Contact Your Council Members
Be part of the UHD Faculty community. Join us at a meeting. The UHD Faculty Council meets from 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. every first Tuesday during the fall and spring semesters.
Current Faculty Council Members
Faculty Council Leadership (to be appointed by Dr. Blanchard by September 15, 2025):
Presiding Officer (2025-2026)
Associate Presiding Officer (2025-2026)
Secretary (2025-2026)
Elected Council Members:
College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHSS)
Jose Alvarez, HHL (2025-2027)
Edgardo Colon Rivera, SOS (2025-2027)
Paul Mandell, HHL (2025-2026)
Kyle Moore, A&C (2025-2026)
Ashleigh Petts, ENG (2025-2026)
John Rountree, A&C (2025-2027)
Katrina Rufino, PSY (2025-2026)
Nell Sullivan, ENG (2025-2027)
College of Public Service (CPS)
Sarah Albrecht, UE (2025-2027)
Judith Harris, CJSW (2025-2026)
Billy Henson, CJSW (2025-2027)
Abdelnasser Hussein, UE (2025-2026)
College of Sciences and Technology (CST)
Maria Benavides, NS (2025-2027)
Gabriela Bowden, NS (2025-2026
Katherine Shoemaker, MS (2025-2026)
Ryan Pepper, MS (2025-2027)
Emre Yilmaz, CSET (2025-2027)
Marilyn Davies College of Business (MDCOB)
Syed Ali, FISER (2025-2026)
Cheryl Dowie, MGT (2025-2026)
Jingxin Hu, ACCI (2025-2027)
Daniel Perez, FISER (2025-2027)
Arpita Shroff, ACCI (2025-2026)
Elected Non-Tenure Track Council Members
Casey Akins, CJSW (2025-2027)
Luke Fedell, A&C (2025-2027)
Mitsue Nakamura, MS (2025-2027)
Jarvis Thomas, MGT (2025-2027)
Presidential Appointed Positions (2025-2026)
Isaac Elking, GMSC (2025-2026)
Toni Hoang, A&C (2025-2026)
Kenya Johnson, CJSW (2025-2026)
Subash Pakhrin, CSET (2025-2026)
Past Senate Presidents and Officers
Officers and senators for 2023-2024
Officers and senators for 2022-2023
Officers and senators for 2021-2022
Officers and senators for 2020-2021
Officers and senators for 2019-2020
Officers and senators for 2018-2019
Officers and senators for 2017-2018
Officers and senators for 2016-2017
Officers and senators for 2014-2015
Officers and senators for 2012-2013
Officers and senators for 2011-2012
Officers and senators for 2010-2011
Officers and senators for 2009-2010
Contact Us
Office of the UHD Faculty Council
One Main Building
One Main Street, Suite OMB S630
Houston, TX 77002
Phone: 713-221-8018
E-mail: facultysenate@uhd.edu
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