2026-2027 Roster
2026/27 Faculty Officers
(1 year terms)
- Chair of the Faculty – Donna Roberson
- Vice Chair of the Faculty – Lisa Ellison
- Secretary of the Faculty – Charity Cayton
- Parliamentarian – Ryan Martin
Faculty Senators
(2 year terms)
Unit Name Term Expires
College of Allied Health Sciences (in process of transition) Jordan Whaley First 2027
College of Allied Health Sciences (in process of transition) Lauren Turbeville Second 2027
College of Allied Health Sciences (in process of transition) Toyin Babatunde Second 2027
Department of Anthropology (College of Arts and Sciences) James Loudon Second 2027
School of Art and Design (College of Fine Arts and Communication) Gabe Duggan Third 2028
School of Art and Design (College of Fine Arts and Communication) Brian Culbertson First 2027
Department of Biology (College of Arts and Sciences) Tim Christensen Second 2027
Department of Biology (College of Arts and Sciences) Patrick Harris First 2028
College of Business Stephanie Bae Second 2027
College of Business Asligul Erkan First 2027
College of Business Zhan Furner Second 2028
College of Business Patrick McKay First 2028
Department of Chemistry (College of Arts and Sciences) Shouquan Huo First 2027
School of Communication (College of Fine Arts and Communication) Eric Shouse Second 2027
Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology (College of Arts and Sciences) Alison Colby Second 2028
School of Dental Medicine Brian Muzyka First 2027
School of Dental Medicine Sophie Cui First 2027
Department of Earth, Environment and Planning (College of Arts and Sciences) Misun Hur First 2027
ECU Libraries Lisa Barricella Second 2027
ECU Libraries Soph Myers-Kelley First 2027
Department of Economics (College of Arts and Sciences) Meghan Millea Third 2027
College of Education Melissa Hudson Second 2028
College of Education Charity Cayton Third 2028
College of Education Vanessa Irvin First 2028
College of Education Anne Ticknor First 2028
College of Engineering and Technology Melinda Doty First 2027
College of Engineering and Technology Carol Massarra First 2028
College of Engineering and Technology J. Pittman First 2028
Department of English (College of Arts and Sciences) Anna Froula Second 2028
Department of English (College of Arts and Sciences) Margaret Bauer First 2027
Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures (College of Arts and Sciences) Lisa Ellison Second 2027
Department of Health Education and Promotion (College of Health and Human Performance) Jo Anne Balanay First 2027
Department of Health Education and Promotion (College of Health and Human Performance) Laura Merrell First 2028
Department of History (College of Arts and Sciences) Jonathan Reid Third 2027
Department of Human Development and Family Science (College of Health and Human Performance) Bernice Dodor First 2027
Department of Interior Design and Merchandising (College of Health and Human Performance) Marina Alexander First 2027
Department of Kinesiology (College of Health and Human Performance) Ronald Cortright Second 2028
Department of Mathematics (College of Arts and Sciences) Peng Xiao Second 2027
School of Medicine Jennifer Bennett First 2028
School of Medicine Kimberly Alford Third 2027
School of Medicine Emily Askew First 2027
School of Medicine Laxmansa Katwa Third 2027
School of Medicine Dustin Gertsch First 2028
School of Medicine Bryan Dunn Second 2028
School of Medicine Hunter Coore First 2028
School of Medicine Mary Lenfestey First 2027
School of Medicine Sruthi Sridhar First 2028
School of Music (College of Fine Arts and Communication) Raychl Smith First 2028
School of Music (College of Fine Arts and Communication) Christine Gustafson First 2027
College of Nursing Mark Hand Third 2027
College of Nursing Brittany Baker First 2027
College of Nursing Mitzi Pestaner Second 2028
Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies (College of Arts and Sciences) George Bailey Second 2026
Department of Physics (College of Arts and Sciences) Juan Beltran-Huarac Second 2027
Department of Political Science (College of Arts and Sciences) Austin Matthews First 2027
Department of Psychology (College of Arts and Sciences) Brandon Schultz First 2027
Department of Psychology (College of Arts and Sciences) Matt Whited First 2028
Department of Recreation Sciences and Sport Management (College of Health and Human Performance) Cari Autry Second 2028
School of Social Work (College of Health and Human Performance) Michael Daniels Third 2027
Department of Sociology (College of Arts and Sciences) Sitawa Kimuna Second 2027
School of Theatre and Dance (College of Fine Arts and Communication) Bryan Conger First 2028
Ex-Officio Members
(with vote, except in the election of Faculty Officers and committee members)
| Name | |
|---|---|
| Chancellor, Philip Rogers | chancelloroffice@ecu.edu |
| Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, J. Christopher Buddo | provostoffice@ecu.edu |
| Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs, Brandon Frye | fryeb23@ecu.edu |
| Past Chair of the Faculty (Education), Anne Ticknor | ticknora@ecu.edu |
| Academic Deans Representative, Todd Fraley | fraleyt@ecu.edu |
| Staff Senate Representative, LaToya Langford | langfordl23@ecu.edu |
UNC Faculty Assembly Delegates
| Name | |
|---|---|
| Donna Roberson, Chair of the Faculty (Nursing) | robersondo@ecu.edu |
| Annette Greer (Medicine) | greera@ecu.edu |
| Meghan Millea (Economics) | millieam17@ecu.edu |
