AY 2026-2027 Senate Slate

DIVCO

 

Courtenay Monroe, Chair, Academic Council Representative (Political Science, SSHA)
Mike Beman, Vice Chair (Life & Environmental Sciences, SNS)

__________, CoC Chair, UCOC Representative
Nancy Burke, EDI Chair, UCODE Representative (Public Health, SSHA)
Eileen Camfield, CAP Chair, UCAP Representative (Global Arts, Media and Writing Studies, SSHA)
Chih-Chun Chien, CAF Chair, UCAF Representative, At-Large Member [1 year] (Physics, SNS)
Sidra Goldman-Mellor, At-Large Member and Assembly Representative [year 2 of 2-year term] (Public Heath, SSHA)
Min Hwan Lee, GC Chair, CCGA Representative (Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, SOE)
Victor Muñoz, CAPRA Chair, UCPB Representative (Bioengineering, SOE)
David Rouff, CFW Chair, UCFW Representative (History & Critical Race and Ethnic Studies, SSHA)
Ramen Saha, CoR Chair, UCORP Representative (Molecular and Cell Biology, SNS)
Siddaiah Yarra, AFAC Chair (Civil and Environmental Engineering, SOE)
Susan Varnot, UGC Chair (Global Arts, Media and Writing Studies, SSHA)
Deborah Wiebe, At-Large [year 1 of a 2-year term] (Psychology, SSHA)
Jeffrey Yoshimi*, CRE Chair/Secretary/Parliamentarian (Cognitive & Information Sciences, Philosophy, SSHA)

*non-voting member

 

AFAC

 

Siddaiah Yarra, Chair (Civil and Environmental Engineering, SOE)
Joel Spencer, Vice Chair (Bioengineering, SOE)
Mayra Bamaca (Psychology, SSHA)
Kevin Dawson, BOARS Representative (History & Critical Race and Ethnic Studies, SSHA)
Nripendra Dhillon (Medical Education, SNS)
Emily Johnston (Global Arts, Media and Writing Studies, SSHA)

 

CAF

 

Chih-Chun Chien, Chair, UCAF Representative (Physics, SNS)​
Sholeh Quinn​, Vice Chair (History & Critical Race and Ethnic Studies​, SSHA)
Estee Beck (Merritt Writing Program, SSHA)
Sean Malloy (History & Critical Race and Ethnic Studies, SSHA)

TBD: 1 SOE member

 

CAP

 

Eileen Camfield, Chair, UCAP Representative (Global Arts, Media and Writing Studies, SSHA)
Clarissa Nobile, Vice Chair (Molecular and Cell Biology, SNS)

Reza Ehsani (Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, SOE)
Teamrat Ghezzehei (Life & Environmental Sciences, SNS)
Cristián Ricci (Literatures and Languages and Cultures, SSHA)
Baki Tezcan (History, UC Davis)
Lin Tian (Physics, SNS)
Irene Yen (Public Health, SSHA)

TBD: 1 SOE member

 

CAPRA

 

Victor Muñoz, Chair, UCPB Representative (Bioengineering, SOE)
Nripendra Dhillon, Vice Chair (Medical Education, SNS)

Mike Beman, Senate Vice Chair (Life & Environmental Sciences, SNS)
Ajay Gopinathan (Physics, SNS)
Dan Hicks (Philosophy, SSHA)
Shilpa Khatri (Applied Math, SNS)

 

CFW

 

David Rouff, Chair, UCFW Representative (History & Critical Race and Ethnic Studies​, SSHA)
Laura Beaster-Jones, Vice Chair (Molecular and Cell Biology, SNS)
Bercem Dutagaci (Molecular and Cell Biology, SNS)
Colleen Naughton (Civil and Environmental Engineering, SOE)
Tao Ye (Chemistry & Biochemistry, SNS)

 

COC

 

______________, Chair, UCOC Representative
______________, Vice Chair 
Eric Cheng (Electrical Engineering, SOE)
Lindsay Crawford (Public Health, SSHA)
Aditya Dasgupta (Political Science, SSHA)​
Sora Kim (Life & Environmental Sciences, SNS)
Edward Kolodka (Chemical and Materials Engineering, SOE)
Samantha Ocena (Global Arts, Media & Writing Studies, SSHA)
Matthew Zawadzki (Psychology, SSHA)

 TBD: 1 SNS member

 

COR

 

Ramen Saha, Chair, UCORP Representative (Molecular and Cell Biology, SNS)
Eva De Alba, Vice Chair (Bioengineering, SOE)

