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UW Tacoma Elected Faculty Council Leadership (Chairs/Vice Chair/Co-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 Leadership within the 7 Schools:
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School of Education
- EFC Chair: Kawena Begay
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School of Engineering & Technology
- EFC Chair: Ankur Teredesai
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School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences
- EFC Chair: Rachel Hershberg
- EFC VIce Chair: Loly Alcaide Ramirez
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Milgard School of Business
- EFC Chair: Stephen Norman
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School of Nursing and Healthcare Leadership
- EFC Chair: Katie Haerling
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School of Social Work & Criminal Justice
- EFC Co-Chair: Michelle Garner
- EFC Co-Chair: Grant Tietjen
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School of Urban Studies
- EFC Chair: Matthew Kelley
Tri-Campus Faculty Council Representation*
*(Updated as of 10/27/2025)
The following Faculty sit on the Tri-Campus Faculty Councils representing UW Tacoma
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Faculty Council on Faculty Affairs (Charge Letter)
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Faculty Council on Academic Standards (Charge Letter)
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Faculty Council on Benefits and Retirement (Charge Letter)
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Faculty Council on Gender, Equity, and Justice (Charge Letter)
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Faculty Council on Information Technology and Cybersecurity (Charge Letter)
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Faculty Council on Race, Equity, and Justice (Charge Letter)
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Faculty Council on Research (Charge Letter)
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Faculty Council on Student Affairs (Charge Letter)
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Faculty Council on Teaching and Learning (Charge Letter)
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Faculty Council on Tri-Campus Policy (Charge Letter)
- Barb Toews, as Vice Chair of Faculty Assembly
- Margaret Griesse
- Menaka Abraham (Co-Chair 2025-2026)
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Faculty Council on Campus Planning and Stewardship (Charge Letter)
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Faculty Council on University Libraries (Charge Letter)
- TBA
UW Graduate School Council
UW Tacoma Graduate School represents their units and UW Tacoma simultaneously*. Below are the representatives:
*Note: Per the Graduate School, only 1 representative within a unit can represent the graduate school. If the unit is already represented, the Graduate School asks for representation on a school not already represented.
- Juhua Hu. School of Engineering & Technology | Term ending 2028
- Katie Baird, School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences | Term ending 2026 (unavailable)
- Representative scheduled for 2025-2026: TBD
UW Senate Executive Committee:
Representing Faculty Assembly: Andrea Hill, Chair of Faculty Assembly 2025-2026
Please note: The Senate Executive Committee Meetings are closed meetings
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 PowerPoint here.
Below are the representation 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
Faculty Senate meetings are open to all Faculty, however only the members above have voting status unless noted.
Faculty Senate Schedule:
Faculty Senate meetings are at 2:30 p.m. in Johnson 102 on the UW Seattle Campus, with a Zoom option for UW Tacoma Representatives.
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