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Senators

Senators serving in the 2026-2027 Faculty Senate

College of Architecture, Arts, and Design

  • Apparel, Housing, and Resource Management: Kevin Cheng (2027)
  • College Faculty Association - AAD: Vacant (2029)
  • School of Architecture: Ramtin Haghnazar Kouchaksaraei (2028)
  • School of Design: Vacant (2029)
  • School of Performing Arts, Theatre and Cinema: Logan Dandridge (2027)
  • School of Performing Arts, Music: Kimberly Loeffert (2027)
  • School of Visual Arts: Vacant (2029)

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

  • Agricultural and Applied Economics:  Catherine Larochelle (2028)
  • Agricultural, Leadership, and Community Education:  Jerald Walz (2029)
  • Agricultural Technology: Vacant (2029)
  • Biochemistry:  Justin Lemkul (2029)
  • Biological Systems Engineering:  Anna Duraj-Thatte (2028)
  • College Faculty Association - CALS: Vacant (2029)
  • Entomology:  Warren Booth (2027)
  • Food Science and Technology:  Jake Lahne (2027)
  • Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise:  Vacant (2027)
  • School of Animal Sciences: Shelly Rhoads (2028)
  • School of Plant and Environmental Sciences:  Matt Eick (2027)

College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences

  • College Faculty Association - CLAHS: James Hawdon (2027)
  • English: Silas Cassinelli (2029), Rebecca Weaver-Hightower (2028)
  • History:  Nicholas Copeland (2028)
  • Human Development and Family Science:  Kristen Benson (2027)
  • Modern and Classical Languages & Literatures: Maria del Carmen Caña-Jiménez (2027)
  • Philosophy: Gregory Novack (2027)
  • Political Science: Nick Goedert (2028)
  • Religion and Culture: Vacant (2029)
  • School of Communications: Adrienne Holz (2028)
  • School of Education: Bettibel Kreye (2029), Bradley Bowen (2027)
  • School of Public and International Affairs: Vacant (2029), David Bieri (2028)
  • Science and Technology in Society: Rebecca Hester (2028)
  • Sociology: Micah Roos (2029)

College of Natural Resources and Environment

  • College Faculty Association - CNRE: Ron Meyers (2027)
  • Fish and Wildlife Conservation: Sarah Karpanty (2027)
  • Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation: Carolyn Copenheaver (2027)
  • Geography: Anamaria Bukvic (2027)
  • Sustainable Biomaterials: Urs Buehlmann (2029)

College of Engineering

  • Aerospace and Ocean Engineering: Mark Psiaki (2028)
  • Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics: Steven Rowson (2027)
  • College Faculty Association - COE: Stephen Martin (2027)
  • Chemical Engineering:  Luke Achenie (2029)
  • Civil and Environmental Engineering: Sherif Montaleb Abdelaziz (2027), Bryan Katz (2028)
  • Computer Science:  Vacant (2029), Bob Edmison (2028)
  • Electrical and Computer Engineering: Joe Adams (2028)
  • Engineering Education:  Vacant (2029)
  • Industrial and Systems Engineering:  Vacant (2029), Vacant (2029)
  • Materials Science and Engineering:  G.Q. Lu (2028)
  • Mechanical Engineering: Jan Heldge Bøhn (2027), Jeff Warfford (2028)
  • Mining and Minerals Engineering:  Vacant (2029)
  • Myers-Lawson School of Construction: Nazila Roofigari-Esfahan (2027)

College of Science

  • Biological Sciences: Jeb Barrett (2029), Joel McGlothliln (2027)
  • College Faculty Association - COS: Byron Tsang (2027)
  • Chemistry: Wei Lui (2029), Caroline Saouma (2028)
  • Economics: Richard Ashley (2028)
  • Geosciences: Marc Michel (2027)
  • Mathematics: Diane Agud (2029), Isis Quinlan (2028)
  • School of Neuroscience: Sarah Clinton (2027)
  • Physics: Phil Nelson (2027), Ian Shoemaker (2027)
  • Psychology: Angela Scarpa-Friedman (2027)
  • Statistics: Yili Hong (2029)

College of Veterinary Medicine

  • Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology: Vacant (2029), Vacant (2029)
  • College Faculty Association - CVM: Virginia Buechner-Maxwell (2027)
  • Large Animal Clinical Sciences and Equine Medical Center: Harold McKenzie (2027)
  • Population Health Sciences: Ryan Calder (2028)
  • Small Animal Clinical Sciences: Mark Freeman (2027)

Pamplin College of Business

  • Accounting and Information Systems: Eric Martin (2028)
  • Business Information Technology: Lara Khansa (2028)
  • College Faculty Association - Pamplin: Vacant (2028)
  • Finance, Insurance, and Business Law: Jason Malone (2028)
  • Hospitality and Tourism Management: Candace Fitch (2027)
  • Management: Vacant (2029)
  • Marketing: Boya Xu (2029)
  • Real Estate: Sherwood Clements (2029)

University Libraries

  • Libraries: Alex Kinnaman (2029), Rachel Miles (2027)

Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine

  • College Faculty Association - VTCSoM: Terri-Ann Wattsman (2027)
  • Emergency Medicine:  Vacant (2028)
  • Family  and Community Medicine:  David Gregory (2028)
  • Health Systems and Implementation Science: Nathaniel Bishop (2028)
  • Internal Medicine: Azziza Bankole (2027)
  • Neurosurgery: Vacant (2027)
  • Obstetrics and Gynecology: Vacant (2028)
  • Orthopedic Surgery: Jonathan Carmouche (2029)
  • Pediatrics: Vacant (2029)
  • Psychiatry and  Behavioral Medicine: Azziza Bankole (2027)
  • Radiology: Daniel Karolyi (2028)
  • Surgery:  Curtis Bower (2027)
  • VTC Basic Science Education: Renee LeClair (2029)

Research Faculty

(Elected at-large)

  • Myra Blanco (2028)
  • Naomi Dunn (2028)
  • Cassandra Efkeman (2028)
  • William Headley (2028)
  • Aymen Halouani (2028)
  • Yi Shi (2028)