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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 15 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

Executive Committee

President
Rachel Holland
Associate Professor
Department of Music
College of Arts and Humanities
(757) 594-8875
rachel.holland@cnu.edu

Vice President
John Finn
Associate Professor
Department of Sociology, Social Work and Anthropology
College of Social Sciences
(757) 594–7939
john.finn@cnu.edu

Handbook Liaison
Olga Lipatova
Associate Professor
Department of Psychology
(757) 594–8298
olga.lipatova@cnu.edu

Secretary
Brian Puaca
Professor
Department of History
College of Arts and Humanities
(757) 594–7225
bpuaca@cnu.edu

Parliamentarian
Rocío Gordon
Associate Professor
Department of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures
College of Arts and Humanities
(757) 594–8201
rocio.gordon@cnu.edu

Arts and Humanities

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

Denise Gillman
Professor
Department of Performing Arts
(757) 594-7262
denise.gillman@cnu.edu

Rocío Gordon
Associate Professor
Department of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures
(757) 594–8201
rocio.gordon@cnu.edu

Rachel Holland
Associate Professor
Department of Performing Arts
(757) 594-8875
rachel.holland@cnu.edu

Brian Puaca
Professor
Department of History
College of Arts and Humanities
(757) 594–7225
bpuaca@cnu.edu

Luter School of Business

Linda Ficht
Associate Professor
Department of Accounting and Finance
(757) 594–8484
linda.ficht@cnu.edu

Matt Hettche
Associate Professor
Department of Management and Marketing
(757) 594–7692
matthew.hettche@cnu.edu

College of Natural and Behavioral Sciences

Jonathan Backens
Associate Professor
Department of Physics, Computer Science and Engineering
(757) 594-8291
jonathan.backens@cnu.edu

Ed Brash
Professor
Department of Physics, Computer Science and Engineering
(757) 594-7451
edward.brash@cnu.edu

James Kelly
Assistant Professor
Department of Mathematics
(757) 594-7975
james.kelly@cnu.edu

Olga Lipatova
Associate Professor
Department of Psychology
(757) 594–8298
olga.lipatova@cnu.edu

Joshua Patterson
Associate Professor
Department of Molecular Biology and Chemistry
(757) 594-0300
joshua.patterson@cnu.edu

College of Social Sciences

Brent Cusher
Associate Professor
Department of Leadership and American Studies
(757) 594-8105
brent.cusher@cnu.edu

John Finn
Associate Professor
Department of Sociology, Social Work and Anthropology
(757) 594-7939
john.finn@cnu.edu

Benjamin Lynerd
Associate Professor
Department of Political Science
(757) 594-8328
benjamin.lynerd@cnu.edu

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