Research Policies Council Members
MEMBERSHIP: The composition of the council can be found in the Faculty Senate Bylaws, Article VI: Councils, Sec. 1
The RPC requires 11 out of 19 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
Andre Venter, Chairperson
Wanda Hadley, Vice Chairperson
Jesse Smith, Secretary
Ex Officio members
Anthony DeFulio
Faculty Senate Executive Board
Permanent members
Christine Byrd-Jacobs
Dean, Graduate College
Christopher Cheatham (substitute for Provost Vasquez Heilig at alternating meetings)
(designee for the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs)
Remzi Seker
Vice President for Research and Innovation
Julian Vasquez Heilig
Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
Elected members
Onur Arugaslan (2027)
Business
Mert Atilhan (2025)
Engineering and Applied Sciences
Patrick Bennett (2027)
Arts and Sciences (Sciences and Mathematics)
Amy Bocko (2027)
Unaffiliated Unit (University Libraries)
Angela Groves (2026)
Health and Human Services
Wanda Hadley (2027)
Education and Human Development
Lofton Durham (2025)
Fine Arts
Selim Ozyurek (2026)
Aviation
Alessander Santos (2026)
Representative-at-Large (Health and Human Services)
Jesse Smith (2027)
Representative-at-Large (Arts and Sciences)
Bilinda Straight (2026)
Arts and Sciences (Social Sciences)
Andre Venter (2027)
Representative-at-Large (Arts and Sciences)
Kevin Wanner (2025)
Arts and Sciences (Humanities)
Student members
Michael Osei
Graduate Student
Hellen Agbevey
Graduate Student