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 (2025 – 2027)
- Laurie Drapela – Criminal Justice, CAS (2025 – 2027)
- Dale Fortin – Science (2024 – 2026)
- Susan He – Business (2025 – 2027)
- Wendy Olson – English (representing Education), CAS (2024 – 2026)
- Catherine Van Son – Nursing (2025 – 2027)
- Samantha Reisz – Human Development, CAHNRS (2025 – 2027)
- Robert Schimelpfenig – Library (2024 – 2026)
- JoAnn LoSavio – CAS/At-large (2025 – 2027)
- Alex Dimitrov – CAS/At-large (2025 – 2027)
- Alexander Spradlin – CAS/At-large (2025 – 2027)
Council of Faculty Representatives chair and vice chair:
- Dene Grigar – Digital Technology and Culture, CAS (chair, 2024 – 2026)
- Wendy Olson – English (vice chair, 2025 – 2026)
Faculty Senate representatives on the Vancouver campus:
CFR is holding a special election in spring 2025 for one additional Career-Track Representative.
- Gunjan Gakhar (Career-Track Faculty Senator; 2025 – 2028)
- Dene Grigar (Tenure-Track Faculty Senator; 2024 – 2027); and Faculty Senate Steering Committee Representative (2025-2026)
- Johanna Phelps (Tenure-track Faculty Senator; 2025 – 2028)
- Steve Solovitz (Tenure-Track Faculty Senator; 2024 – 2027)
- Nanette Thrush (Career-Track Faculty Senator; 2026 – 2028); and Faculty Senate Steering Committee Representative (2026)
Contact us
Feel free to contact your area representative or the committee chair, Dene Grigar at 360-546-9487 or dgrigar@wsu.edu.