Vancouver campus faculty governance and advocacy
The CFR is the representative voice of the Faculty Assembly (FA), participating in shared governance with WSU Vancouver administration, WSU administration, and the WSU Faculty Senate. The mission of the FA is to provide a faculty voice in matters of interest to the WSU Vancouver faculty. The FA adheres to WSU Vancouver’s and WSU’s mission, values, and goals.
CFR Members
Council of Faculty Representatives elected unit representatives:
- Paul Bonamy – Engineering and Computer Science (2023 – 2025)
- Laurie Drapela – Criminal Justice, CAS (2023 – 2025)
- Dale Fortin – Science (2024 – 2026)
- Susan He – Business (2023 – 2025)
- Wendy Olson – English (representing Education), CAS (2024 – 2026)
- Kelsey Pascoe – Nursing (2023 – 2025)
- Samantha Reisz – Human Development, CAHNRS (2023 – 2025)
- Robert Schimelpfenig on sabbatical (2024 – 2026); replaced by Sam Lohmann – Library (Spring 2025)
- Aaron Whelchel – CAS/At-large (2023 – 2025)
Council of Faculty Representatives chair and past chair:
- Dene Grigar – Digital Technology and Culture, CAS (chair, 2024 – 2026)
- Praveen Sekhar – Engineering and Computer Science (past chair, 2022 – 2024)
Faculty Senate representatives on the Vancouver campus:
CFR is holding a special election in spring 2025 for one additional Career-Track Representative.
- Alex Dimitrov (Tenure-track Faculty Senator; 2019 – 2022)
- John Barber (Career-Track Faculty Senator; 2021 – 2025)
- Dene Grigar (Tenure-Track Faculty Senator; 2024 – 2027)
- Steve Solovitz (Tenure-Track Faculty Senator; 2024 – 2027)
- Gunjan Gakhar (Career-Track Faculty Senator; 2025 – 2028)
Contact us
Feel free to contact your area representative or the committee chair, Dene Grigar at 360-546-9487 or dgrigar@wsu.edu.