Senate Roster

To view Senators click the Disipline link below.
Note: The roster will continue to be updated as senators are appointed or step down from their position this academic year. Please contact Kristen Hosey, GPSS Secretary at gpsssec@uw.edu if you have questions. Senators must be appointed by their department, and confirmed by their graduate program adviser (or equivalent), per the bylaws, to be added to the roster.

Arts and Sciences
Built Environments
Foster School of Business
School of Dentistry
College of Education
College of Engineering
College of the Environment
Informational School
School of Law
School of Medicine
School of Nursing
School of Pharmacy
Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs
School of Public Health
School fo Social Work
Other Interdisciplinary Degree Programs
Community Seats

Article III: Duties of Senators

Section A. Senators shall regularly attend Senate meetings. If they cannot attend in person they may assign a proxy as defined in Article IV, Section F of the bylaws, or give advance written notice of their planned absence to the Secretary. Senators must attend at least two meetings per quarter, one of which may be attended by a proxy. Any Senator failing to fulfill this obligation will be terminated from GPSS membership. Any exceptions to this meeting attendance requirement shall be approved by the Secretary.

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(*) Indicates each Senator that has been removed from the roster due to inability to meet attendance obligations.

Arts and Sciences

		Meetings Attended	Date Appointed
American Indian Studies
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Anthropology*	Stephanie Cruz	10/3, 1017, 11/28, 1/16, 2/13, 2/27, 4/24	9/26/2012
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Applied Mathematics*	Tianshu Fan	11/7, 11/28, 1/16, 2/13, 4/10	10/16/2012
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Art
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Art History*	Sarah Titus	11/28, 1/30, 2/27	11/6/2012
	Jennifer Henneman	4/24
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Asian Languages & Literature	Michael Skinner	10/3, 10/17, 11/28, 1/16, 1/30, 2/13, 2/27, 4/10. 4/24, 5/8	10/1/2012
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Astronomy	Nell Byler	10/3, 11/7, 1/16, 4/10	9/28/2012
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	Eddie Schwieterman	10/3, 10/17, 11/7, 11/28, 1/16, 1/30, 2/13, 2/27	10/3/2011
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Biology	Henry Hunter	10/17, 11/28, 1/16, 1/30, 2/13, 2/27, 4/10, 4/24	-
	Yasmeen Hussain	10/3, 11/7, 1/30, 2/13, 2/27, 4/10, 4/24, 5/8	-
Chemistry	Dylan Gary	10/3, 10/17, 11/7, 1/16, 1/30, 2/27	9/27/2012
	Thomas Edwards	4/24
Classics	Jessica Kapteyn	10/3, 10/17, 11/28, 1/30, 2/13, 4/24, 5/8	10/1/2012
	Alexandra Kennedy	11/7, 11/28, 1/16, 1/30, 2/27, 4/10	10/1/2012
Communications	Kiana Scott	10/3, 10/17, 11/28, 2/27, 4/10, 4/24, 5/8
Comparative History of Ideas Program
Comparative Literature	Will Arighi	10/3, 10/17, 11/7, 1/16, 2/13, 2/27, 4/24, 5/8	10/4/2011
	Will Arighi is a fifth-year Ph.D. student in the Department of Comparative Literature. He has been a Senator since 2011. His dissertation is on 19th-century Spanish-language fiction from the Philippines and the Caribbean.
	Alan-Michael Weatherford	10/17, 11/7, 11/28, 1/16, 1/30, 2/13, 4/10, 5/8	10/4/2011
Dance
Design*
Drama*
Economics	Jorge Rojas	10/3, 1/16
