Faculty Senate
fort lewis college committees

Senate President

• Michael Valdez (2022) mevaldez@fortlewis.edu

Faculty Representative to the Board of Trustees

• Rebecca Clausen (2022) clausen_r@fortlewis.edu

Senate Executive Committee

• Michael Valdez, President (2022) mevaldez@fortlewis.edu
• David Blake, Vice President (2022) blake_d@fortlewis.edu
• Ruth Alminas, Committees Officer (2022) raalminas@fortlewis.edu
• Erik Juergensmeyer, Corresponding Secretary (2022) Juergensmeyer_e@fortlewis.edu
• Ellen Paul, Recording Secretary (2022) Paul_e@fortlewis.edu

Senators Elected at Large (8 total)

• Laurie Williams, Physics & Engineering (2022) Williams_l@fortlewis.edu
• Laura Scull, Math (2022) scull_l@fortlewis.edu
• Jennifer Lowell, Health Sciences (2023) jllowell@fortlewis.edu 
• Joslynn Lee, Chemistry (2024) jslee@fortlewis.edu
• Anthony Carton, Art and Design (2024) acarton@fortlewis.edu
• David Blake, Biology (2024) blake_d@fortlewis.edu
• Carolina Alonso, Borders and Languages (2024) cealonso@fortlewis.edu

Senators from Sciences (3 total)

• Cynthia Dott, Biology (2024) dott_c@fortlewis.edu 
• Jonathan Harvey, Geosciences (2023) jeharvey@fortlewis.edu
• Jeff Jessing, Physics & Engineering (2022) jrjessing@fortlewis.edu

Senators from Social Sciences (3 total)

• Jared Beeton – Environment & Sustainability (2023) jbeeton@fortlewis.edu 
• Ruth Alminas, Political Science (2024) raalminas@fortlewis.edu
• Kathy Hilimire, Environment & Sustainability (2024) kehilimire@fortlewis.edu

Senators Elected from Arts and Humanities (3 total)

• Erik Juergensmeyer, English (2022) Juergensmeyer_e@fortlewis.edu
• Michael Fry, History (2022) Fry_M@fortlewis.edu
• Ellen Paul, History (2023) Paul_e@fortlewis.edu

Senators Elected from Business Administration (2 total)

• Tomasz Miaskiewicz, Marketing – SOBA (2024) tmiaskiewicz@fortlewis.edu
• Elizabeth Cartier, Management – SOBA (2024) eacartier@fortlewis.edu

Senators Elected from Full-time, Non-tenure Track Faculty (2 total)

• Brian Twenter, Native American and Indigenous Studies – (2024) bjtwenter@fortlewis.edu

Senator Elected from the Library (1 total)

• Astrid Oliver, Library (2024) oliver_a@fortlewis.edu

Senator Elected from the School of Education (1 total)

• Di Ryter, School of Education (2023) daryter@fortlewis.edu​​​​​​​