Senators

Senate Membership (Senators & ex officio members)

This page includes the current membership (Senators and ex officio members) for Academic Senate, followed by committee rosters. If you are aware of errors in the Senate roster, please contact senate@csuci.edu. If you are aware of errors in the committee rosters, please contact senate.appointments.elections@csuci.edu.

Senate Membership (Senators & ex officio members)

The Academic Senate for 2026-2027 has 79 seats representing 49 University areas. The table below lists the Senators and ex officio members who have been identified as of May 1, 2026. This table will be updated as represented areas provide the names of their Senator.

To update your Department / Affinity Group / Council's Senator(s), please contact senate@csuci.edu and cc: taryn.mchugh@csuci.edu

Constituent Area 

Seats 

Term Ends SP27 

Term Ends SP28 

Senate Chair 

1 

  

Christina Smith 

Anthropology 

1 

Colleen Delaney 

-- 

Art & Art History 

1 

-- 

? 

Biology 

2 

Carly Ann Becerra [F25: Amy Denton] 

? 

Black Studies 

1 

E. Nicole Vines 

-- 

Chemistry 

1 

-- 

? 

Chicana/o Studies 

1 

Nicholas Centino 
[F25: José M. Alamillo] 

-- 

Communication 

1 

-- 

José Castro-Sotomayor

Computer Science & Engineering 

1 

-- 

? 

Dance, Music & Theatre 

1 

Heather Castillo 

-- 

English 

1 

-- 

? 

ESRM 

1 

Clare Steele 

-- 

Global Languages & Cultures 

1 

-- 

? 

Health Science 

1 

-- 

? 

History 

1 

-- 

? 

Library 

1 

Janet Pinkley 

-- 

Mathematics & Data Science 

2 

Cynthia Flores 

? 

Nursing 

1 

-- 

Neomie Congello

Physics & Astronomy 

1 

-- 

? 

Psychology 

2 

Amira Ibrahim

Peter Krause

Public & Global Affairs 

1 

-- 

? 

Sociology 

1 

Karina Chavarria 

-- 

Business 

2 

Dylan Cooper  
[AY 26-27: Minder Chen] 

? 

Economics 

1 

Jared Barton 

-- 

Early Childhood Studies 

1 

Annie White 

-- 

Education Foundations 

1 

-- 

? 

Educational Leadership 

1 

Charles Weis 

-- 

Teacher Education 

2 

? 

? 

Non-Tenure Track Faculty (NTTF) Senators At Large 

4 

William Munroe (Chem) - S27 
Lorna Profant (Bio) - S27 [S26 replacement: Kathleen Klompien] 

Tabitha Swan-Wood (Physics) - S28 
Susan Lefevre (UNIV) - S28 

AAPIA 

1 

  

? 

BFSA 

1 

  

? 

CHILFASA 

1 

  

? 

IFSA 

1 

Tiina Itkonen  

  

QAA 

1 

Ronald Berkowsky  

  

WOC 

1 

  

Theresa Avila

Center Directors (ex-officio)** 

4 

CIS: TBD (S27) 
CCE: Georgina Guzman (exp. S28) 
CGE: Kimmy Kee-Rose (S30) 

CSA: TBD (S28) 

CFA Chapter President (ex-officio)** 

1 

? 

  

Chair APPC (AVP + Faculty) 

2 

AVP: Neto 
Faculty: Annie White 

  

Chair AEBC 

1 

? 

  

Chair FAC 

1 

Lydia Dixon 

  

Chair SBC/2nd Officer 

1 

Matthew Campbell 

  

Chair CEAR/3rd Officer 

1 

Amira Ibrahim 

  

SWAS 

2 

Monica Pereira (S27) 

  

ASI * 

1 

? 

  

Chair of Staff Council ** 

1 

Rebecca Slocum 

  

Staff Council * 

3 

Riley Crain
Rachel Danielson
Jeannette Edwards

  

MPPs or designees (ex-officio) * 

3 

Monica Rivas (Advising) 
Colleen Forest (Registrar) 
Kristen Dobson (Curriculum) 

  

President ** 

1 

Susan Andrzejewski (Interim) 

  

Vice Presidents ** 

4 

Jessica Lavariega Monforti 
Eboni Ford Turnbow 
Ritchie LeRoy 
Edith Winterhalter (Interim) 

  

Vice Provost and AVPs in Academic Affairs ** 

5 

Gina Gibau 
Veronica Guerrero 
Lina Neto 

  

Deans & Associate Deans AA ** 

7 

David Vera (MVS) 
Phil Hampton (A&S) 
Luis Sanchez (A&S) 
Jill Leafstedt (EU) 
Kathryn Howard (Education) 
Lina Neto (Library - Interim) 

  

Student Affairs Personnel ** 

1-2 

pending 

  

Representatives of Tech Services ** 

1-2 

pending 

  

'--' denotes that there is no Senator for this represented area whose terms expires in this year 

* = limited voting rights (see Senate Bylaws 2.2 for details) 

** = non-voting 

 

'--' denotes that there is no Senator for this represented area whose terms expires in this year
* = limited voting rights (see Senate Bylaws 2.2 for details)
** = non-voting