English	Heather Arvidson	11/7, 11/28, 1/16, 2/27, 5/8	10/28/2011
	Samantha Simon	11/28, 1/16, 1/30, 2/13, 2/27, 4/10	11/13/2012
French and Italian Studies*
Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies	Alma Khasawnih	10/3, 10/17, 11/28, 1/30, 2/13, 4/10	10/4/2012
	Noralis Rodriguez	1/16, 1/30, 2/13, 2/27, 4/24	10/3/2012
Geography	Chris Lizotte	10/3, 10/17, 11/7, 2/13, 2/27, 5/8	9/27/2011
Germanics*	Vera Pohland	1/16, 2/27, 4/10, 5/8
	Thiti Olwarn	2/13, 2/27, 4/10, 5/8	11/13/2012
History	Kaitlin O'Neil	10/3, 1/16	9/28/2012
Jackson School of International Studies	<- clink the link for a detailed list		11/13/2012
Linguistics	Russell Hugo	10/3, 10/17, 11/7, 11/28, 1/16, 1/30, 2/27, 4/10, 4/24, 5/8	-
	Esther Le Grezause	11/7, 11/28, 1/16, 1/30, 2/13, 4/10, 4/24, 5/8	11/5/2012
Mathematics	Mary Solbrig	1/16, 2/13, 2/27, 4/10
	Stephen McKeown	11/28, 4/10, 5/8
Music	Nicole Secula	10/3, 1/16, 2/13	10/4/2011
	Steve Harreld	10/3, 1/16, 2/13	10/4/2011
Near Eastern Languages and Civilization	Josef Burton	11/7, 11/28, 1/30, 2/13, 2/27, 4/10, 5/8	11/5/2012
	Duru Altug	11/7, 1/16, 1/30, 2/27, 4/24, 5/8	9/29/2012
Philosophy	Mitch Kaufman	10/3, 11/7, 1/16, 2/13, 4/10	10/10/2011
	Alicia Intriago	10/3, 11/7, 1/16, 1/30, 4/24	10/16/2012
Physics*	Durmus Karatay	10/3, 10/17, 11/7, 1/16, 2/13, 4/10, 4/24	9/29/2012
	Seyda Ipek	10/17, 11/7, 2/13, 4/10, 4/24	-
Political Science	Adam Goch	10/3, 10/17, 11/7, 1/16	9/29/2012
	James Harmon	10/3, 10/17, 11/7, 1/16	9/29/2012
	James is a second year Ph.D. student in the Department of Political Science and a University of Washington International Security Colloquium (UWISC) Graduate Fellow. His research interests are in international relations and political psychology, specifically focusing on security issues. James has been a member of the UW community for 6 years now beginning as an undergraduate in 2007. He's committed to representing his department in GPSS and working on issues concerning student life and educational funding. When James isn't at GPSS or in his office (presumably working), he's drinking a nice IPA at the local bar with some friends, backpacking through the Olympics, or cooking a mean honey glazed salmon and watching an episode of The West Wing.
Psychology	Meg Grounds	10/3, 10/17, 11/7, 1/16, 1/30, 2/27, 4/10, 5/8	10/8/2012
	Bjorn Hubert-Wallander	10/3, 11/7, 11/28, 1/30, 2/27. 4/24, 5/8	10/8/2012
Scandanavian Studies
Slavic Language and Literature
Sociology*	Julia Morris	10/3, 11/7, 1/16, 4/10	-
	Ursula Mosquiera	5/8
	Julie Morris is a second year graduate student in the department of sociology, where she studies the social determinants of maternal health for rural and indigenous populations. Originally from Alaska, Julie loves exploring the outdoors, including hiking, camping, skiing and kayaking.
Spanish and Portugese Studies
Speech and Hearing Sciences	Bonnie Lau	11/7, 11/28, 2/27, 4/10, 5/8
	Laine Anderson	11/7, 11/28, 1/16, 2/13	10/5/2012
Statistics*	Sam Wang	10/3, 11/7, 2/27, 4/10, 5/8

Built Environments

		Meeting Attended	Date Appointed
Architecture
Construction Management
Landscape Architecture	Finis Ray	10/17, 11/28, 1/30, 2/27	10/15/2012
	Dian (Nikky) Zhang	4/10, 4/24	1/29/2013
Urban Design and Planning - Master	Kate Bonaparte	10/3, 10/17, 1/30, 2/27	-
	Tess Brandon	10/17, 11/7, 1/30, 2/13, 5/8	10/15/2012
Built Environment PhD Program	James Thompson	4/10, 4/24, 5/8	-
	Daniel Coslett	10/3, 10/17, 11/7, 11/28, 1/16, 1/30, 2/13, 2/27, 4/24 (proxy)	9/29/2011

