{"id":4073,"date":"2024-10-12T21:26:26","date_gmt":"2024-10-12T21:26:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gsa\/?page_id=4073"},"modified":"2026-03-09T18:18:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T18:18:17","slug":"senators-and-committee-lists","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gsa\/senators-and-committee-lists\/","title":{"rendered":"Senators and Committee Lists"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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2025-2026 Senators<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Budget and Finance Committee:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Name<\/strong><\/td>Department<\/strong><\/td>Program \/ Specialization<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Gavin Moffat<\/strong> (Chair)<\/strong><\/td>MBA<\/td>Master of Business Administration<\/td><\/tr>
Salman Shahid<\/td>Physics<\/td>PhD Physics<\/td><\/tr>
Oluwatobi Opesade<\/td>Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Program<\/td>Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Program<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Constitution and By-Laws Committee:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Name<\/strong><\/td>Department<\/strong><\/td>Program \/ Specialization<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Matthew Cayer (Chair)<\/strong><\/td>Political Science<\/td>Public Administration<\/td><\/tr>
Nabil Gyamfi<\/td>Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences<\/td>Pharmacology & Toxicology<\/td><\/tr>
Margaret Grady (Chair)<\/td>Chemistry<\/td>Inorganic<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Events Committee:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Name<\/strong><\/td>Department<\/strong><\/td>Program \/ Specialization<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Tracy Santos (Chair)<\/strong><\/td>Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Program<\/td>Neuroscience<\/td><\/tr>
Hafizan Yusuf<\/td>Pharmacy Practice and Clinical Research<\/td>Health Outcome<\/td><\/tr>
Taylor Elpers<\/td>Oceanography<\/td>Chemical Oceanography<\/td><\/tr>
Omid Ghasemloo<\/td>Chemistry<\/td>PhD Chemsitry<\/td><\/tr>
Maizy Pratt<\/td>Biology and Environmental Science<\/td>Cell and Molecular Biology<\/td><\/tr>
Aashish Subedi<\/td>Civil and Environmental Engineering<\/td>Civil Engineering<\/td><\/tr>
Yavar Mohammadi<\/td>Ocean Engineering<\/td>CFD Modeling<\/td><\/tr>
Jack Vaccaro<\/td>MBA<\/td>MBA<\/td><\/tr>
Michael Caine<\/td>Professional Science Masters<\/td>Pubic Admin \/ Business<\/td><\/tr>
Oluwatimilehin Osoko<\/td>Marine Affairs<\/td>Marine Affairs<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Graduate Student Conference Committee:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Name<\/strong><\/td>Department<\/strong><\/td>Program\/Specialization<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Emelia Tawiah-Arthur (Co-Chair)<\/strong><\/td>Department of Environmental and Natural Resource Economics<\/td>PhD in Environmental and Natural Resource Economics<\/td><\/tr>
Dakota Hunter (Co-Chair)<\/strong><\/td>Pharmacy<\/td>Pharmacy and Toxicology<\/td><\/tr>
Ololade Gbadebo<\/td>Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences<\/td>Pharmaceutical Sciences PhD\/ Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy<\/td><\/tr>
Labone Akter<\/td>Pharmaceutical sciences<\/td>Pharmaceutics<\/td><\/tr>
Michael Sexton<\/td>History<\/td>History MA- Anthropology\/Archaeology option<\/td><\/tr>
Mariyam Abbas<\/td>Psychology<\/td>Behavioral Sciences<\/td><\/tr>
Madalyn Stoltz<\/td>Interdisciplinary<\/td>Masters in Environmental Science and Management<\/td><\/tr>
Natakki Jones<\/td>Education<\/td>Education<\/td><\/tr>
Olivia Thomakos<\/td>English and Creative Writing<\/td>PhD English and CW<\/td><\/tr>
Katherine (Katie) Erickson<\/td>GSLIS<\/td>School Library Media<\/td><\/tr>
Amirali Momeni<\/td>NRS<\/td>BES: EVES<\/td><\/tr>
Blythe Albanese<\/td>Education<\/td>Education<\/td><\/tr>
Kartik Tomar<\/td>Chemistry<\/td>Forensic and Analytical Chemistry<\/td><\/tr>
Sajida Bibi<\/td>Department of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences<\/td>Pharmacology and Toxicology<\/td><\/tr>
Omobolanle Adekoya<\/td>Pharmacy<\/td>Pharmacy Practice<\/td><\/tr>
Jafar Pikul<\/td>Physics<\/td>Experimental Condensed Matter Physics (Photonics)<\/td><\/tr>
Colin Staples<\/td>College of Business<\/td>Flexible M.B.A. (specializations in Business Analytics & Artificial Intelligence and Finance)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Publicity Committee:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Name<\/strong><\/td>Department<\/strong><\/td>Program \/ Specialization<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Evelyn Mensah (Chair)<\/strong><\/td>Nutrition<\/td>Nutrition<\/td><\/tr>
Joseph Owusu-sarfo<\/td>Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences<\/td>Pharmaceutical Sciences<\/td><\/tr>
Grace Kalil<\/td>College Student Personnel<\/td>College Student Personnel<\/td><\/tr>
Rinre wachap<\/td>Political Science<\/td>International relations<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Nominations and Elections Committee:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Name<\/strong><\/td>Department<\/strong><\/td>Program \/ Specialization<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Nick Labriola i (Chair)<\/strong><\/td>Political Science<\/td>International Relations<\/td><\/tr>
Abigail Baskind<\/td>Chemical Oceanography<\/td>Chemical Oceanography<\/td><\/tr>
Terpase Gbaa<\/td>Fisheries, Animal and Veterinary Sciences<\/td>Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Technology Committee<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Name<\/strong><\/td>Department<\/strong><\/td>Program \/ Specialization<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Sansrit Paudel (Chair)<\/strong><\/td>Computer science and Statistics<\/td>Computer Science<\/td><\/tr>
Jaiden Plouffe<\/td>MBA<\/td>1 Year Full Time MBA<\/td><\/tr>
Piriyankan Kirupaharan<\/td>Computer science and Statistics<\/td>Computer Science<\/td><\/tr>
Brendon Lucas<\/td>Physics<\/td>Quantum Computing<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Parliamentarian<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Name<\/strong><\/td>Department<\/strong><\/td>Program \/ Specialization<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Margaret Grady<\/strong><\/td>Chemistry<\/td>Inorganic<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Interim Chair of the Senate<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Name<\/strong><\/td>Department<\/strong><\/td>Program \/ Specialization<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Mariyam Abbas<\/strong><\/td>Psychology<\/td>Behavioral Sciences<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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