MEMBERSHIP: The composition of the council can be found in the Faculty Senate Bylaws, Article VI: Councils, Sec. 1
The GSC requires 8 out of 15 voting members to be in attendance to establish quorum, as long as there are no Vacant seats, any Vacant seat(s) should be removed from the voting member total so that one more than half of the new total is needed for quorum. (*indicates a non-voting member)
Council officers
Marcellis Zondag, Chair
Jennifer Fiore, Vice Chair
Dianna Sachs, Secretary
Ex Officio member
Paul Pancella
Faculty Senate Executive Board
Permanent members
Christine Byrd-Jacobs
Dean, Graduate College
Carrie Cumming
Registrar
Lisa DeChano-Cook
Curriculum Manager
Elected members
Upul Attanayake (2025)
Engineering and Applied Sciences
Jennifer Fiore (2024)
Fine Arts
Lori Gray (2026)
Health and Human Services
Regina Garza Mitchell (2025)
Education and Human Development
Chansheng He (2026)
Arts and Sciences (Sciences and Mathematics)
Cindy Linn (2025)
Arts and Sciences (Sciences and Mathematics)
Dianna Sachs (2025)
Unaffiliated Unit (University Libraries)
Tova Sanders (spring 2024 substitute for Louann Bierlein Palmer) (2026)
Representative-At-Large (Education and Human Development)
Marcellis Zondag (2024)
Business
Vacant (2024)
Arts and Sciences (Humanities or Social Sciences)
Student members
Leslie Solares
Graduate student
Kristen Hodge
Graduate student