Faculty Senators 2023-2024

The Faculty Senate is one of the primary institutions for effective faculty governance and represents more than 550 faculty at UCA.

There are twenty-two senators, three elected from each of the five academic colleges, three elected from unaffiliated faculty, three elected at-large from the entire faculty, and one representing part-time faculty. The four Senate officers are elected by the Senate itself, with senators elected to replace the president and president-elect in their respective colleges.

Faculty Senate

Officers

President
Vaughn Scribner, CAHSS
History
Irby 105E
vscribner@uca.edu
(501) 450-3158


Vice President/President Elect

Brent Shires, CAHSS
Music
SFA 126
bshires@uca.edu
(501) 450-5768

 

Secretary/Treasurer
Holly Langster, CHBSS
Nursing
IHS 491
hlangster@uca.edu
(501) 450-3119

 

Parliamentarian
Tori Dunlap, CNSM
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Manion Annex 128
vdunlap@uca.edu
(501) 450-5938

Web Archivist
Joe Thomas, COB
Computer Information Systems & Analytics
COB 305O
joethomas@uca.edu
(501) 450-5316

 

Senators

College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences

Zach Smith (2024)**
History
zsmith@uca.edu
(501) 450-3158

Ruby Mongno (2025)
School of Communication
rubymo@uca.edu
(501) 450-3347

Paul Mayhew (2026)
Music
pmayhew@uca.edu
(501) 852-2325

College of Business

Joe Thomas (2024)
Computer Information Systems and Analytics
joethomas@uca.edu
(501) 450-5316

Jeremy Horpedahl (2025)*
Economics, Finance, Insurance and Risk Management
jhorpedahl@uca.edu
(501) 450-5310

Brigid Appiah Otto (2026)
Computer Information Systems and Analytics
bappiahotoo@uca.edu
(501) 450-7915

College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics

Bernard Chen (2024)*
Computer Science
bchen@uca.edu
(501) 450-3308

Long Le (2025)
Mathematics
longl@uca.edu
(501) 450-5667

Tori Dunlap (2026)
Chemistry and Biochemistry
vdunlap@uca.edu
(501) 852-5938

College of Education

Deanna Rice (2024)
Elementary, Literacy, and Special Education
dkrice@uca.edu
(501) 450-5458

Erin Shaw (2025)
Leadership Studies
erins@uca.edu
(501) 450-5303

Jason Trumble (2026)
Teaching and Learning
jtrumble@uca.edu
(501) 852-0891

College of Health and Behavioral Sciences

Holly Langster (2024)*
Nursing
hlangster@uca.edu
(501) 450-3119

Sean Engle (2025)
Excercise and Sport Science
sengle@uca.edu
(501) 450-5706

Stephanie Rose (2026)
Health Sciences
srose3@uca.edu
(501) 450-3194

Unaffiliated Senators

Ellen Hostetter (2024)
Honors College
ehostetter@uca.edu
(501) 450-5078

Renee Lebeau-Ford (2025)
Library Faculty
reneel@uca.edu
(501) 450-5203

At-Large Senators

Adele Okoli (2024)
Languages, Linguistics, Literatures, and Culture
kokoli@uca.edu
(501) 450-5097

David Keith (2025)*
School of Communication
dkeith@uca.edu
(501) 852-2912

Loi Booher (2026)
Mathematics
loib@uca.edu
(501) 450-5654

Senator for Part-Time Faculty (One Year Term)

Sam Colbert 

           Exercise and Sport Science
scolbert1@uca.edu

 


* Indicates senators serving second consecutive term and are thus term limited.

** Indicates senators filling out remaining portions of another term. They can run two more times.

Last updated: August 27, 2022