2007-2008 Faculty Council Membership View alphabetical list     Past years' membership lists. Elected Faculty Members with Vote (70) Elected by the General Faculty (21) Group I: professors and associate professors (10) (To serve until first class day of fall semester, 2009)   Lawrence D. Abraham, professor, curriculum and instruction Mark I. Alpert, professor, marketing Elizabeth Cullingford, professor, English Alan W. Friedman, professor, English Darlene Grant, professor, social work Carol H. MacKay, professor, English Alba A. Ortiz, professor, special education Kenneth M. Ralls, professor, mechanical engineering Mary A. Steinhardt, professor, kinesiology and health education Clark R. Wilson, professor, geological sciences Group II: assistant professors and Other Non-tenured Faculty (10) (To serve until first class day of fall semester, 2009)   Tawny L Bettinger, assistant professor, pharmacy Daniel J. Birkholz, assistant professor, English Hans C. Boas, assistant professor, Germanic studies Molly E. Cummings, assistant professor, integrative biology Kevin N. Foster, assistant professor, curriculum and instruction Neville Hoad, assistant professor, English Robert P. Lieli, assistant professor, economics Domino R. Perez, assistant professor, English Shannon Speed, assistant professor, anthropology Nikita Storojev, assistant professor, music Secretary of the Faculty Council (To serve until January 1, 2008)   Sue Alexander Greninger, associate professor, human ecology Ex Officio Faculty Members with Vote (2) (To serve until September 1, 2008) Chair of the Faculty Council:   Douglas Burger, associate professor, computer sciences   Linda L. Golden, professor, marketing past chair 2006-2007 Elected by the Graduate Assembly (1) (To serve until September 1, 2008) Chair of the Graduate Assembly:   Pauline T. Strong , associate professor, anthropology Elected by the Individual Colleges and Schools (47) (To serve until first class day of fall semester, 2008)   Representative of the School of Architecture (1)   Nancy P. Kwallek, professor, interior design   Representatives of the Red McCombs School of Business (3)   Urton L. Anderson, professor, accounting Linda V. Gerber, senior lecturer, marketing Michael H. Granof, professor, accounting   Representatives of the College of Communication (2)   Dominic L. Lasorsa, associate professor, journalism John H. Murphy, professor, advertising   Representatives of the College of Education (3)   Gary D. Borich, professor, educational psychology Lisa J. Cary, assistant professor, curriculum and instruction Sherry L. Field, professor, curriculum and instruction   Representatives of the Cockrell School of Engineering (5)   Gustavo A. De Veciana, professor, electrical and computer engineering Desiderio Kovar, associate professor, mechanical engineering Desmond F. Lawler, professor, civil, architectural, and environmental engineering Jon E. Olson, associate professor, petroleum and geosystems engineering Sharon L. Wood, professor, civil, architectural, and environmental engineering Representatives of the College of Fine Arts (4)   Kenneth J. Hale, professor, art and art history Martha F. Hilley, professor, music Robin D. Moore,1 associate professor, music Stacy Wolf, associate professor, theatre and dance 1 Replaced Penelope Davies(professor, art and art history), who is on leave in 2007-2008.   Representatives of the Jackson School of Geosciences (1)   Christopher J. Bell, associate professor   Representatives of the School of Law (2)   John S. Dzienkowski, professor Patrick Woolley, professor Representatives of the College of Liberal Arts (13)   Kamran Ali, associate professor, anthropology Matthew J. Bailey,2 associate professor, Spanish and Portuguese Virginia G. Burnett, associate professor, history Edmund (Ted) Gordon, associate professor, anthropology Ian Hancock, professor, linguistics Robert C. Koons, professor, philosophy Wayne Lesser, associate professor, English Raul L. Madrid, associate professor, government Joan A. Mullin, professor, rhetoric and writing Thomas G. Palaima, professor, classics Gretchen Ritter, professor, government Janet Staiger, professor, Center for Women and Gender Studies Jeffrey K. Tulis,3 associate professor, government 2 Replaced Jeffrey Walker (professor, rhetoric and writing), who resigned from the Council because he is on leave in fall 2007 through spring 2008. In September 2006, professor Walker replaced professor Paul Woodruff (philosophy) when he was appointed dean of Undergraduate Studies. 