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Faculty Senate

The faculty of Christopher Newport are essential participants in the development and implementation of academic policy. The faculty senate is a representative body of the faculty, comprising 16 representatives from each of the three colleges and the Luter School of Business.

Faculty senators are liaisons between all departments and standing university committees and university administration. The senate represents the faculty in the consideration of university policies that impact the academic environment and affect the welfare of the university.

The faculty senate meets regularly with the deans, provost and president to discuss issues and present the viewpoints and perspectives of the faculty to senior members of the university’s leadership team.

Members

Senate Executive Committee (SEC)

President
Michael Mulryan
Professor
Department of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures
(757) 594-7083
michael.mulryan@cnu.edu

Vice President
Rebecca Bromley-Trujillo
Associate Professor
Department of Political Science
(757) 594-9140
rebecca.bromleytrujillo@cnu.edu

Secretary
Ryan Fisher
Associate Professor
Department of Physics, Computer Science and Engineering
(757) 594–7364
ryan.fisher@cnu.edu

Parliamentarian
Shoshana Schwartz
Assistant Professor
Department of Management and Marketing
(757) 594–7287
shoshana.schwartz@cnu.edu

Handbook Liaison
Darlene Mitrano
Professor
Department of Molecular Biology and Chemistry
(757) 594–8632
darlene.mitrano@cnu.edu

Ex-officio
Brian M. Puaca
Professor
Department of History
(757) 594–7225
bpuaca@cnu.edu

College of Arts and Humanities

Jamie Allison III
Associate Professor
Department of History
(757) 594-8207
james.allison@cnu.edu

Ann Mazzocca Bellecci
Professor
Department of Performing Arts
(757) 594-0160
ann.mazzocca.bellecci@cnu.edu

Jason Carney
Senior Lecturer
Department of English
(757) 594–7755
jason.carney@cnu.edu

Dawn Hutchinson
Master Lecturer
Department of Philosophy and Religion
(757) 594–8795
dhutchin@cnu.edu

Michael Mulryan
Professor
Department of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures
(757) 594-7083
michael.mulryan@cnu.edu

College of Natural and Behavioral Sciences

Ryan Fisher
Associate Professor
Department of Physics, Computer Science and Engineering
(757) 594-7364
ryan.fisher@cnu.edu

George E. Kuster
Associate Professor
Department of Mathematics
(757) 594-7193
george.kuster@cnu.edu

Darlene Mitrano
Professor
Department of Molecular Biology and Chemistry
(757) 594–8632
darlene.mitrano@cnu.edu

Tripp C. Riggins, III
Lecturer
Department of Psychology
(757) 594-8559
earl.riggins@cnu.edu

Amanda Thorsen
Lecturer
Department of Biology, Chemistry and Environmental Science
(757) 594-7108
amanda.thorsen@cnu.edu

College of Social Sciences

Rebecca Bromley-Trujillo
Associate Professor
Department of Political Science
(757) 594-9140
rebecca.bromleytrujillo@cnu.edu

Sarah Chace
Associate Professor
Department of Leadership and American Studies
(757) 594-0737
sarah.chace@cnu.edu

Scott Smith
Associate Professor
Department of Communication
(757) 594-9300
j.smith@cnu.edu

Andria Timmer
Associate Professor
Department of Sociology, Social Work and Anthropology
(757) 594-8543
andria.timmer@cnu.edu

Alice Veksler
Professor
Department of Communication
(757) 594-7461
alice.veksler@cnu.edu

Luter School of Business

Shoshana Schwartz
Assistant Professor
Department of Management and Marketing
(757) 594–7287
shoshana.schwartz@cnu.edu
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