Fall 2025 Faculty Council Membership

Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture & Design:

• Christopher Battaglia, Elected, Term ends 8/31/26
• Patrick Peters, Associate Presiding Officer, Appointed, Term ends 8/31/26

 Kathrine G. McGovern College of the Arts:

• Rachel Bush, Elected, Term ends 8/31/26   
• Rex Koontz, Appointed, Term ends 8/31/26
• Blake Wilkins, Elected, Term ends 8/31/27

C. T. Bauer College of Business:

• Norman Johnson, Elected, Term ends 8/31/27
• Basheer Khumawala, Elected, Term ends 8/31/26
• Vijay Yerramilli, Appointed, Term ends 8/31/26

College of Education:

• April Peters-Hawkins, Appointed, Term ends 8/31/26
• Kristi Santi, Secretary, Elected, Term ends 8/31/27
• Virginia Snodgrass Rangel, Elected, Term ends 8/31/26

Cullen College of Engineering:

• Gulin Aksu, Elected, Term ends 8/31/26
• Craig Glennie, Appointed, Term ends 8/31/26
• Shailendra Joshi, Elected, Term ends 8/31/27
• David Shattuck, Elected, Term ends 8/31/27
• Jian Shi, Elected, Term ends 8/31/27
• Consuelo Waight, Elected, Term ends 8/31/26
• Yaping Wang, Elected, Term ends 8/31/27
• Jack (Yunpeng) Zhang, Elected, Term ends 8/31/27

Conrad N. Hilton College of Global Hospitality Leadership:

• JéAnna Abbott, Elected, Term ends 8/31/26
• Yoon Koh, Appointed, Term ends 8/31/26

The Honors College:

• Hayan Charara, Appointed, Term ends 8/31/26
• Daniel Price, Elected, Term ends 8/31/26

UH Law Center:

• Rex Buckles, Appointed, Term ends 8/31/26
• Alissa Gomez, Elected, Term ends 8/31/26

College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences:

• Lisa Alastuey, Elected, Term ends 8/31/26
• Francesca Behr, Elected, Term ends 8/31/27
• Pratik Chakrabarti, Elected, Term ends 8/31/27
• Maria Gonzalez, Elected, Term ends 8/31/27
• Elena Grigorenko, Presiding Officer, Appointed, Term ends 8/31/26
• Billy Hawkins, Elected, Term ends 8/31/27
• Scout Johnson, Elected, Term ends 8/31/27
• Melissa Markofski, Elected, Term ends 8/31/27
• Adam Thrasher, Elected, Term ends 8/31/26
• Zhiwen Xiao, Elected, Term ends 8/31/26
• Natalia Zhivan, Elected, Term ends 8/31/27

Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine:

• David Curtis, Elected, Term ends 8/31/26
• Kimberly Pilkinton, Appointed, Term ends 8/31/26

College of Natural Sciences & Mathematics:

• Regina Capuano, Elected, Term ends 8/31/27
• Guoning Chen, Elected, Term ends 8/31/26
• Casey Douglas, Elected, Term ends 8/31/27
• Stuart Dryer, Elected, Term ends 8/31/27
• Eva Harth, Elected, Term ends 8/31/26
• Chin-Yo Lin, Appointed, Term ends 8/31/26
• Karen McIntush, Elected, Term ends 8/31/27
• Manos Papadakis, Elected, Term ends 8/31/27

Andy & Barbara Gessner College of Nursing:

• Deborah Smith, Elected, Term ends 8/31/26
• Shainy Varghese, Appointed, Term ends 8/31/26

College of Optometry:

• Ruth Manny, Elected, Term ends 8/31/27
• Lan Chi Nguyen, Elected, Term ends 8/31/26
• John O'Brien, Appointed, Term ends 8/31/26

College of Pharmacy:

• Bradley McConnell, Elected, Term ends 8/31/26
• Doug Thornton, Appointed, Term ends 8/31/26
• Matthew Wanat, Elected, Term ends 8/31/27

Hobby School of Public Affairs:

• Chris Bronk, Appointed, Term ends 8/31/26
• Gail Buttorff, Elected, Term ends 8/31/26

Graduate College of Social Work: 

• Jodi Berger Cardoso, Appointed, Term ends 8/31/26
• Yvonne Mendoza, Elected, Term ends 8/31/26

University Libraries:

• Leonard Martin, Elected, Term ends 8/31/26
• Mea Warren, Appointed, Term ends 8/31/26