Foster School of Business

		Meeting Attended	Date Appointed
Masters of Business Administration	Vasil Mlekarov	4/10, 4/24
Masters of Public Accounting
Masters of Science in Information Systems
Ph.D.	Matt Eliseo	1/16, 1/30, 2/13, 4/24	10/2/2012

School of Dentistry

		Meeting Attended	Date Appointed
Dentistry	Lindsay Booth	10/3, 10/17, 11/28, 1/16, 2/13, 4/10, 5/8	10/5/2011
	Gabriel Dawson	10/3, 10/17, 11/7, 11/28, 1/16, 1/30, 2/27, 4/24	10/5/2012
Oral Biology	Esra Camci	11/7, 11/28, 1/30, 2/13, 2/27, 5/8	9/29/2012

College of Education

		Meeting Attended	Date Appointed
Curriculum and Instruction*	Cesar Pena Sandoval	1/30	9/29/2012
Educational Leadership and Policy Studies*
Educational Psychology*
Special Education*	Meaghan McCollow	10/3, 10/17, 11/28, 2/27, 4/10, 4/24	9/29/2012

College of Engineering

		Meeting Attended	Date Appointed
Aeronautics and Astronautics*	Andreas von Flotow	10/17, 1/30, 4/24	10/3/2012
	Saghar Hosseinisianaki	10/3, 11/28, 2/27
Bioengineering	Wilbert Copeland	10/3, 10/17, 11/7, 1/30, 2/27, 4/10, 5/8	9/26/2012
	Ted Chen	10/17, 11/7, 11/28, 1/16, 2/13, 2/27, 4/10	10/3/2011
Chemical Engineering*
Civil and Environmental Engineering*	Titus Butcher	10/17, 11/28, 2/13, 2/27, 4/10, 5/8	-
	Zi Jiang	10/17, 1/16, 5/8	10/4/2012
Computer Science and Engineering*	Will Scott	10/3, 10/17, 11/28, 1/16, 2/13, 2/27, 4/10, 4/24, 5/8	9/26/2012
	Ricardo Martin	10/3, 10/17, 11/7, 11/28, 2/13, 4/24	-
Electrical Engineering	Nathaniel McVicar	10/17, 11/28, 1/16, 1/30, 4/10, 4/24, 5/8	10/3/2011
	Andrew Haddock	10/3, 10/17, 11/28, 1/16, 4/10, 5/8	10/16/2012
Human Centered Design and Engineering
Industrial Systems Engineering	Trond Nilsen	10/3, 10/17, 2/13, 2/27, 5/8
Materials Science and Engineering*	Evan Uchaker	10/17, 11/7, 1/16, 2/27	10/15/2012
Mechanical Engineering	Colin Bateson	10/3, 11/7, 11/28, 1/30, 2/13, 2/27, 4/10, 4/24, 5/8	-
	Colin is a Ph.D. student in Mechanical Engineering. After growing up in California, Colin's path to Seattle included stops at the University of Virginia, Cincinnati, Schenectady, Puerto Rico, and Connecticut. He started graduate school at the UW in 2008 and has been a GPSS senator since 2010. When he's not researching the way air turbulence affects the formation of rain drops, he's outside playing soccer, backpacking, fly-fishing, or picking up some other outdoor hobby that involves a lot of gear.
	Shirin Feghhi	10/3, 11/28, 1/16, 4/24	-

