A A
Molly Redfield P P P P P P P A P
Jeffrey Roland P P Alternate: Lauren Griffin P Alternate: Lauren Griffin        
Sarah Peppin Rosser A P P A A P P A P
Rosemary Peters-Hill   A A P P P P P P
Michael Russo P Alternate: Michael Holt P P P Alternate: Nicollete Davis P P P
Subramaniam Sathivel P P P P P A P A Alternate: Michael Keenan
Ingmar Schoegl P P P P P P P P P
Edward Shihadeh P P P P A A P A P
Parampreet Singh P P P P P P P P P
Paul Soto P A P P P P A A P
Brenton Stewart P A P A P P P A A
Chao Sun P P P P P P Alternate: Yen-Fang Su P A
Michelle Todd P A P A P P P P P
Mayank Tyagi P Alternate: Femi Olorode Alternate: Yuanhang Chen A P P P P P
Adriano Vatta P P P P P A P P P
Paulo Waltrich A P P P P A A A A
Cathy Williams P P P P A A P P P
Jianan Wu A A A A A A A A A
Yejun Wu P P P A P P P P A
Alison Zhou P P P A P P P P P
Jun Zou P P P P P P P A P

 

P = Present
A = Absent 
If left blank, the Senator was not on the roster at the time of the meeting
 

Executive Committee

Name August 29 September 20 October 20 November 16 December 1 January 23 February 16 March 22 April 18
Inessa Bazayev P P P P P P P P P
Daniel Tirone P P P P P P P P P
Mandi Lopez P P P P P P P P A
Meredith Veldman P P P P P P P P P
Parampreet Singh P P P P P P P P P
Kevin Ringelman (elected to FSEC at August 29 meeting)   P P P A P P P P
Kyla Kazuschyk (elected to FSEC at August 29 meeting)    P P P P P P P P

 Senators

Name August 29 September 20 October 20 November 16 December 1 January 23 February 16 March 22 April 18
Achyut Adhikari P A P A P P A P P
Lori Bade P P P P Alternate: Jeff Perry P Alternate: Jeff Perry A P
Scott Baldridge P P P P P P P P P
Maria Bampasidou P P P A P P A P P
John Bardes P P P P P A A P A
Estanislado Barrera Alternate: Kim Skinner A P Alternate: Kim Skinner A A P A P
Gerald Baumgartner P P P Alternate: Kisung Lee P P A P A
Hana Beloglavec P P P P P P P P P
Pam Blanchard P P P P P P P P P
Margo Brault P P A P P P P P P
Kellie Brisini P P P A P P P P P
James Canfield A P P A P P P A A
Elizabeth Carter A A A A A A A A A
John Church  P P A P A P A P A
Robert Cook P P P P P P P P P
Fabio Del Piero P P P Alternate: Mandi Lopez Alternate: Mandi Lopez P P Alternate: Mandi Lopez P
William Doerrler P P P A P P A P A
Kerry Dooley P P A P P A P P P
Thomas Douthat P P A P P P P P P
Hallie Dozier P P P A P P Alternate: Ed Bush P P
Mostafa Elseifi P A P A A A A A A
Serap Erincin       P A Alternate: Jon Snow Alternate: Jon Snow Alternate: Rogers Orock P
Jake Esselstyn P A A P P P A P A
Lori Favela Alternate: Andy Trevathan                
Matthew Freeman P A A A A P A A A
Lisa Fultz P P P P P P P P P
Janene Grodesky P Alternate: Gregory Purser P P Alternate: Ryan Hulteen Alternate: Ryan Hulteen P Alternate: Ashley Bowers P
Roy Heidelberg P P P P P P P P P
Achim Herrmann P P P A P P P Alternate: Jon Snow A
Matthew Hiatt P P Alternate: Cassandra Glaspie P P P Alternate: Jennifer Brum Alternate: Nan Walker P
Robert Holton P A P P Alternate: Soo Jeong Jo P A P Alternate: Annicia Street
Kyla Kazuschyk P P P P P P P P P
Joan King P P P P P P P P P
Heather Kirk-Ballard P P Alternate: Carl Motsenbocker Alternate: Edward Bush P P P P P
Gerry Knapp A Alterate: Fred Aghazadeh A A A A P P A
Tracy Leblanc         A P P A A
Carlos Lee P P P P A A P P P
Joseph Legoria A P P Alternate: Ken Reidel P A P A P
Kenneth Lopata P P P P P P P P P
James Madden P A A P Alternate: Charles Delzell P P P P
Robert Mann P P P Alternate: Judith Sylvester P P P P P
Carmela Mattza     P P P P P P P
Louay Mohammad P Alternate: Shengli Chen P P P P P P Alternate: Hany Hassan
Wayne Newhauser P A A P P P P A Alternate: Ravi Rau
Arthur Penn A A A A A A A A A
Leonard Ray P A P A P A A A A
Helen Regis Alternate: Brittany Cook A Alternate: Brittany Cook P Alternate: Maribel Dietz A P P P
Kevin Ringelman P P P P A P P P P
Jeffrey Roland P P P Alternate: Deborah Goldhaber P P P Alternate: Lauren Horn Griffin P
Sarah Peppin Rosser P A P P P A P P P
Michael Russo P P P P Alternate: Paul Hvycaj P P P P
Edward Shihadeh P P P P P P P P P
Parampreet Singh P P P P P P P P P
Wei-Ling Song P P P Alternate: Min Su P P P P P
Paul Soto P P P P P Alternate: Chris Cox P P P
Brenton Stewart P A P P P P P P P
Chao Sun             Alternate: Frank Tsai P Alternate: Yen-Fang Su
Michelle Todd P Alternate: Oliver Crocco P P A P P A P
Jim Van Scotter P P P P A A A A A
Adriano Vatta P Alternate: Mariano Carossino P P P P P P P
Mark Wagner A A A            
Muhammad A Wahab Alternate: Fereydoun Aghazadeh Alternate: Fereydoun Aghazadeh P P P A P P Alternate: Fred Aghazadeh
Paulo Waltrich P P A A A A A P A
Julie Wright Rollins P A P P A P P A P
Jianan Wu P A P A A P A A A
Yejun Wu P P P P P P P P P