The Faculty Senate is a representational body of faculty leaders who advocate for the faculty at UT. Members are elected by their caucuses and serve 3-year terms on the Senate.
We work as a unit and through committees to consider, advise, recommend, and develop policies and procedures in matters which concern all aspects of the welfare of the faculty:
- criteria for faculty appointment, dismissal, promotions, tenure, and retirement;
- criteria for the selection of the chief academic officer and other campus administrative officers;
- consideration and approval of new curricula;
- priorities for the University budget;
- priorities for University strategic and physical space planning.
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View the full roster of members and committees
Ag Caucus
Karen Lewis DeLong
Professor | Agricultural and Resource Economics
Role: Finance & Benefits Committee
Karen Lillemor Franck
Associate Professor | Family and Consumer Sciences
Role: Research Council
Sindhu Jagadamma
Associate Professor | Biosystems Engineering and Soil Science
Role: Appeals Committee
Bonnie H Ownley
Chancellor’s Professor & Assistant Department Head | Entomology and Plant Pathology
Role: Tennessee University Faculty Senates (TUFS) Representative
Daniel Sain
Lecturer | Biosystems Engineering and Soil Science
Role: Institutional Affairs & Infrastructure Committee
Sean Michael Schaeffer
Professor | Biosystems Engineering and Soil Science
Role: Research Council
Heather Sedges
Associate Professor | Family and Consumer Sciences
Role: Parliamentarian and Faculty Communication Committee
Christopher T Sneed
Associate Professor | Family and Consumer Sciences
Role: Research Council
