Senate Election Results 2024-2025

Chair-Elect

Preferential Ballot

Victor Brunsden: 47 + 7 +16 = 70* (After redistribution vote tally is 70 – see chart below)

Leland Glenna: 34 + 14 = 48* (After redistribution vote tally is 48 – see chart below)

Berend Mets: 30

Stephen Snyder: 49 + 4 + 29 = 82* (Chair-Elect – After redistribution vote tally is 82 – see chart below)

Secretary

Preferential Ballot

Stephen Cohen: 58

Janet Hughes: 88 (Elected Secretary)

Retired Senators

No election was required this year.

Faculty Advisory Committee to the President

Preferential Ballot; Person who received the most votes is the member. Person who received the second most votes is the alternate (one year term). Three-year term ending in 2028.

Susan Fredricks: 33 (Alternate)

Julie Gallagher: 89 (Member)

Tommy Hartung: 15

Faculty Rights and Responsibilities Committee - Faculty

Plurality Ballot: Senators voted for two members. The two receiving the most votes in the appropriate category (*see below) will serve as the members for a three-year term through 2028; the two receiving the second most votes will be the alternates through 2026.

Maryellen Higgins: 26 (most votes in any category)

Kevin Hagopian: 15 (most votes in NTL category)

Nancy Williams: 25 (TL UP) Alternate

James Piazza: 23 (TL UP) Alternate

Angela Lynn Putman: 22 (TL LOTUP)

Etya Amsalem: 15 (TL UP)

Elana Farace: 14

Mary Ritchey: 14

Mary Alyce Nelson: 12

Senel Poyrazli: 12

Arpan Shailesh Yagnik: 12

Serdar Ural: 11

Betsy Campbell: 9

Talha Harcar: 9

Deb Dreisbach: 8

Christopher Lee Harben: 7

Scott Collins: 6

Sudarshan Rao Nelatury: 6

Phillip Michael Jolly: 4

Muhammad Akram: 3

Reyad Elbarbary: 3

Andrew Patrick Mchugh: 2

*Faculty Elect two members (at least one elected must be NTL)

(Tenure Line – TL; Non-Tenure Line – NTL; Location other than UP – CC)

Faculty Rights and Responsibilities – Deans and Chancellors

Plurality Ballot: Senators voted for one member. The one receiving the most votes will serve as the member for a three-year term through 2028; the one receiving the second most votes will be the alternate through 2026.

David M. Callejo Pérez: 79 (member)

Kimberly Lawless: 35 (Alternate)

Gary Liguori: 20

University Promotion and Tenure Review Committee

Plurality Ballot: Senators voted for four members who will serve a two-year term expiring in 2027. The four candidates with the highest number of votes will serve as the members. The four candidates with the next highest number of votes will serve as alternates for a term ending in 2026.

Anna L. Mazzucato: 58 (member)

Meghan Gillen: 57 (member)

Edward C. Jaenicke: 48 (member)

Melissa W. Wright: 45 (member)

Justin Nordstrom: 43 (alternate)

Sukyoung Lee: 40 (alternate)

Rob Mathers: 36 (alternate)

Mark William Johnson: 35 (alternate)

Akif Undar: 28

Qing Wang: 26

S. Hakan Can: 24

Qiang Duan: 23

Suresh Muthulingam: 19

Standing Joint Committee on Tenure

Plurality Ballot: Senators voted for one member. The one receiving the most votes will serve as the member for a three-year term (ending 2028); the one receiving the second most votes will be the alternate through 2026.

Charlene Gross: 29 (member)

Robert Eli Loeb: 16 (alternate)

Julie B. Ealy: 15

Alexandra List: 13

Mary Napoli: 13

Elana Farace: 9

Seyedehaida Ebrahimi: 8

Javed Siddique: 8

Akhil Kumar: 7

Keith John Crocker: 6

Talha Harcar: 6

Swaroop Ghosh: 5

Hanafiah Harvey: 5

Serdar Ural: 4

Academic Trustee

No election was required this year.

HARE System Explained

The Faculty Senate utilizes the HARE system for voting processes. Where applicable, an asterisk has been placed next to the vote tallies.

For the election for Senate Secretary, no redistribution of votes was necessary because Janet Hughes received the majority of votes as first choice on the preferential ballot.

For the election on Senate Chair-Elect, votes were redistributed from the third and fourth votes for top choice, and are as follows:

Name	Votes	Redistribute 1	Redistribute 2	TOTAL
Victor Brunsden	47	7	16	70
Leland Glenna	34	14	N/A	48
Berend Mets	30	N/A	N/A	30
Stephen Snyder	49	4	29	82

For the election for Faculty Advisory Committee to the President, no redistribution of votes was necessary because Julie Gallagher received the majority of votes as first choice on the preferential ballot.

* Votes in the Senate Chair-Elect election, first choice votes for Berend Mets were redistributed between Leland Glenna, Victor Brunsden, and Stephen Snyder. When no majority was achieved, votes for Leland Glenna were redistributed between Victor Brunsden and Stephen Snyder, with Stephen Snyder receiving 82 votes.