PRESS RELEASE-2020 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS
The University of Arizona
Committee on Elections
Faculty Center
1216 E. Mabel St. - PO Box 210456
621-1342 Fax: 621-8844
facultycenter@email.arizona.edu
February 27, 2020
Press Release
Spring 2020 UArizona General Faculty
General Election Results
The Committee on Elections verified election results February 24-26, 2020 and is pleased to announce the results of the Spring 2020 General Faculty General Election. There were 818 voters of the 3,600 eligible to vote, or 22.72%. Names are listed alphabetically first for the elected candidates and then for the unelected candidates. The results are below. Please note that a majority vote constitutes 50% + 1 of the total votes cast for each seat.
PASSED - Bylaws change to establish a new Senate Standing Committee for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.
Affects: Bylaws, Article VIII, Section 4 to add part e.
ARTICLE VIII The Faculty Senate
Section 4 Faculty Senate Standing Committees: Membership and Terms
Part e:
"Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee. This committee considers issues and forwards action items to Faculty Senate that relate to diversity, equity, or inclusion (e.g., policies that foster an environment of civility and mutual respect, issues affecting diversity from an overall university perspective, external requirements on the university affecting diversity, administration of university affirmative action grants and awards, etc.). The chair of DEI is appointed by the Chair of the Faculty."
NOTE: A two-thirds majority of the votes cast is necessary for adoption.
656-YES, 133-NO = 83.14%
*elected
CHAIR OF THE FACULTY
*Jessica J Summers
*Steve Schwartz
Dalila Ayoun
The above two candidates will be put forward on the Runoff Election ballot to fill the one seat available for Chair of the Faculty. No one person received a majority of the votes cast.
VICE CHAIR OF THE FACULTY
*Melanie Hingle
Leila Hudson
Due to a tie vote, the Elections Committee drew a lot by coin toss to determine the winner on February 25, 2020.
SECRETARY OF THE FACULTY
*Michael Brewer
COMMITTEE OF ELEVEN
*Sonia Colina
*Evangeline Dowling
*Wolfgang Fink
*Caleb Simmons
*Marlys Witte
Lee Anne Denny
Ravi Goyal
Kenneth Knox
Benjamin Lee
Arthur Sanders
COMMITTEE ON ACADEMIC FREEDOM AND TENURE
*Jamie Edgin
*Samira Farwaneh
*Lynn Gerald
*Dian Li
Phillip Kuo
Keith A Maggert
Edward Martin
Benjamin Renquist
NOMINATING COMMITTEE
*Heidi Mansour
*Ravi Goyal
STRATEGIC PLANNING AND BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEE (SPBAC)
*Sonia Colina
*Indraneel Ghosh
*Lucinda Rankin
*Caleb Simmons
The above four candidates will be put forward on the Runoff Election ballot to fill the two seats available on SPBAC. No one person received a majority of the votes cast.
These six SPBAC candidates will not be put forward.
Jamie Edgin
Wolfgang Fink
Ravi Goyal
Johann Rafelski
Martin Reimann
Ramin Yadegari
FACULTY SENATOR, COLLEGE REPRESENTATIVES
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND LIFE SCIENCES
*Ravi Goyal
*Daniel McDonald
*Timothy Ottusch
COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE, PLANNING AND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
*Andrew Sanderford
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
*S Mae Smith
One seat remains vacant. One seat will be available for the Runoff Election. Please consider submitting a declaration of candidacy.
ELLER COLLEGE OF MANAGEMENT
*William T Neumann
*Martin Reimann
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
*Wolfgang Fink
One seat remains vacant. One seat will be available for the Runoff Election. Please consider submitting a declaration of candidacy.
COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS
*Jay Rosenblatt
One seat remains vacant. One seat will be available for the Runoff Election. Please consider submitting a declaration of candidacy.
COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES
*Dalila Ayoun
*John R Leafgren
*Mary Kaitlin Murphy
*Caleb Simmons
The above four candidates will be put forward on the Runoff Election ballot to fill the two seats available for Senate Representative. No one person received a majority of the votes cast.
These two candidates will not be put forward:
Courtney Friesen
Joshua Schlachet
COLLEGE OF LAW
*Mona Hymel
COLLEGE OF MEDICINE – TUCSON
*Paul R Gordon
*Benjamin Lee
One seat remains vacant. One seat will be available for the Runoff Election. Please consider submitting a declaration of candidacy.
COLLEGE OF MEDICINE – PHOENIX
*Kenneth S Knox
COLLEGE OF SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
*Leila Hudson
*John Paul Hurh
*Kristin Little
William Cochran
David Cuillier
Joel Smith
UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES
*Cheryl Cuillier
Joseph Diaz
COLLEGE NURSING
There were no candidates.
One seat remains vacant. One seat will be available for the Runoff Election. Please consider submitting a declaration of candidacy.
COLLEGE OF OPTICAL SCIENCES
*Stanley Pau
COLLEGE OF PHARMACY
*Janet Cooley
COLLEGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH
There were no candidates.
One seat remains vacant. One seat will be available for the Runoff Election. Please consider submitting a declaration of candidacy.
COLLEGE OF APPLIED SCIENCES (FORMERLY UA SOUTH)
*Kyle Diroberto
Odile Wolf
Due to a tie vote, the Elections Committee drew a lot by coin toss to determine the winner on February 25, 2020.
COLLEGE OF SCIENCE
*Indraneel Ghosh
*Johann Rafelski
*Jeffrey Stone