| Toyin Babatunde (Nutrition Science) | babatundeo@ecu.edu |
| Melinda Doty (Engineering and Technology) | dotym@ecu.edu |
Alternate Senators
(2 year terms)
| Unit | Name | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| College of Allied Health Sciences (in process of transition) | Amy Gross-McMillan | 2027 |
| College of Allied Health Sciences (in process of transition) | Denise Donica | 2027 |
| College of Allied Health Sciences (in process of transition) | Rick Baybutt | 2027 |
| Department of Anthropology (College of Arts and Sciences) | Laura Mazow | 2026 |
| School of Art and Design (College of Fine Arts and Communication) | Michael Tracy | 2027 |
| School of Art and Design (College of Fine Arts and Communication) | Hilary Huskey | 2027 |
| School of Art and Design (College of Fine Arts and Communication) | Cat Normoyle | 2027 |
| Department of Biology (College of Arts and Sciences) | Scott Cory | 2027 |
| Department of Biology (College of Arts and Sciences) | Cameron Schmidt | 2028 |
| College of Business | Kent Alipour | 2028 |
| College of Business | Leah Grubb | 2027 |
| College of Business | Chip Galusha | 2028 |
| College of Business | Lee Grubb | 2028 |
| Department of Chemistry (College of Arts and Sciences) | Tim Romack | 2028 |
| School of Communication (College of Fine Arts and Communication) | John Howard | 2027 |
| Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology (College of Arts and Sciences) | Logan Kennedy | 2027 |
| School of Dental Medicine | Alex Gillone | 2027 |
| School of Dental Medicine | Ramiro Murata | 2027 |
| Department of Earth, Environment and Planning | Rosana Ferreira | 2027 |
| ECU Libraries | Allison Kaefring | 2027 |
| ECU Libraries | Rachel Priesman Marquez | 2027 |
| Department of Economics (College of Arts and Sciences) | Vera Tabakova | 2028 |
| College of Education | Rachelle Savitz | 2027 |
| College of Education | Bethany McKissick | 2028 |
| College of Education | Carrie Lee | 2028 |
| College of Education | Vanessa Reyes | 2028 |
| College of Engineering and Technology | Yilei Huang | 2027 |
| College of Engineering and Technology | Madhusudan Srinivasan | 2027 |
| College of Engineering and Technology | Amy Frank | 2028 |
| Department of English (College of Arts and Sciences) | Randall Martoccia | 2027 |
| Department of English (College of Arts and Sciences) | Kimberly Thompson | 2027 |
| Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures (College of Arts and Sciences) | Marylaura Papalas | 2027 |
| Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures (College of Arts and Sciences) | Justin Wilmes | 2027 |
| Department of Health Education and Promotion (College of Health and Human Performance) | Ryan Martin | 2027 |
| Department of Health Education and Promotion (College of Health and Human Performance) | Heidi Knecht | 2028 |
| Department of History (College of Arts and Sciences) | Chris Oakley | 2027 |
| Department of Human Development and Family Science (College of Health and Human Performance) | Archana (Anu) Hegde | 2028 |
| Department of Interior Design and Merchandising (College of Health and Human Performance) | Jesus Nieves | 2027 |
| Department of Kinesiology (College of Health and Human Performance) | Patrick Rider | 2028 |
| Department of Mathematics (College of Arts and Sciences) | Sieg Baluyot | 2028 |
| School of Medicine | Sinan Sousan | 2028 |
| School of Medicine | Paul Bolin | 2027 |
| School of Medicine | Divij Pasrija | 2028 |
| School of Medicine | Srinivas Sriramula | 2028 |
| School of Medicine | Roberto Portela | 2027 |
| School of Medicine | Jacques Robidoux | 2027 |
| School of Medicine | Sheena Eagan | 2027 |
| School of Medicine | Greg Kearney | 2027 |
| School of Medicine | Aloysius Ochasi | 2027 |
| School of Music (College of Fine Arts and Communication) | Travis Alford | 2028 |
| School of Music (College of Fine Arts and Communication) | Navid Bargrizan | 2028 |
| College of Nursing | Heather Kindl | 2027 |
| College of Nursing | Megan Cowin | 2028 |
| College of Nursing | Sandra Morris | 2027 |
| College of Nursing | Jennifer Perry | 2027 |
| College of Nursing | Debra Bradshaw | 2028 |
| College of Nursing | Tristin Carpenter | 2028 |
| Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies (College of Arts and Sciences) | Richard Miller | 2028 |
| Department of Physics (College of Arts and Sciences) | Nathan Hudson | 2028 |
| Department of Political Science (College of Arts and Sciences) | Jonathan Morris | 2027 |
| Department of Political Science (College of Arts and Sciences) | Jason Pudlo | 2027 |
| Department of Psychology (College of Arts and Sciences) | Shahnaz Aziz | 2028 |
| Department of Psychology (College of Arts and Sciences) | Emily Gathright | 2027 |
| Department of Recreation Sciences and Sport Management (College of Health and Human Performance) | Edwin Gomez | 2028 |
| School of Social Work (College of Health and Human Performance) | Reeve Kennedy | 2027 |
| Department of Sociology (College of Arts and Sciences) | Kristen Myers | 2027 |
| School of Theatre and Dance (College of Fine Arts and Communication) | Reid Parker | 2028 |
- 37 = Quorum (3/5 of 61 elected Faculty Senators)
- 71 = Faculty Senate Roster (61 Senators and 10 Ex-officio members)
- 2/3 vote of Faculty Senators (and ex-officios with vote) present and voting for matters of consideration to be taken out of order and/or new matters considered.
Updated: 04-22-2026