Asmeret Asefaw Berhe (Life & Environmental Sciences, SNS)
Sachin Goyal (Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, SOE)
Sandie Ha (Public Health, SSHA)
Tyler Marghetis (Cognitive & Informational Sciences, SSHA)
Beth Scaffidi (Anthropology & Heritage Studies, SSHA)
Michael Thompson (Chemistry & Biochemistry, SNS) Fall 2026

                                                                                                                              

CRE

 

Jeffrey Yoshimi, Chair/Secretary/Parliamentarian (Cognitive & Information Sciences​, Philosophy, SSHA)
Paul Gibbons, Vice Chair (Global Arts, Media and Writing Studies, SSHA)

Abbas Ghassemi (Civil and Environmental Engineering, SOE)
Stephanie Woo (Molecular and Cell Biology, SNS)

 

EDI

 

Nancy Burke, Chair, UCODE Representative(Public Health, SSHA)
Marcus Lee, Vice Chair (Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, SOE)

Marcos Garcia-Ojeda (Medical Education, SNS)

TBD: 1 additional member, any school

 

GC

 

Min Hwan Lee, Chair, CCGA Representative (Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, SOE)
Aaron Hernday, Vice Chair (Molecular and Cell Biology, SNS)

Francesco Danzi (Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, SOE)
Roberto Andresen Eguiluz (Chemical and Materials Engineering, SNS)
Hirosha Geekiyanage (Bioengineering, SOE)
Esra Kose (Economics & Business Management, SSHA)
Bin Liu (Physics, SNS)
Karl Ryavec (Anthropology & Heritage Studies, SSHA)
Fred Wolf (Molecular and Cell Biology, SNS)

 

LASC

 

Michael Dawson​, Chair, UCOLASC Representative (Life & Environmental Sciences, SNS)
TBD, Vice Chair 

Aditi Chandra (History & Critical Race and Ethnic Studies, SSHA)
Nigel Hatton (Literatures & Languages & Culture, SSHA)
Christopher Ojeda (Political Science, SSHA)
Sholeh Quinn (History & Critical Race and Ethnic Studies, SSHA)

 

P&T

 

Peggy O’Day, Chair, UCPT Representative (Life & Environmental Sciences, SNS)
Miguel Carreira-Perpiñán, Vice Chair (Computer Science & Engineering, SOE)

Jayson Beaster-Jones (Global Arts, Media and Writing Studies, SSHA)
Bob Hillman (UC Davis School of Law)
Elizabeth Whitt (Sociology, SSHA)

 

RCAP

 

Chris Amemiya, Chair (Molecular and Cell Biology, SNS)
Gerardo Diaz (Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, SOE)
Lei, Yue (Applied Math, SNS)
Mark Matsumoto, Professor & Dean Emeritus (Civil and Environmental Engineering, SOE)
Nathan Monroe (Political Science, SSHA)
Zulema Valdez (Sociology, SSHA)

 

UGC

 

Susan Varnot, Chair (Global Arts, Media and Writing Studies, SSHA)
Eric Cheng, Vice Chair (Electrical Engineering, SOE)

Santosh Chandrasekhar (Computer Science & Engineering, SOE)Mindy Findlater (Life & Environmental Sciences, SNS)
Fan Jia, UCIE Representative (Psychology, SSHA)
Catherine Keske, PROC Representative (Chemical and Materials Engineering, SOE)
Alex Main (Psychology, SSHA)
Reshma Menon (Applied Mathematics, SNS)
Sushma Shrinivasan (Bioengineering, SOE)
Maria-Elena Zoghbi (Chemistry & Biochemistry, SNS)

TBD: UCEP and UCOPE Representatives

 

 

Acronyms
UC Merced Academic Senate Committees Systemwide Academic Senate Committees

DivCo: Divisional Council

AFAC: Admissions and Financial Aid Committee

CAP: Committee on Academic Personnel

RCAP: Reserve Committee on Academic Personnel

CAPRA: Committee on Academic Planning and Resource Allocation

CoC: Committee on Committees

COR: Committee on Research

CRE: Committee on Rules and Elections

EDI: Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

CFW: Faculty Welfare

CAF: Academic Freedom

GC: Graduate Council

LASC: Library and Scholarly Communication

COUNCIL: Academic Council

BOARS: Board of Admissions and Relations with Schools

CCGA: Coordinating Committee on Graduate Affairs

UCODE: University Committee on Diversity and Equity

UCACC: University Committee on Academic Computing and Communications

UCAF: University Committee on Academic Freedom

UCAP: University Committee on Academic Personnel

UCEP: University Committee on Educational Policy

UCFW: University Committee on Faculty Welfare

UCIE: University Committee on International Education

UCOLASC: University Committee on Library and Scholarly Communication

UCOC: University Committee on Committees

UCOPE: University Committee on Preparatory Education