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
Geoffrey Hill, COB
Computer Information Systems & Analytics
COB 305J
ghill@uca.edu
(501) 450-5347
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
Jeff Hill (2026)*
Management Information Systems
ghill@uca.edu
(501) 450-5347
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