Staff Senate
Governing Body for Staff at the University of Kansas

Staff Senate Members 2021-2022


The Staff Senate is formed to facilitate greater involvement of staff (both unclassified and university support staff) in the university community, and to ensure that the opinions of staff inform the creation and implementation of university policies. Toward those ends, the Staff Senate serves as a forum for discussion among all university staff and as an advocate for staff interests with other governance bodies, the university administration, and the state Board of Regents.

The senators, each having one vote in the Senate, shall be elected by the members of the electorate. To ensure fair representation of all staff, the electorate shall be divided into eight categories representing the major divisions of work responsibilities across campus. The categorization of staff shall be accomplished by means of job families.  To find what category your job title falls under, plese see: http://humanresources.ku.edu/job-title-table-view.  Job Families are designated by Human Resource Management.

Category Constituent Job Families
Academic Educational Support & Delivery
Administrative Administrative Support
Para-Professional/Professional
Information Technology Information Technology
Operations Facilities Planning, Design & Operation, Skilled Trades,
Campus Srvs/Service Maint.
Research Research
Student Services Advising, Career & Student Services
Support Food Service and Dietary,  Healthcare
Library Services, Museum / Arts
Public Affairs, Public Safety
Publishing, TV, Radio & Video Production
Administrative/Management

Administrative/Management
President Tim Spencer spence37@ku.edu SSC Manager 22-Apr
President-Elect Jessica Chilcoat jchilcoat@ku.edu O'Leary SSC 22-Apr
Academic -  4 Senators        
Liz Barton bartonliz@ku.edu ABS Master's Online | Public Administration and Law & Society Programs, Edwards Campus Academic 22-Apr
Tiffany Learned tlearned@ku.edu International Student Services Academic 22-Apr
Ben Herron bherron2@ku.edu Student Success and Support, Edwards Campus Academic 23-Apr
Tiphani Dixon t260d188@ku.edu Study Abroad and Global Engmt Academic 24-Apr
Administrative-6 Senators        
Kelly Banks kgibhawk@ku.edu Spencer Museum of Art Administrative 23-Apr
Leslie Wilson, A leslieqilson@ku.edu Undergraduate Advising Center Administrative 22-Apr
Deanne Arensberg dgarens Office of Research Administrative 24-Apr
Teri Chambers tmchambers Biodiversity Institute Administrative 24-Apr
Marissa Marshall rissa-m@ku.edu Film and Media Studies Administrative 24-Apr
Mary Murphy memurphy@ku.edu Ctr for Online & Distance Lrn Administrative 24-Apr
Administrative/Management-9 Senators        
Cady Bush cbush@ku.edu Higuchi  Biosciences Centers Administrative/Management 23-Apr
Aaron Quisenberry AQUIZ@ku.edu Transportation Services Administrative/Management 23-Apr
Robert Waller rwaller@ku.edu Budget Office Administrative/Management 23-Apr
Jui-Shen Wang j322w659@ku.edu School of Pharmacy Administrative/Management 23-Apr
Michelle Ginavan Hayes mginavan@ku.edu Eaton Hall SSC Administrative/Management 22-Apr
Monica Bradshaw m179s923@ku.edu Human Resource Management Administrative/Management 24-Apr
Kim Conard k823c273@ku.edu OLeary SSC Administrative/Management 24-Apr
Jena Gunter kujena@ku.edu Institute for Policy & Social Research Administrative/Management 24-Apr
Information Technology-4 Senators        
Elvi Freudenhammer elvi.freudenhammer@ku.edu Information Technology Information Technology 23-Apr
Matthew Deakyne mdeakyne@ku.edu Information Technology Information Technology 22-Apr
Rick Evanhoe rpe@ku.edu Information Technology Information Technology 22-Apr
Lisa Hallberg hallberg@ku.edu Life Span Institute Information Technology 22-Apr
Operations-5 Senators        
Jessica Brown jjbrown@ku.edu Facility Services Operations 22-Apr
Jeremy Chance jmchance@ku.edu Recreation Services Operations 22-Apr
Steve Conway s913c000@ku.edu Facility Services Operations 22-Apr
Chris Wallace ewallace@ku.edu Public Safety Operations 22-Apr
Emily Foltz eflotz@ku.edu Lanscape Operations 24-Apr
Research-7 Senators        
Lindsay Elliot Jorgenson lelliott@ku.edu Institute for Policy & Social Research Research 23-Apr
Jennifer Hollenbach jraney@ku.edu Kansas Geological Survey Research 23-Apr
Kevin Liu gkliu@ku.edu Achievement & Assessment Institute Research 22-Apr
Christopher Lyon lyon@ku.edu Ctr Enviro Beneficial Catalysis Research 22-Apr
Kajsa Elizabeth Mullenix k831m691@ku.edu Bureau of Child Research Research 22-Apr
Aaron Baumgardner a691b146@ku.edu KS Applied Remote Sensing Program Research 24-Apr
Nikhila Gunda gundanikhia@ku.edu Transportation Research Center Research 24-Apr
Student Services-3 Senators        
Michelle Wilson michellewilson@ku.edu Achievement & Assessment Inst Student Services 22-Apr
Jordan Wade jordanwade@ku.edu Student Program Manager Student Services  24-Apr
Caitlin Alvarez c928a825@ku.edu Academic Advisor Student Services 24-Feb
Support-6 Senators        
Todd Carpenter tcarpent@ku.edu Public Safety Support 23-Apr
Justin Runge justinrunge@ku.edu Marketing Communications Support 23-Apr
Kim Spencer kimspencer@ku.edu Lied Center Support 23-Apr
Mary Dykmann mdykmann@ku.edu Business Development Support 22-Apr
Brian Moss bdmoss@ku.edu Libraries Support 22-Apr
Haines Eason haines.eason@ku.edu Communications Coordinator Support 24-Apr
Total Staff Senators:        
Members at-large        

 


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