International Education Council Members
MEMBERSHIP: The composition of the council can be found in the Faculty Senate Bylaws, Article VI: Councils, Sec. 1, including at least 17 members, including the associate provost for the Diether H. Haenicke Institute for Global Education, the study abroad director for the Diether H. Haenicke Institute for Global Education, one administrator from the institute appointed by the associate provost, 11 faculty members elected by the Senate (three from Arts and Sciences鈥搘ith representation from each division recommended, one from each of the other colleges, one from the Center for English Language and Culture for International Students, and one from unaffiliated units), the Faculty Senate president or executive board designee as an ex officio member, one undergraduate student selected by the Western Student Association and one graduate student selected by the Graduate Student Association.
The IEC requires 10 out of 17 voting members to be in attendance to establish quorum, as long as there are no Vacant seats, any Vacant seat(s) should be removed from the voting member total so that one more than half of the new total is needed for quorum. (*indicates a non-voting member)
Council officers
Bradford Dennis, Chair
Xiaodan (Abby) Wang, Vice Chair
Anna Popkova, Secretary
Ex Officio member
Janet Hahn
Faculty Senate Executive Board
Permanent members
VACANT
Associate Provost, Haenicke Institute for Global Education
Michelle Metro-Roland
Associate Director, External Scholarships and Faculty Development, and International Student Advocate, Haenicke Institute for Global Education
Joseph Milostan
Director of Study Abroad and Faculty Enrichment, Haenicke Institute for Global Education
Elected members
Eric Archer (2025)
Education and Human Development
Bradford Dennis (2026)
Unaffiliated Units (University Libraries)
Dyanne Foskey (2025)
Center for English Language and Culture for International Students
Tarun Gupta (2026)
Engineering and Applied Sciences
Lucius Hallett (2026)
Arts and Sciences (Sciences and Mathematics)
Anne Kairu (2027)
Aviation
Elena Lisovskaya (2027)
Arts and Sciences (Social Sciences)
Shannon McMorrow (2026)
Health and Human Services
Anna Popkova (2025)
Arts and Sciences (Humanities)
Yuanliang (Leon) Sun (2027)
Fine Arts
Xiaodan (Abby) Wang (2025)
Business
Student members
John Cooper
Undergraduate student
Tamba Momoh
Graduate student
Advisory Members
*Reetha Raveendran
Associate Vice President, Student Affairs
*Ying Zeng
Director Asian Initiatives, Haenicke Institute for Global Education