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2017-2018 UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY

UNIVERSITY SENATE

MEMBERSHIP

PARLIAMENTARIAN: Ronald Vero

OFFICERS OF THE SENATE:

Karin Reinhold / James Mower / James Collins / Christian Poehlmann
Chair / Vice Chair / Immediate Past Chair / Secretary (2016-2018)
CAS/Math / CAS/Mathematics / CAS/Anthropology / Libraries

Ex officio SENATORS:

Havidán Rodríguez, President / Dean Karl Rethemeyer, Rockefeller College
2016-2017 Deans’ Representative
James R. Stellar, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs / Latonia Spencer, Student Financial Services
SUNY Senator (2016-2019)
James Dias, Vice President for Research / Walter Little, Anthropology
SUNY Senator (2015-2018)
Michael Christakis, Vice President for
Student Success / Diane Hamilton, ITS
SUNY Senator (2016-2019)
James R. Van Voorst, Vice President for
Finance and Administration / Dawn Wharram, Lead Senator
Graduate Student Association (2017-2018)
Kevin Williams, Vice Provost & Dean for Graduate Education / Jerlisa Fontaine, SA President
Student Association (2017-2018)
Jeanette Altarriba, Vice Provost & Dean for
Undergraduate Education / Chair SA Senate

ELECTED SENATORS:

Senators At-Large (10):

Open Category (4) / Professional Faculty (4) / Part Time Faculty (2)
Martin Manjak (2018) ITS / Annett Richie (2019) Intl / Virginia Yonkers (2019) Comm.
Vivien Ng Women’s, (2018)
Gender, and Sexuality Studies / Ekow King (2018)
Intercultural Student Engagement / Patricia Keyes (2019) LLC
Billie Franchini (2019) ITLAL / Mary Ellen Mallia (2018)
Sustainability
Maritza Martinez (2019) EOP / Chris Moore (2018) ITS

College of Arts and Sciences (22)

At-Large:

Christopher Pastore (History) (2018) - COR

Jaime Galusha (Sociology) (2018) - UAC

Africana Studies
Oscar Williams (2018) / Geography & Planning
Ray Bromley (2019)
Anthropology
Robert Rosenswig (2019) / History
Sheila C. Bernard (2018)
Art
Adam Frelin (2018) / Languages, Literatures and Cultures
Ilka Kressner (2018)
Biological Sciences
Hua Shi (2018) / Latin American Caribbean & US Latino Studies
Chemistry
Maksim Royzen (2018) / Mathematics & Statistics
Marius Beceanu (2018)
Communication
Masahiro Yamamoto (2019) / Music &Theater
Atmospheric & Environmental Science
Liming Zhou (2019) / Philosophy
Marcus Adams (2019)
East Asian Studies
Jim Hargett (2018) / Physics
Jesse Ernst (2019)
Economics
Jerry Marschke (2019) / Psychology
Hazel Prelow (2019)
English
Wendy Roberts (2019) / Sociology
Tse-Chuan Yang (2019)
Women’s Studies
Deborah LaFond (2019)
School of Business (3) / School of Criminal Justice (1)
Zina Lawrence (2019) / Alan Lizotte (2019)
Justin Giboney (2019)
Uday Chandra (2019)
School of Education (4) / Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy (3)
Istvan Kecskes (2018) / Jose Cruz (2019) Pol. Sci.
Bruce Saddler (2019) / Lucy Sorensen (2019) Public Admin and Policy
Kristie Asaro-Saddler / Gang Chen (2019)
Sandra Vergari (2017)
College of Engineering and Applied Sciences (2)
Mei-Hwa Chen (2018) /
School of Social Welfare (2)
Paliath Narendran (2019) CS / Keith Chan (2019)
Loretta Pyles (2019)
Libraries (3) / School of Public Health (3)
Donald Keenan (2018) / Ilham AlMahamid (2018)
Jane Kessler (2018) / Igor Kuznetsov (2018)
Jodi Boyle (2019) / Sridar Chittur (2018)
College of Emergency Preparedness and
Homeland Security (1)

STUDENTS: (One-year terms)

Undergraduates (8) Graduates (4)

Chad King
Cathleen Green
Tom Robertson
Sydney Faught

Approved for 1-Year Term as Senators to Chair a Council

Louise-Anne McNutt
Sean Rafferty
Karen Kiorpes
Michael Jerison