2026-2027 Membership

Name School/Dept
Sabia Abidi, Chair Bioengineering
Julie Fette Modern and Classical Languages Literatures and Cultures
Rossella Calvi Economics
Andrew Colopy Architecture
Stan Dodds Physics and Astronomy
Susannah Wright Modern and Classical Languages Literatures and Cultures
John Greiner Computer Science
Sidney Xu Lu Transnational Asian Studies
Brandon Schmandt Earth Environmental Planetary Sciences
Amanda Marciel Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Caroline Crouch Linguistics
William Monroe Program for Writing and Communication
Natalia Piqueira Rice Business School
Tabea Linhard Modern and Classical Languages Literatures and Cultures
Andrew Kraebel English and Creative Writing
Augusto Rodriguez Kinesiology
Kirsten Westmoreland Psychological Sciences
Hiromi Takayama Transnational Asian Studies
Hesam Panahi Rice Business School
Arun Chandra Natarajan, non-voting liaison Institutional Data Evaluation Analytics and Strategy
Brian Gibson, non-voting liaison Senior Associate Dean of Undergraduates
Bridget Gorman, ex officio Dean of Undergraduates
Sara Lowman, non-voting liaison Fondren Library
Amy Dittmar, ex officio Provost
Jennifer Wilson, ex officio Director of the Program for Writing & Communication
Justin Schilke, non-voting liaison Registrar
Diane Waryas Hughey, non-voting liaison Institutional Data Evaluation Analytics and Strategy
Leslie Schwindt-Bayer, non-voting liaison Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education
Christine Martinez, non-voting liaison Executive Director, Academic Advising
Hari Muhunthan Undergraduate representative
Bianca Ramos Undergraduate representative
Karlianna Kapche Undergraduate representative
Elise Trenk Undergraduate representative
Kurt Kasper Alumni representative

Updated September 14, 2026