College of the Environment

		Meeting Attended	Date Appointed
Aquatics and Fishery Sciences	Louisa Harding	10/3, 10/17, 11/7, 11/28, 1/30, 2/13, 2/27, 4/1, 4/24, 5/8	9/29/2011
Atmospheric Sciences*
Earth and Space Sciences	Devin Bedard	10/17, 11/7, 11/28, 1/30, 2/13, 4/10, 5/8	10/5/2012
	Michael Hutchins	10/3, 10/17, 11/7, 11/28, 1/16, 1/30, 2/13, 2/27, 4/10, 4/24, 5/8
Environmental and Forest Sciences*	Colton Miller	1/16, 1/30, 2/13, 4/10, 5/8	1/9/13
	Colton Miller is a 2nd year M.S. student in the School of Environmental and Forest Sciences. He is working on improving tree seedling survival at a surface coalmine reclamation site in western Washington. He joined GPSS during the 2012-2013 school year and enjoys participating in student-oriented programs. Aside from academics, he likes eating all varieties of food and getting outdoors by hiking and biking. He is fond of native flora.
Marine and Environmental Affairs	Emily Kelly	10/17, 11/28, 1/30, 2/27, 4/10
	JD Ross Leahy	10/17, 11/7, 11/28, 1/30, 2/13, 2/27, 4/24
Oceanography*	Evan Firth	10/3, 11/7, 11/28, 1/16, 1/30, 4/10, 4/24	10/9/2012

Information School

		Meeting Attended	Date Appointed
Master of Library and Information Science	Justin Dickson	10/3, 10/17, 11/7, 1/30, 2/27	9/27/2012
	Michelle Dillon	10/3, 11/7, 11/28, 1/16, 1/30, 2/13, 2/27, 4/10, 4/24, 5/8	9/27/2012
Master of Science in Information Management
PhD in Information Science

School of Law

		Meeting Attended	Date Appointed
Law	Kimberly Schertz	10/3, 10/17, 11/7, 11/28, 1/16, 1/30, 2/13, 2/27, 4/10, 5/8	10/15/2012
	Alexandra Krakow	4/24
		Kimberly Schertz is in her second year at the UW School of Law. She calls herself a "Double Dog," having attended University of Washington for her undergraduate degree in Spanish and Women Studies (now Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies), as well. This summer, she will be working with children and youth at the Legal Aid Society's Juvenile Rights Practice in New York City. In her free time, she enjoys a variety of board games, snowboarding, and yoga.

School of Medicine

		Meeting Attended	Date Appointed
M.D.*	Joshua Calvert	10/3, 11/28, 1/16, 2/13, 2/27, 4/10, 4/24, 5/8	10/15/2012
Biochemistry*
Bioengineering*
Bioethics and Humanities	Dana Gold	10/3, 1/30, 2/13, 2/27, 4/24, 5/8	9/28/2012
	Wendy Cook	11/28, 1/30, 2/13, 5/8	-
Biomedical and Health Informatics	Thai Le	1/30, 2/27	1/10/13
Biological Structure
Biological Physics and Structure Design
Genome Sciences*	Stephanie Battle	2/13	-
Immunology	Jenna Sullivan	10/3, 10/17, 11/7, 1/16, 1/30, 2/27, 4/10, 5/8	9/26/2012
	Ty Crowl	10/3, 10/17, 11/7, 2/13, 5/8	-
Microbiology*	Kevin Hicks	5/8
Molecular and Cellular Biology	Philamer Calses	1/16
	Bish Paul	1/16, 2/13, 2/27, 4/10
Neurobiology and Behavior
Pathobiology	Laura Austin	11/7, 11/28, 2/13	-
	Liana Wood	10/3, 10/17, 11/7, 2/13, 4/10	-
Pathology
Pharmacology
Physciology and Biophysics
Rehabilitation Medicine (Includes OT, PT, and P&O)	Valerie Tung	11/28, 1/30, 2/27, 4/10, 4/24	12/3
	Michelle Encisco-Rodriguez	11/28, 1/30, 4/10, 4/24	12/3

School of Nursing

		Meeting Attended	Date Appointed
Biobehavoral Nursing and Health Systems	Emily Hilderman	11/7, 11/28, 1/16, 1/30, 2/13, 2/27 (Proxy), 4/24	10/24/2012
	Sam Man-Hoi Li	1/30, 2/13, 2/27, 4/10, 4/24, 5/8	1/9/13
Family and Child Nursing	Rosie Lindeke	10/3, 11/7, 1/30, 2/13, 4/10	-
Nursing Science*	Ellita Williams	11/7, 11/28, 1/16, 2/27, 4/10, 5/8	10/16/2012
	Rita Ismail	5/8
Psychosocial and Community Health Nursing*

