Faculty Senate Members

The Faculty Senate consists of 39 faculty members. Members serve staggered three-year terms, with one third of the members elected each spring by the faculty at large through a mail ballot. All of the professional schools, the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, and the libraries are represented on the Faculty Senate. The president of the Faculty Senate also serves as chair of the Faculty Senate Executive Committee (FacEx), and presides over the meetings of both entities.

President & President-Elect

Samuel Brody
  • Associate Professor, Religious Studies, CLAS
  • Faculty Senate President
  • Faculty Senator, 2024, FacEx Ex-Officio
  • University Senate Faculty Representative, SenEx Ex-Officio

Misty Heggeness
  • Associate Professor, School of Public Affairs and Admin.
  • Faculty Senate President-Elect
  • Faculty Senator, 2027, FacEx
  • University Senate Faculty Representative, SenEx


Faculty Senators

Josh Arpin
  • Lecturer, Business
  • University Senate President
  • Faculty Senator, 2025, FacEx
  • University Senate Faculty Representative, SenEx

Masoud Darabi
  • Associate Professor, Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering
  • Faculty Senator, 2027, FacEx
  • University Senate Faculty Representative

Mugur Geana
  • Director/Associate Professor, Journalism & Mass Communications
  • Faculty Senator, 2026
  • University Senate Faculty Representative