Representatives to University Committees 2026-2027

University Senators

Jelagat Cheruiyot (2024-2027)
Donald Gaver (2026-2029)
Kim O’Connor (2026-2029)
Brian Summa (2024-2027)
Carrie Wyland (2025-2028)
Hridesh Rajan, SSE Dean

University Senate Committees

Mallory Cortez - Academic Freedom and Responsibility of Students (2025-2027)
Julie Albert – Assessment (2025-2028)
Mike Joyce - Athletics (2024-2027)
Hannah Frank - Budget Review (appointed by the Committee on Committees) (2024-2027)
Louis McLane - Educational Policy (2024-2027) 
Don Gaver – Educational Policy (2025-2028)
Ricardo Cortez - Equal Opportunity and Anti-Discrimination Grievances Against Faculty (2025-2028)
Julie Markant – Equal Opportunity and Anti-Discrimination Grievances Against Faculty (2024-2027)
Jennifer Fang – Equal Opportunity and Institutional Equity (2026-2029)
Nicole Gasparini - Faculty Handbook (2026-2029)  
Alireza Shirvani – Faculty & Staff Benefits (2026-2029)
Lev Kaplan – Faculty & Staff Benefits (2025-2028)
Denys Bondar - Faculty Tenure, Freedom and Responsibility (2024-2027)
Ram Mettu – Honors (2026-2029)
David Corey – Information Technology (2026-2029)
Scott McKinley – Information Technology (2025-2028)
Matthew Toups – Information Technology (2026-2029)
Yi Wang - Libraries (2025-2028) 
Shaokai Jian - Libraries (2024-2027) 
Nazir Tahir – Physical Facilities - Science (2026-2029)
Anoop Rajappan – Physical Facilities - Engineering (2025-2028)
Jelegat Cheruiyot – President’s Faculty Advisory (elected by the Senate) (2025-2028)
Maria Galazo - Research (2026-2029)
Khaled Adjerid – Social Issues (2026-2029)
Rebecca Faust – Student Affairs (2025-2028)

Committee on Committees
Donald Gaver (elected by the Senate) (2025-2027)

President's Faculty Advisory Committee
Jelagat Cheuiyot (elected by the Senate) (2025-2028)

Representatives to Board of Administrators
(elected by the Senate)

Graduate Council

Stryder Meadows (2025-2028)
Matt Montemore (2026-2029)
Adrienn Perdew (2024-2027)
Tor Törnqvist (2026-2029)

Graduate Honor Board Pool

Carolyn Bayer
Courtney Baker
Nancye Dawers
Emily Farrer 
Fenglei He
Igor Rubtsov
Sunshine Van Bael
Meenakshi Vijayaraghavan
Jiang Wei

Institutional Review Board Faculty Advisory

Mike Hoerger
Damir Khrismatullin

Institutional Biosafety

Nathalie Busschaert 
Kim O'Connor

Research Assessment

Thomas Hebert
Laura Schrader

Joint Hearing Board

Christian Burr (2024-2027)
Daniel Howsmon (2024-2027)
Ryan Gelfand (2024-2027)
Yi Wang (2024-2027)

Newcomb-Tulane College Committees

Committee on Academic Requirements
Aaron Maus (2024-2027)
Hannah Frank (2025-2028)

Committee on Academic Integrity
David Corey (2024-2027)
Sara Clark (2024-2027)

Curriculum Committee
Alireza Shirvani (2024-2027)
Christian Burr (2025-2028)

Executive Committee
Aaron Maus (2025-2028)
Jelagat Cheruiyot (2026-2029)

Honor Board
Ricardo Cortez (2023-2026)
ZiZhan Zheng (2023-2026)
Denys Bondar (2023-2026)
Damian Murray (2023-2026)  
Matt Toups (2024-2027)
Shuaihua Gao (2024-2027)
Maria Galazo (2024-2027) 
Courtney Lopreore (2024-2027)

Center for Public Service Executive Committee
Khaled Adjerid (2025-2028)
Nick Mattei (2026-2029)

Study Abroad Committee
Scott Grayson (2025-2028)
Katie Russell (2026-2029)

Creative Premedical Scholars
Hannah Frank (2026-2029)

Past Representatives