School of Pharmacy

		Meeting Attended	Date Appointed
Pharmacy	Marita Mann	4/24, 5/8
Pharmaceutics*
Medicinal Chemistry

Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs

		Meeting Attended	Date Appointed
Masters of Public Administration	Aaron Lykken	10/3, 10/17, 1/16, 2/13, 4/24	10/20/2011
	Christopher Westgard	11/7, 11/28, 1/16, 1/30, 2/13, 2/27, 4/24, 5/8	10/31/2012
	Christopher is from North Carolina but recently moved from D.C. where he interned with a human rights advocacy organization. He graduated from East Carolina University with a M.A. in International Studies, a B.A. in Psychology, and a B.A. in Philosophy. Christopher has traveled and volunteered extensively in India and South America. His passions include international development, human rights advocacy, naps and long conversations with strangers at bars.
Ph.D. in Public Policy Management*

School of Public Health

		Meeting Attended	Date Appointed
Biostatistics
Environmental and Occupational Health	Travis Cook	10/17, 1/16, 4/10	9/28/2012
	Karen Michael	10/17, 11/28, 1/30, 4/10	9/28/2012
Epidemiology	Mike Arndt	1/16, 5/8	10/24/2012
	Daisy Krakowiak-Redd	11/28, 2/27, 4/10, 4/24
	Daisy Krakowiak is currently earning a PhD in Epidemiology at the University of Washington and is working as a research associate for the Kenya Research Program. She currently works for Dr. Carey Farquhar on a randomized clinical trial of home-based education and HIV testing of partners of pregnant women in Western Kenya (The HOPE Study). Her duties include developing study documents, such as consent forms, questionnaires and standard operating procedures, database programming, data cleaning and reporting, and planning for study objectives and logistics. From September 2011 to 2012, Daisy worked for Dr. Judd Walson on a research project regarding diarrhea and bacteremia in children in Western Kenya. She earned her MPH and a graduate certificate in Global Health from the University of Utah in 2010. From 2010 to 2011, Daisy was involved in the Barekuma Collaborative Community Development Project in Kumasi, Ghana, where she led a family planning assessment and disseminated findings from previous assessments back to participating communities. Daisy is interested in HIV/STIs, reproductive health, maternal and child health, and implementation science, particularly in developing countries.
Genetics	Alice Popejoy	10/17, 11/7, 11/28, 1/16, 1/30, 2/13, 2/27, 4/10, 4/24 (Proxy), 5/8	10/9/2012
	Alice Popejoy is a first-year Ph.D. student, National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellow, and one of two GPSS Senators representing the Institute for Public Health Genetics. Alice has a B.A. from Hamilton College in biology and French, and a professional background in the CA State Senate, US House of Representatives, and public policy for the Association for Women in Science (AWIS) in Washington, DC. She hopes to build on her academic and professional background while enriching the field of Public Health Genetics and cultivating her skills in genomic methodologies. She is committed to keeping the lines of communication between science and policymakers as open and accessible as possible, while pursuing her academic interests in bioinformatics, data management, and access to genetic information. Alice has been very active in her first term with GPSS as a participant in the 2013 Lobby Day, member of the Science and Policy Steering Committee, Federal Legislative Steering Committee, and has been working to develop a science communication program aimed to support the professional development of graduate students at UW.
	Ragan Hart	10/17, 11/7, 1/16, 1/30, 2/13, 2/27, 4/10, 4/24, 5/8	10/9/2012
	Ragan is a first year graduate student in Public Health Genetics pursuing her Masters in Genetic Epidemiology. She joined GPSS to increase the visibility of her program and foster discussion with other graduate and professional students to resolve issues to better their experience at the University of Washington. She enjoys the beautiful landscape the Northwest offers by hiking, running, playing soccer, and exploring new places around the city. Catch her on occasion at Golden Gardens watching the sun set over the Olympic Mountains; it's a favorite spot of hers!
Global Health	Onyinye Edeh	10/3, 10/17, 11/7, 11/28, 1/16, 1/30, 5/8	-
	Onyinye is a second year Master’s of Public Health student at the University of Washington (UW) School of Public Health. Her area of concentration is Global Health. Her interest in global health centers around the health of young people. Onyinye received her Bachelor’s degree in sociology and anthropology from Agnes Scott College in Decatur, Georgia. She is originally from Nigeria, and has lived in the United States since 2002. Onyinye enjoys student leadership, and has displayed a strong commitment to service over the years. As a graduate student, she continues to serve in various leadership capacities including working as a teaching assistant, serving as the president of the UW Gates Millennium Scholars campus-based organization, student representative on the School of Public Health Graduate Council, and alumnae president for her college class. Onyinye has been a GPS senator since her arrival at UW in September 2011. Her future career goals are to pursue a doctorate degree in Global Health and to become a global health advocate and practitioner working with humanitarian and health organizations. Onyinye enjoys spending time with people, and makes a conscious effort to have a social life. She enjoys dancing, bowling, movies, hanging out, and traveling.
	Tyson Hegarty	10/17, 11/7, 11/28, 1/16, 1/30, 2/27	10/15/2012
Health Services	Patricia Atwater	11/7, 1/16, 1/30, 2/13, 2/27, 4/10, 5/8	10/26/2012
	Larry Huang	10/3, 11/7, 11/28, 1/16, 1/30, 4/10, 4/24, 5/8	10/26/2012

