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
Kristin Dooley, CNSM
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Manion 201C
kdooley@uca.edu
(501) 450-5940
Vice President/President Elect
Vaughn Scribner, CAHSS
History
Irby 105E
vscribner@uca.edu
(501) 450-3158
Secretary/Treasurer
Amy Thompson, COE
Elementary, Literacy, and Special Education
Mashburn 131
athompson@uca.edu
(501) 450-5538
Parliamentarian
Thomas Lowder, CHBS
Exercise and Sport Science
Doyne Health Science Center 116
tlowder@uca.edu
(501) 450-5713
Web Archivist
Renee Lebeau-Ford, Unaffiliated
Library Faculty, Collection Development
Torreyson Library, 213
reneel@uca.edu
(501) 450-5203
Senators
College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
Paul Mayhew (2023)
Music
pmayhew@uca.edu
(501) 852-2325
Brent Shires (2024)
Music
bshires@uca.edu
(501) 450-5768
Ruby Mongno (2025)
School of Communication
rubymo@uca.edu
(501) 450-3347
College of Business
Jeff Hill (2023)
Management Information Systems
ghill@uca.edu
(501) 450-5347
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
College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
Lori Isom (2023)
Chemistry and Biochemistry
lorii@uca.edu
(501) 852-0968
Bernard Chen (2024)*
Computer Science
bchen@uca.edu
(501) 450-3308
Long Le (2025)
Mathematics
longl@uca.edu
(501) 450-5667
College of Education
Amy Thompson (2023)
Elementary, Literacy, and Special Education
athompson@uca.edu
(501) 450-5538
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
College of Health and Behavioral Sciences
Thomas Lowder (2023)*
Exercise and Sport Science
tlowder@uca.edu
(501) 450-5713
Holly Langster (2024)**
Nursing
hlangster@uca.edu
(501) 450-3119
Sean Engle (2025)
Excercise and Sport Science
sengle@uca.edu
(501) 450-5706
Unaffiliated Senators
Amy Baldwin (2023)
Student Transitions
abaldwin@uca.edu
(501) 450-3220
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
Phillip Spivey (2023)
Philosophy & Religion
pspivey@uca.edu
(501) 450-3690
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
Senator for Part-Time Faculty (One Year Term)
VACANT (election Sept 2022)
* 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