Senate Members
2022 – 2023 Faculty Senate Members
*Please see Article III of the Constitution in the UAS Faculty Handbook for information concerning membership
President
Jennifer Ward, M.L.I.S.
Associate Professor of Library and Information Science, Outreach Services Librarian
Profile and contact infoPresident Elect
Glenn D. Wright, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Political Science; Statewide Coordinator, Senator Ted Stevens State Legislative Internship Program
For Glenn, the study of politics is a vocation as well as a pastime, though he also enjoys skiing and sea kayaking. He writes on environmental issues, resource governance, and Alaska state politics and spends about 150 days a year on skis or in a kayak.
Past President
Business/PADM Senator
Career Education Senator
Education Senator
Elizabeth A. Hartley, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Education and Program Coordinator: Elementary Education MAT, K-8 Graduate Certificate and Endorsement
Profile and contact infoHumanities Senator
Library Senator
Jonas Lamb
Associate Professor of Library and Information Science, Public Services Librarian
Profile and contact infoNatural Sciences Senator
Social Sciences Senator
Juneau Campus Senator
Lance (X̱’unei) A. Twitchell, M.F.A., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Alaska Native Languages
All systems and spaces have space for Indigenous languages, knowledges, arts, and peoples. You can study with us and stand up for Indigenous languages, ways of knowing, and decolonization in revolutionary self-love. Kakḵwa.áaḵw aag̱áa yakḵwadláaḵ: I will try, and I will succeed!
Ketchikan Campus Senator
Sitka Campus Senator
Joe Liddle
Professor of Mathematics
He covers the majority of the UAS distance mathematics and statistics courses.