2025-2026 GSS Senators
Senator Membership
Senators are the primary members of the General Assembly (GA) in the Graduate Student Senate (GSS). Senators serve as the bridge between programs and the GSS. Senator seats are allocated to schools and departments (see below the table for a basic description*). Do you have senator representation? If not reach out to GSS today at gss@bgsu.edu to see about getting your program some representation. We are always looking for more voices.
| College of Arts and Sciences | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Academic Unit | Unit Size | Name | Contact |
| Art | School | Ariel Miller | arimill@bgsu.edu |
| Art | School | Subeksha Baral | barals@bgsu.edu |
| Biological Sciences | Department | Abigail Muhleman | mabigai@bgsu.edu |
| Biological Sciences | Department | Sarah Nettles | snettle@bgsu.edu |
| Chemistry | Department | ||
| Computer Sciences | Department | Pranavesh Sunil | pranavs@bgsu.edu |
| Computer Sciences | Department | Isaac Kobby Anni | isaacka@bgsu.edu |
| Cultural and Critical Studies | School | Jon-Jama Scott | jonscot@bgsu.edu |
| Cultural and Critical Studies | School | Cole Stoots | cstoots@bgsu.edu |
| Earth Environment and Society | School | Amaris Rodgers | amaricr@bgsu.edu |
| English | Department | M. Lynn Altstaetter | maltsta@bgsu.edu |
| Forensics | Department | Caleb Michael Edwards-Dungan | ecaleb@bgsu.edu |
| History | Department | Dylan Sellhorst | dselhor@bgsu.edu |
| Mathematics and Statistics | Department | Mitra Alizadeh | mitraa@bgsu.edu |
| Media and Communication | School | Kelsey Stanfield | kelstan@bgsu.edu |
| Media and Communication | School | Donnie Glover | gloverd@bgsu.edu |
| Philosophy | Department | Grady Stuckman | gstuckm@bgsu.edu |
| Philosophy | Department | ||
| Physics and Atronomy | Department | Caden Scott Kennedy | cskenne@bgsu.edu |
| Psychology | Department | Michelle (Mia) Young | michely@bgsu.edu |
| Sociology | Department | Adrienne Bostleman | nbostel@bgsu.edu |
| Sociology | Department | Molly Carter | mollync@bgsu.edu |
| Theatre and Film | Department | Gifty Tay | gtay@bgsu.edu |
| World Languages and Cultures | Department | Sarah Day | sarmsco@bgsu.edu |
| College of Business, Allen W. and Carol M. Schmidthorst ** | |||
| Academic Unit | Unit Size | Name | Contact |
| Accounting and Finance | Department | ||
| Business Analytics, Economics, and Information Systems | Department | Ali Hasanov | ahasano@bgsu.edu |
| Management | Department | ||
| Management | Department | Jillian Marie Jevack | jjevack@bgsu.edu |
| College of Education and Human Development | |||
| Academic Unit | Unit Size | Name | Contact |
| Applied and Human Development | School | Stacey Lansky | slansky@bgsu.edu |
| Applied and Human Development | School | Linden Kunick | lindenk@bgsu.edu |
| Counseling, Higher Education, Leadership, and Foundations | School | Benta Ayugo | bayungo@bgsu.edu |
| Counseling, Higher Education, Leadership, and Foundations | School | ||
| Counseling, Higher Education, Leadership, and Foundations | School | ||
| Inclusive Teacher Education | School | Lelaina Yanneli | lyannel@bgsu.edu |
| Inclusive Teacher Education | School | Nat Mykolayevytch | natmyko@bgsu.edu |
| College of Engineering and Innovation | |||
| Academic Unit | Unit Size | Name | Contact |
| Built environment | School | Jonah Rosenberg | jarosen@bgsu.edu |
| Built environment | School | ||
| Engineering | School | Md Firoze Mehedi | mmehedi@bgsu.edu |
| Engineering | School | Ruma Akter | akterr@bgsu.edu |
| Engineering | School | Sohan Ibna Muslim | smuslim@bgsu.edu |
| College of Health and Human Services | |||
| Academic Unit | Unit Size | Name | Contact |
| Communication Sciences and Disorders | Department | Shriya Shashikanth | sshashi@bgsu.edu |
| Human Services | Department | Arianna Hill | arihill@bgsu.edu |
| Physical and Occupational Therapy | School | Sydney Rhodes | sydrhod@bgsu.edu |
| Physical and Occupational Therapy | School | Kennady Kreinbrink | kjkrein@bgsu.edu |
| Public and Allied Health | Department | Dorthy Ansong | dansong@bgsu.edu |
| College of Musical Arts | |||
| Academic Unit | Unit Size | Name | Contact |
| Combined Departments Master's | Julian LaFontsee | lafontj@bgsu.edu | |
| Combined Departments Doctoral | Martha Hudson | marthah@bgsu.edu | |
* Departments are allocated 1 seat if they have master's degree granting programs, 1 seat if they have doctoral degree granting programs, or 2 if they have both. Schools are allocated 1 seat if they have master's degree granting programs, 1 seat if they have doctoral degree granting programs, 2 if they have both master's degree and doctoral degree granting programs, and one additional optional seat if they are in a college that is underrepresented as determined between the Graduate Student Senate and Graduate College in relation to total number of senator seats and number of students.
** College of Allen W. and Carol M. Schmidthorst department names have been identified in the Board of Trustee May 2, 2025 minutes as part of the Approval of the Schmidthorst College of Business Reconfiguration Proposal No. 46-2025.
Updated: 10/06/2025 02:17PM