Senate Election Results 2023-2024
Chair-Elect
Preferential Ballot
Linch, Amy T: 41
Marko, Frantisek: 49+19=68* (Chair-Elect – After redistribution vote tally is 68 – see chart below)
Palma Anda, Julio L: 42+14=56* (After redistribution vote tally is 56 – see chart below)
Secretary
Preferential Ballot
Duffey, Michele Lee: 81 (Elected Secretary)
Potosky, Denise: 25
Hughes, Janet: 25
Retired Senators
To be announced.
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.
Baboo, Priya: 1
Barat, Somjit: 0
Bonsall IV, Samuel Burton: 3
Champagne, John Gerard: 8
Chen, Guoli: 0
Davis, Kenneth James: 4
Eckhardt, Caroline (Carey): 9
Eleftherakis, Georgios: 3
Gresh, Stephanie: 1
Grinar, Michele: 0
High, Mary: 0
Honavar, Vasant Gajanan: 1
Iceland, John David: 3
Jenkins Jr., Edward Rowland: 0
Kaplan, Kyle John: 0
Kumara, Soundar: 1
Lamb, Jenny: 0
Lightner, Christina Marie: 0
Majeske, Amber: 0
Manning, Keefe B: 1
Meloy, Meg: 0
Ozment, Judith: 9
Paulson, Karen: 0
Pierce, Mari B: 1
Powless, Seth: 0
Prabhu, Vittaldas V: 5
Pyeatt, Nicholas Lafayette: 2
Quinn, Mae: 0
Sanders, Shaakirrah Rafeea: 1
Sharma, Amit: 22+13=35** (Alternate; After redistribution vote tally is 35 – see chart below)
Sillner, Andrea Yevchak: 2
Smith, Mary Ann V: 0
Snyder, Stephen James: 8
Stephens, Mark: 4
Strickland, Martha J: 32+29=61** (Member; After redistribution vote tally is 61 – see chart below)
Taylor, Ann Hamilton: 7+14=21** (After redistribution vote tally is 21 – see chart below)
Topper, Leana M: 3
Ural, Serdar H: 1
Veerabhadrappa, Praveen: 0
Faculty Rights and Responsibilities Committee
Plurality Ballot: Senators voted for four members. The four receiving the most votes in the appropriate category (*see below) will serve as the members for a three year term through 2027; the three receiving the second most votes will be the alternates through 2025.
Rowland, Nicholas: 48 (most votes TL CC category)
Gallagher, Sharon: 33 (most votes in NTL CC category)
Adolph, Andrea: 27 (most votes no restrictions)
Yarwood, Michelle: 16 (second NTL)
Manning, Keefe: 27 (TL UP) Alternate
Silver, Eric: 26 (TL UP) Alternate
Quinn, Mae: 22 (TL CC) Alternate
Doncheski, Michael: 18
Ritchey, Mary: 15
Kiani, Mehdi: 13
Patrick, Patricia: 12
Tirko, Natasha: 12
Manlove III, Clifford: 11
Raahemifar, Kaamran: 11
Stuczynski, Philip: 11
Camodeca, Amy: 10
Dieteman, David: 10
Barat, Somjit: 9
Kurtyka, Michelle: 9
Putman, Angela: 8
Rudrabhatla, Sairam: 8
Almekkawy, Mohamed Khaled: 7
Siddique, Javed: 7
Veerabhadrappa, Praveen: 7
Heim, Jeffrey: 6
Sen, Sagnika: 6
Tomblin, Michael Shane: 6
Vora, Urjaswala: 5
Harvey, Hanafiah: 4
Bu, Qiang: 3
*Faculty Elect four members (at least two elected must be NTL; two from locations other than UP; one from locations other than UP must be NTL; one from locations other than UP must be TL)
(Tenure Line – TL; Non-Tenure Line – NTL; Location other than UP – CC)
Faculty Rights and Responsibilities – Deans and Chancellors
Plurality Ballot: Senators voted for two members. The two receiving the most votes will serve as the members for a three year term through 2027; the one receiving the second most votes will be the alternate through 2025.
Chadwell, Faye: 73 (member)
Nagel, Megan: 65 (member)
Lawless, Kimberly: 43 (alternate)
Wells, Marilyn: 36
University Promotion and Tenure Review Committee
Plurality Ballot: Senators voted for three members who will serve a two-year term expiring in 2026. The two candidates with the highest number of votes will serve as the members. The three candidates with the next highest number of votes will serve as alternates for a term ending in 2025
Miller, Linda Patterson: 52 (member)
Cimbala, Stephen: 43 (member)
Marvasti, Amir Barzegar: 37 (member)
Ealy, Julie: 36 (alternate)
Mathers, Rob: 31 (alternate)
Kesidis, George: 27 (alternate)
Campbell, Michael: 24
Undar, Akif: 23
Ural, Serdar: 22
Peles, John: 20
Standing Joint Committee on Tenure
Plurality Ballot: Senators voted for one member. The one receiving the most votes will serve as the member; the one receiving the second most votes will be the alternates through 2027.
King, Gary: 36 (Member)
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 Michele Duffey 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 votes for top choice, and are as follows:
| Name | Votes | Redistribute | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linch, Amy T | 41 | N/A | 41 |
| Marko, Frantisek | 49 | 19 | 68 |
| Palma Anda, Julio L | 42 | 14 | 56 |
For the election for Faculty Advisory Committee to the President, nine levels of redistribution were required for one candidate to have the majority vote of at least 59. (Some ballots were exhausted before the final redistribution and are not included in the final vote count.)
| Name | Votes | Redistributed Votes | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sharma, Amit | 22 | 13 | 35 |
| Strickland, Martha J | 32 | 29 | 61 |
| Taylor, Ann Hamilton | 7 | 14 | 21 |
* Votes in the Senate Chair-Elect election, first choice votes for Amy Linch were re-distributed between Frantisek Marko and Julio Palma, with Frantisek Marko receiving 68 votes.
**Votes in the Faculty Advisory Committee to the President Election for 21 candidates were re-distributed between Amit Sharma, Martha Strickland, and Ann Taylor, with Martha Strickland receiving majority 32 + 29 redistributions, totaling 61 votes, which makes her the Committee Member. Amit Sharma received 22 first choice votes+ 13 redistributed votes, totaling 35, making him the Alternate Member of the Committee.
***The candidate with the second most votes, Jo Ann Jankoski, will be the alternate for the Standing Joint Committee on Tenure through 2027.