College Governance

Academic Senate Officers and Members

 

Academic Senate Officers 2024-2025

Senate Representation 2024-2025 

Department senators
Art (11 FT Faculty - 2 Senators)

Mark Trujillo (Term Ending Spring 2025)
Kaelyn Rodriguez (Term Ending Spring 2027)

 

Business (12 FT Faculty - 2 Senators) OPEN
OPEN
Communications (18 FT Faculty - 2 Senators)

Luis Andrade (Term Ending Spring 2025)
Alan Adelman (Term Ending Spring 2026)
Lauren Movius (Term Ending) Spring 2026)

Cosmetology (4 FT Faculty - 1 Senator) Asunta Moisan (Term Ending Spring 2027)


Counseling (47 FT Faculty - 5 Senators)

Vicenta Arrizon (Term Ending Spring 2026)
Laurie Guglielmo (Term Ending Spring 2026)
Alicia Villalpando (Term Ending Spring 2026)
OPEN
OPEN

CSIS (12 FT Faculty - 2 Senators)

Jinan Darwiche (Term Ending Spring 2025)
Gina Jerry (Term Ending Spring 2026)

Dance (5 FT Faculty - 1 Senator)

Jae Lee (Term Ending Spring 2026)

Design Tech. (11 FT Faculty - 2 Senators)

Nicola Vruwink (Term Ending Spring 2026)
OPEN 

Earth Science (12 FT Faculty - 2 Senators)

Brandon Lewis (Term Ending Spring 2025)
Lisa Collins (Term Ending Spring 2027)


Education/ECE (7 FT Faculty - 1 Senator)

Yiching Grace (Term Ending Spring 2025)

English (37 FT Faculty - 4 Senators)

Clay Barham (Term Ending Spring 2027)
Shannon Herbert (Term Ending Spring 2027)*
Jessica Krug (Term Ending Spring 2025)
Manuel Gonzalez (Term Ending Spring 2027)

*Replacing Jean Paik

ESL (4 FT Faculty - 1 Senator)

Koenig, Lizbeth (Term Ending Spring 2026)

Health Sciences (6 FT Faculty - 1 Senator)

Poy Yamada (Term Ending Spring 2025)

History (9 FT Faculty - 1 Senator)

Marisol Moreno (Term Ending Spring 2027)

Kinesiology/Athletics (7 FT Faculty - 1 Senator)

Matthew Hank (Term Ending Spring 2026)

Library (5 FT Faculty - 1 Senator)

Luz Badillo (Term Ending Spring 2026)

Life Science (20 FT Faculty - 2 Senators)

Chris Grant (Term Ending Spring 2026)
OPEN

Mathematics (33 FT Faculty - 4 Senators)

Novita Phua (Term Ending Spring 2025)
Quyen Phung (Term Ending Spring 2025)
OPEN
OPEN

Modern Languages (5 FT Faculty - 1 Senator)

Yukiko Tsuboi (Term Ending 2026)

Music (8 FT Faculty - 1 Senator)

Jim Bergman (Term Ending Spring 2026)

Philos./Soc. Sci. (18 FT Faculty - 2 Senators)

Christina Gabler (Term Ending Spring 2025)
James Thing (Term Ending Spring 2027)

Photo-Fashion (8 FT Faculty - 1 Senator)

OPEN

Physical Science (22 FT Faculty - 2 Senators)

Travis Pecorelli (Term Ending Spring 2027)
Sehat Nauli (Term Ending Spring 2027)*

Psychology (8 FT Faculty - 1 Senator)

OPEN

Theater Arts (4 FT Faculty - 1 Senator)

Perviz Sawoski (Term Ending Spring 2027)

Adjuncts-at-Large (11 Total serving 1 year terms)

Tom Briskey (Term Ending Spring 2025)*
Susanne Berry (Term Ending Spring 2025)*
Robin Daniels (Term Ending Spring 2025)*
Angelica Duran (Term Ending Spring 2025)*
Juliet Moore (Term Ending Spring 2025)*
Arno Papazyan (Term Ending Spring 2025)*
Olga Vagin (Term Ending Spring 2025)*

Faculty Association Liaison

Peter Morse

Senate Joint, Sub and Ad-Hoc Committees

Other Senate Responsibilities

Honor Council – Nathan Khalil

Student Relief Fund – TBD

Participatory Governance Policy

Board Policy 2000, Article 2200, BP 2210:

"Santa Monica College is a community composed of students, faculty, staff, administration and the Board of Trustees who are committed to the implementation of the Participatory Governance Policy (AB 1725). The Board of Trustees honors the concept of participatory governance in all areas defined by State laws and regulations as policy of the Santa Monica Community College District while retaining its own rights and responsibilities as the ultimate authority.

The Board of Trustees has adopted the following participatory governance policies developed by the Academic Senate, Classified Staff, Associated Students, and Management Association."

For more information, read the Participatory Governance Policy adopted by the Board of Trustees.