Faculty Senate
fort lewis college committees

Senate President

• Michael Valdez (2021) mevaldez@fortlewis.edu

Faculty Representative to the Board of Trustees

• Rebecca Clausen (2022) clausen_r@fortlewis.edu

Senate Executive Committee

• Michael Valdez, President (2021) mevaldez@fortlewis.edu
• Erik Juergensmeyer, Vice President (2021) Juergensmeyer_e@fortlewis.edu
• Ruth Alminas, Committees Officer (2021) raalminas@fortlewis.edu
• Deborah Walker, Corresponding Secretary (2021) walker_d@fortlewis.edu
• Ellen Paul, Recording Secretary (2021) Paul_e@fortlewis.edu

Senators Elected at Large (8 total)

• Ginny Davis, Theatre (2022) davis_g@fortlewis.edu
• Laurie Williams, Physics & Engineering (2022) Williams_l@fortlewis.edu
• Laura Scull, Math (2022) scull_l@fortlewis.edu
• Ruth Alminas, Political Science (2021) raalminas@fortlewis.edu
• Lee Frazer, Adventure Education (2021) frazer_l@fortlewis.edu
• Deborah Walker, Economics - SOBA (2021) walker_d@fortlewis.edu
• Kathy Hilimire, Environmental Studies (2021) kehilimire@fortlewis.edu
• Jennifer Lowell, Health Sciences (2023) jllowell@fortlewis.edu 

Senators from Sciences (3 total)

• Callie Cole, Chemistry (2021) ccole@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 – Environmental Studies (2023) jbeeton@fortlewis.edu 
• Betty Dorr, Psychology (2021) dorr_b@fortlewis.edu
• Jesse Tune, Anthropology (2021) jwtune@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

• Elizabeth Cartier, SOBA – Management (2020) eacartier@fortlewis.edu
• Ivan Guardiola, SOBA – Management (2021)  igguardiola@fortlewis.edu

Senators Elected from Full-time, Non-tenure Track Faculty

• Katherine Smith, Sociology (2021) krsmith4@fortlewis.edu
• Michelle Bonanno, English (2021) bonanno_m@fortlewis.edu

Senator Elected from the Library

• Astrid Oliver, Library (2021) oliver_a@fortlewis.edu

Senator Elected from the School of Education

• Di Ryter, Library/Teacher Ed (2023) daryter@fortlewis.edu​​​​​​​