Faculty Assembly
Welcome
The higher education Faculty of the College of Education is a community of scholars dedicated to the concept that policy making within a college be decentralized to the faculty level. The intent is that policy in the College of Education shall be made in a collegial fashion by the Dean and the Faculty Assembly working cooperatively.
The Assembly is committed to the following governing principles:
- Academic freedom. [1]
- Open democratic communication and participation.
- Sustaining and creating opportunities for faculty voice in all aspects of the College of Education governance.
- Commitment to a professional ethic that supports multiple/ alternative perspectives.
All full-time members of the higher education faculty of the College who hold tenure or all members who have tenure-earning positions, are voting members except those on leave of absence, sabbatical, or medical leave. This includes chairs, associate deans and deans who hold tenured or tenure-earning positions.
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2026-2027 COE Governance Meeting Schedule*
Faculty Assembly (FA) Meetings -10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Attended by all COE tenured & tenure-earning faculty, Chairs, and Deans
- Friday, Sept. 4, 2026
- Friday, Nov. 6, 2026
- Friday, Jan. 22, 2027
- Friday, April 9, 2027
*All meetings will be hybrid (ED-313 and Zoom)
Officers
- Daniel Reyes Guerra, President (dreyes@fau.edu)
- Andres Ramirez Agudelo, Vice President (ramirezj@fau.edu)
- Sam Ye, Secretary (sye@fau.edu)
- Anne L. van Zelst, Archivist (avanzelst@health.fau.edu)
Department Representatives
- Dilys Schoorman, Curriculum & Instruction (CI) (dschoorm@fau.edu)
- Anne L. van Zelst, Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD) (avanzelst@health.fau.edu)
- Katie Miller, Special Education (SE) (millerk@health.fau.edu)
- TBD, Counselor Education (CE)
- Mary Lieberman, Educational Leadership and Research Methodology (ELRM) (mlieberm@health.fau.edu)
- Sita Ramnarace, Office for Academic and Student Services (OASS) (Ramnarac@fau.edu)
Senators
NOTE: All COE Senators are included in the Steering Committee (see list of Senators below)
Faculty Assembly Steering Committee (FASC) Dates-10 a.m. - 12 p.m. *
Attended by FA (Elected) Executive committee and Department FA representatives
- Friday, Aug. 21, 2026
- Friday, Oct. 23, 2026
- Friday, Jan. 8, 2027
- Friday, March 19, 2027
Faculty Assembly Executive Committee (FAEC)
- Daniel Reyes-Guerra, President
- Andres Ramirez Agudelo, Vice President
- Sam Ye, Secretary
- Anne van Zelst, Archivist
Faculty Assembly Executive Committee (FAEC) - 12 p.m. - 1 p.m. *
Attended by COE FA (Elected President, Vice President, Secretary, and Archivist) Executive committee, Dean
The Faculty Assembly Executive Committee will meet with Interim Dean Charles Dukes directly following the FASC meetings.
*All FASC and FAEC meetings will be hybrid (ED-241 and Zoom).
College of Education Senators to the University Faculty Senate (UFS): 2025-2026
- Daniel Reyes-Guerra, President of COE Faculty Assembly, (2nd of 2-year term)
- Ayse Torres (2nd of 2 year term)
- Kelly Emelianchik-Key ( 1st of 2-year term)
- Andres Ramirez Agudelo, (2nd of 2-year term)
- Dilys Schoorman (1st-of 2-year term)
- Kelly Emelianchik-Key
- Lisa Finnegan
- Meredith Mountford
- Empty Office: Election to be Held in August 2026