2026-2027 Faculty Senate
Purpose
The purpose of the Faculty Senate is to:
- Facilitate communication among faculty.
- Serve as the executive-representative body of SCC faculty in dealings with the college administration, district administration, and governing board.
- To select representatives to serve on administrative councils and on coordinating committees of the faculties of the colleges of the district, and
- To participate in the formation and implementation of policies for the local college and district.
Reports To
- SCC Residential Faculty & MCCCD Faculty Executive Council
Chair
- President: Sara Cameron (26-27)
Officers
- President-Elect: Ted Uran (26-27)
- Past-President: Nancy Deegan (26-27)
- Secretary: Jeff Ortiz (24-27)
- Treasurer: Mike Nagano (24-27)
- Communication: Robin Amado (24-27)
Senate Representatives
Departments shall be provided Senate representation on the following basis:
- Departments with 1-10 Residential Faculty members are delegated 1 Senate representative
- Departments with 10 or more Residential Faculty members are delegated 2 Senate representatives
- Three (3) Residential Faculty members will be elected to serve as At-Large Senators by a majority vote of the Residential Faculty of the college.
Faculty members in the following roles or positions will serve as members of the Faculty Senate without voting privileges:
- Chair-of-Chairs
- Chair-of-OPDs
- Elected Adjunct Faculty representatives
Here is the list of Senators for 26-27:
- At-large: Jaakko Puisto, Amanda Embry, Kira Rugen
- Applied Science: Wally Olsen
- Art & Music: Eric Rasmussen
- Behavioral Science: Dennis Abry
- Business: Jared Guess
- CIS: Sean Geraghty
- Communications & Humanities: Jennifer Robinson
- Counseling: Ramona Santiesteban
- English, World Languages, & Journalism: Jeff Butcher and Jeff Ortiz
- Film & Theatre: Anna Thorlaksdottir
- Fitness & Wellness: Robert Martin
- Healthcare & Nursing Sciences: Miriam Reyes, Elizabeth Sage, and Karen Fair
- Hospitality, Tourism, and Culinary Arts: Mark Dow
- Information Studies: Robin Amado
- Life Sciences: Andrew Lybbert
- Math, Computer Sciences, & Engineering: Aaron Jesse and Tracey Baurichter
- Physical Sciences: Betsy Ivester
- Social Sciences: Mike Nagano
- Chair of Chairs (non-voting): Karryn Allen
- Chair-of-OPDs: Janelle Hoffman
- Adjunct Faculty Association Rep (non-voting): Pat Serrano and Brenda Horn
Meetings
The Senate meets at 3:00 pm on the 3rd Tuesday of each month during the academic year.