School of Social Work

		Meeting Attended	Date Appointed
MSW	Gary Hothi	2/13, 2/27, 4/10, 4/24, 5/8	2/1/2013
Ph.D.	Charles Pitre Hoy-Ellis	10/3, 10/17, 1/16, 1/30, 2/13, 2/27, 4/10, 5/8	10/4/2012

Other Interdisciplinary Degree Programs

		Meeting Attended	Date Appointed
Biology Teaching
Individual Ph.D.
Museology	Lissa Kramer	10/17, 11/7, 1/16, 1/30, 2/13, 2/27, 4/10	10/9/2012
	Elisa Law	11/7, 11/28, 1/16, 1/30, 2/13, 4/24, 5/8	10/19/2012
Near & Middle Eastern Studies Group, PhD	Esra Bakkalbasioglu	10/17, 11/7, 1/16, 5/8	1/10/2012
	Oscar Aguirre Mandujano	11/7,1/16	1/10/2012
Nutritional Sciences	Alexandra Kaufman	10/17, 11/7, 1/16, 2/13, 4/24	10/17/2012
Quantitative Ecology and Resource Management	Scott Rinnan	4/24, 5/8
	Christine Stawitz	4/24, 5/8
Urban Design and Planning - PhD

Community Seats

		Meeting Attended	Date Appointed
ASUW	Michael Kutz	10/17, 1/30, 2/27, 4/24
	Kevin Shotwell	1/16, 2/27
Bothell (non-voting)	Katy Brown Tyrell Edwards Katherine Shaw	- - -	9/27/2012 9/28/2012 9/29/2012
Disability Commission
FIUTS	Cindy Chen	10/3, 11/28, 1/16, 2/13, 2/27, 4/10, 4/24	10/4/2012
LGBTQ Students	Henrik Sperber	10/3, 10/17, 11/28, 1/16, 1/30, 2/13, 2/27, 4/24	6/20/2012
Native American Students	Moroni Benally	10/3, 10/17, 1/30, 2/13, 4/24, 5/8	10/2/2011
Tacoma (non-voting)	Michael Lockwood

Jackson School of International Studies

		Meeting Attended	Date Appointed
China Studies*	Matt Portwood	10/3, 11/7, 2/13, 4/24, 5/8	10/4/2012
	Jessica Colwell	4/24, 5/8	10/19/2013
Comparative Religion
International Studies
Japan Studies
Korea Studies	Peter Lee	11/7, 11/28, 1/30, 4/24, 5/8	10/22/2012
Middle East Studies*
Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies	Christi Anne Hofland	10/17, 11/7, 1/16, 2/13n 5/8 (Proxy)	10/15/2012
South Asian Studies	Kevin Johnson	2/13	-
Southeast Asian Studies