Election process

Thank you to everyone who participated in the nomination and voting process during our recent elections. We congratulate the following faculty on their election for positions on CLAS governance bodies during the spring 2026 election.

Executive Committee

• Mark Blumberg, Psychological and Brain Sciences
• Melissa Tully, Journalism and Mass Communication
• David Cunning, Philosophy 

Undergraduate Educational Policy and Curriculum Committee

• Andrew Forbes, Biology
• Kendra Strand, Languages, Linguistics, Literatures, and Cultures
• Jean-Francois Charles, Music

Graduate Educational Policy Committee

• No open seats this year

Faculty Assembly

• Stephanie Eveland-Parrott, Chemistry
• Dorit Kliemann, Psychological and Brain Sciences
• Kylah Hedding, Journalism and Mass Communication
• Bingbing Zhang, Journalism and Mass Communication
• Debra Trusty, Classics
• Abbey Dvorak, Music

CLAS seat on Graduate Council

• Paula Amad, Cinematic Arts

Please contact Lisa Gray with any questions about the election process.