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Executive Council Members - 2026-27

  • Alexandra List, Chair
  • Hyung Joon Yoon,  Chair-Elect
  • Elizabeth Hughes,  Past Chair

Department Representatives

Curriculum & Instruction

  • Mark Kissling (2025-27)
  • Brian Henninger (2026-28)

Education Policy Studies

  • Katerina Bodovski (2026-28)
  • Kelly Rosinger (2026-28)
Educational Psychology, Counseling & Special Education
  • Julia Green-Brtyan (2026-28)
  • Emily Sharp (2026-28)
Learning & Performance Systems
  • Candace Claar (2025-27)
  • TBD

Student Representatives

  • Graduate Students: TBD
  • Undergraduate Students: TBD

BIPOC Council Representative

  • TBD

Equity Team Representative

  • Christine McDonald

Dean's Representative

  • Susan Land, Interim Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs
     

2026-27 College of Education Elected Positions

Ty Hollett (2025-)

Pia Smal (2025-)

Ashley Patterson (2025-)

Esther Prins, LPS (2026 - 2028), Convenor and Senate Council member
Ed Fuller, EPS (2022- 2026)
Efrain Marimon, CI (2023-2027)
Javier Casado Perez, EPCSE (2024-2028)
Jennifer Hanna, EPCSE (2026-27) 

TBD, (2026-27)
 

Alternates: 

  1. Stephanie Schroeder, CI (2026-27)

     

 

 

Wilson Okello (2025-27)

Amy Farris (2026-2029)
 

Alternate: Paul Riccomini
 

 

Faculty Council Standing Committees

The Committee on Curricular Affairs reviews and evaluates all proposals for undergraduate and graduate courses and programs submitted by the departments. 

Membership consists of a member from each department (typically the Directors of Graduate and Undergraduate Studies/Curriculum from each department) and one elected Faculty Council member. A Dean’s representative (typically an associate dean) attends and participates in all committee meetings. 

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TBD

 

Membership consists of one member from each department. The committee will include one elected Faculty Council member, with other members appointed by department heads in consultation with the Associate Dean for Undergraduate and Graduate Studies. Two-year terms of service will be staggered to ensure continuity. 

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TBD

Membership consists of one elected Faculty Council member and additional faculty members, one representing each department and appointed by Department Heads. One College staff representative, selected from and by the Staff Advisory Council, will also serve. Two student representatives, one selected from the College Undergraduate Student Council and one from Graduate Student Council, will also serve.

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TBD

 

Faculty Council Special Committees

Ashley Patterson, Associate Professor (CI) 2024-27
Kimberly Powell, Professor (CI) 2026-28
Marcela Borge, Associate Professor (LPS) 2024-27  
Kevin Kinser, Professor (EPS) 2026-29
Wilson Okello, Associate Professor (EPS) 2025-27
Julia Green Bryan, Professor (EPCSE) 2026-29 
Elizabeth Prosek, Professor (EPCSE) 2026-29
 

Karen Paulson, Teaching Professor (EPS) 2025-27

Kristen Nadermann, Associate Teaching Professor (EPCSE) 2025-27

TBD (2026-28)

TBD (2026-28)

TBD (2026-28)

For more information on committee membership and duties, please see the Faculty Council's Standing Rules of Order