3 Effective September 1, 2007, replaced J. Patrick Olivelle, professor, Asian studies, who resigned from the Faculty Council. Representative of the School of Information (1)   Luis Francisco-Revilla,4 assistant professor 4Patricia K. Galloway was unable to serve on the Faculty Council in 2006-2007 due to a scheduling conflict. Representatives of the College of Natural Sciences (8)   Efraim P. Armendariz, professor, mathematics Douglas C. Burger, associate professor, computer sciences Jeanne H. Freeland-Graves 5, professor, human ecology David M. Hillis, professor, integrative biology Klaus O. Kalthoff, professor, molecular cell and developmental biology Karrol A. Kitt, associate professor, human ecology Paul R. Shapiro, professor, astronomy Jeffrey Vaaler, professor, mathematics 5Replaced Luis A. Caffarelli who resigned from the Council effective April 23, 2007.   Representative of the School of Nursing (1)   Linda J. Carpenter, associate professor   Representative of the College of Pharmacy (1)   John H. Richburg, associate professor   Representative of the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs (1)   Cynthia Osborne, assistant professor   Representative of the School of Social Work (1)   Elizabeth C. Pomeroy, professor Student Members with Vote (7) (To serve until first meeting of Faculty Council in fall semester, 2008)   Selected by Student Government (3)   Keshav Rajagopalan, junior, communication studies, Plan II Andrew C. Solomon, junior, radio-television-film Nicole E. Trinh, senior, families and society   Selected by Senate of College Councils (2)   Samuel Reid Long, senior, chemistry, Plan II Stephen Myers, senior, government   Selected by Graduate Student Assembly (2)   Brian C. Gatten, English Travis Witherspoon, energy and earth resources Administrative Members Ex Officio without Vote (35)     President William Powers Jr.   Executive Vice President and Provost Steven W. Leslie   Senior Vice President James L. Hill   Senior Vice President Shirley Bird Perry Vice Presidents (9)   Vice President and Chief Financial Officer: Kevin Hegarty   Vice President for Institutional Relations and Legal Affairs Patricia C. Ohlendorf, J.D.   Vice President for Resource Development Richard B. Eason   Vice President for Diversity and Community Engagement Gregory J. Vincent   Vice President for Research Juan M. Sanchez, professor, mechanical engineering   Vice President for Student Affairs Juan C. González, professor, educational psychology   Vice President for Employee and Campus Services Patricia L. Clubb   Vice President for Information Technology Brian E. Roberts   Vice President for Public Affairs Donald A. Hale Deans of Colleges and Schools (18)   School of Architecture: Frederick Steiner professor architecture and planning College of Liberal Arts Randy Diehl professor psychology   Red McCombs School of Business George W. Gau professor finance School of Information Andrew P. Dillon, Dean professor human computer interaction   College of Communication Roderick P. Hart professor communication studies Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs James B. Steinberg professor political science   Division of Continuing and Innovative Education Judy Copeland Ashcroft School of Nursing Dolores Sands professor   College of Education Manuel J. Justiz professor educational administration College of Pharmacy M. Lynn Crismon7 professor pharmacy practice   Cockrell School of Engineering Ben G. Streetman professor electrical and computer engineering College of Natural Sciences Mary Ann Rankin professor integrative biology   College of Fine Arts Douglas Dempster Dean professor theatre and dance School of Social Work Barbara W. White professor social work   John A. and Katherine G. Jackson School of Geosciences Charles G. "Chip" Groat 6 interim dean and professor Vice Provost and Dean of Graduate Studies Victoria Rodriguez professor   School of Law Lawrence Sager professor law School of Undergraduate Studies8 Paul B. Woodruff professor philosophy 6On July 1, 2008, it was announced that Charles G. "Chip" Groat was appointed interim dean of the Jackson School replacing Eric J. Barron who left the university to become director of the National Center for Atmospheric Research. 7Appointed dean of the College of Pharmacy effective November 1, 2007. 8Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board has approved our School of Undergraduate Studies Other Administrative Members (4)   Vice Provost and Director of General Libraries Fred M. Heath   Senior associate Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students Soncia R. Reagins-Lilly   Registrar Vincent S. (Shelby) Stanfield   Vice Provost and Director of Admissions N. Bruce Walker Staff Representatives without Vote (2) Selected by Staff Council (To serve through April 2008)   Bretna M. Hackert Senior Systems Analyst Office of Accounting   Michael J. McFarlin Development Sepcialist College of Liberal Arts