The Faculty Senate is one of the primary institutions for effective faculty governance and represents more than 550 faculty at UCA.
There are twenty-seven senators, three elected from each of the six academic colleges, three elected at-large from the entire faculty, three elected from unaffiliated, 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.
Officers
President
Rahul Mehta, CNSM
Lewis Science Center (LSC) 011
rahulm@uca.edu
450-5906
Vice President
Candice Barnes, COE
Mashburn 135
cbarnes@uca.edu
450-5461
Secretary/Treasurer
Katherine Willis, CLA
English
Irby 317D
kwillis@uca.edu
450-5100
Parliamentarian
Steven Forbush, CHBS
Physical Therapy
PT Center 327
sforbush@uca.edu
450-5554
Senators
College of Business Administration
Vance Lewis (2021)
Marketing and Management
vlewis@uca.edu
852-0752
Anthony McMullen (2019)
Accounting
amcmullen@uca.edu
852-0695
David McCalman (2020)
Marketing and Management
davidm@uca.edu
450-5342
College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
Bernard Chen (2021)
Computer science
bchen@uca.edu
450-3308
Jeff Padberg (2019)
Biology
jpadberg@uca.edu
852-2342
Krista Peppers (2020)
Biology
kpeppers@uca.edu
450-5834
College of Liberal Arts
Katherine Willis (2021)
English
kwillis@uca.edu
450-5105
Lynn Burley (2019)
Languages, Linguistics, Literatures & Cultures
lburley@uca.edu
852-0997
Roger Pauly (2020)
History
rpauly@uca.edu
450-5618
College of Education
Rhonda McClellan (2019)
Leadership Studies
rmcclellan@uca.edu
852-0910
Rachelle Miller (2020)
Teaching and Learning
rmiller@uca.edu
852-0030
Deborah Dailey (2021)
Teaching and Learning
ddailey@uca.edu
852-0920
College of Fine Arts and Communications
Allison Hitt (2021)
School of Communication
ahitt@uca.edu
450-5607
Brantley Douglas (2019)
School of Music
bdouglas@uca.edu
450-5022
Jen Talbot (2020)
School of Communication
jtalbot@uca.edu
450-5613
College of Health and Behavioral Sciences
Lisa Van Hoose (2021)
Physical Therapy
lvanhoose@uca.edu
450-3611
*Duston Morris (2019)
Health Sciences
dustonm@uca.edu
450-5313
Thomas Lowder (2020)
Exercise and Sport Science
tlowder@uca.edu
450-5713
At-Large Senators
Brent Shires, CFAC (2021) On-sabbatical, Jay Cook (Music) replacement
Music
bshires@uca.edu
450-5768
*Kim Eskola, CHBS (2019)
Exercise and Sport Science
keskola@uca.edu
852-0700
Steven Forbush, CHBS (2020)
Physical Therapy
sforbush@uca.edu
450-5554
Unaffiliated Senators
Cindy Lea (2021)
Honors College
clea@uca.edu
450-3629
Ashley Hicks (2019)
Resident Master
ahicks@uca.edu
852-0938
Amber Wilson (2020)
Library
amberc@uca.edu
450-3236
Senator for Part-Time Faculty
Gail Richard
School of Communication-Writing
grichard@uca.edu
450-3351
* Indicates senators serving second consecutive term and are thus term limited.
** Indicates senators filling out remaining portions of another term. They can run 2 more times.
Last updated: May 15, 2018