UWT EFC Leadership and Tri-Campus Representation

UW Tacoma Elected Faculty Council Chairs*

*(Updated as of October 2025)

Each school has an Elected Faculty Council Chair (and in some cases, a Vice Chair). Below you will find the most up-to-date list of Elected Faculty Council Chairs within the 7 Schools:

• School of Education

  • EFC Chair: Kawena Begay

• School of Engineering & Technology

  • EFC Chair: Ankur Teredesai

• School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences

  • EFC Chair: Rachel Hershberg
  • EFC VIce Chair: Loly Alcaide Ramirez

• Milgard School of Business

  • EFC Chair: Stephen Norman

• School of Nursing and Healthcare Leadership

  • EFC Chair: Katie Haerling

• School of Social Work & Criminal Justice

  • EFC Co-Chair: Michelle Garner
  • EFC Co-Chair: Grant Tietjen

• School of Urban Studies

  • EFC Chair: Matthew Kelley

Tri-Campus Faculty Council Representation*

*(Updated as of 10/21/2025)

The following Faculty sit on the Tri-Campus Faculty Councils representing UW Tacoma

• Faculty Council on Faculty Affairs (Charge Letter)

  • Gregory Lund
  • Luther Adams

• Faculty Council on Academic Standards (Charge Letter)

  • Andrea Modarres
  • Deveeshree Nayak 

• Faculty Council on Benefits and Retirement (Charge Letter)

  • Sushil Oswal
  • Yan Bai 

• Faculty Council on Gender, Equity, and Justice (Charge Letter)

  • Ankur Suri
  • Cassandra Donatelli

• Faculty Council on Information Technology and Cybersecurity (Charge Letter)

  • Charles Costarella
  • Deveeshree Nayak

• Faculty Council on Race, Equity, and Justice (Charge Letter)

  • Nicole Blair
  • Grant Tietjen

• Faculty Council on Research (Charge Letter)

  • Tawanda Chivese

• Faculty Council on Student Affairs (Charge Letter)

  • TBA

• Faculty Council on Teaching and Learning (Charge Letter)

  • Leighann Chaffee

• Faculty Council on Tri-Campus Policy (Charge Letter)

  • Barb Toews, as Vice Chair of Faculty Assembly
  • Margaret Griesse
  • Menaka Abraham (Co-Chair 2025-2026)

• Faculty Council on Campus Planning and Stewardship (Charge Letter)

  • Bara Safarova

• Faculty Council on University Libraries (Charge Letter)

  • TBA

UW Faculty Senate

The Faculty Senate is the legislative arm of the faculty of the University of Washington. It consists of 122 elected senators (from the three UW campuses) and is guided by the chair of the Faculty Senate and the Senate Executive Committee (SEC). 

Senators Representing their units

Please see our Faculty Assembly Blog for more information on the recent change from having Senators represent the campus to representing the Schools on each campus. New or returning to Faculty Senate? See the 2024-25 Faculty Senate Orientation here. PowerPoint is here. 

Below are the representation that will be incoming as of the 2025-2026 academic year:

• Andrea Hill, as Faculty Assembly Chair 2025-2026
• Ilā Ravichandran: School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences, 2025-2027
• Joanne Clarke Dillman: School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences, 2025-2027
• Julia Eaton: School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences, 2025-2027
• Sushil Oswal: School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences, 2025-2027
• Thomas Capaul: School of Engineering & Technology, 2023-2027
• Mohammed Jasim: School of Engineering & Technology, 2023-2027
• Ray Fang: Milgard School of Business, 2025-2027
• Robin Evans Agnew: School of Nursing & Healthcare Leadership, 2025-2027
• Vern Harner: School of Social Work & Criminal Justice, 2025-2027
• Gregory Lund: School of Urban Studies, 2025-2027
• Kathy Beaudoin: School of Education, 2025-2027

Schedule

Faculty Senate meetings are at 2:30 p.m. via Zoom.

UW Senate Links

• History
• Inclusivity and Community
• Roster
• Meeting Calendar
• Minutes & Agendas
• Senate Executive Committee
• Legislation
• Reports
• Faculty Senate News (Blog)
• Pending Legislation
• Faculty legislative Representative
• Advisory Committee on Faculty Code and Regulations
• Senate Committee on Planning & Budgeting
• UW Policy Directory
• UW Bothell General Faculty Organization
  • UW Bothell Senators