Faculty Senate
The Faculty Senate is the primary governance body for the Simmons University Faculty. The Senate provides for the Faculty a forum and a voice beyond the individual Schools that allows the Faculty to assert its viewpoint and principles in support of the general welfare of Simmons University. It serves as the primary means of communication from the Board and the Administration to the Faculty and vice versa.
The Senate comprises representatives from the School of Library and Information Science (SLIS), the School of Management (SOM), the School of Nursing (SON), the School of Sciences and Health Professions (SSHP), the School of Social Work (SSW) and the Gwen Ifill School of Media, Humanities and Social Sciences.
The Senate meets weekly during the academic year and any faculty member may attend the first part of any meeting.
Faculty Senators Academic Year 2025-2026
President and President-elect
Peter Maramaldi
Professor and Social Work Alumni Fund Endowed Chair
Jennifer Roecklein-Canfield
Professor
Members
Masato Aoki
Associate Professor
Jacqueline Beatty
Associate Professor
Lisa Brown
Professor, Nutrition Co-Chair, and Director of the Dietetic Internship Program
Donia Conn
Associate Professor of Practice
Tina Delouchry
Professor of Practice & Director of FNP Clinical Education
Daniel Joudrey
Professor and Director of Libraries and Librarianship Concentration
Yulong Li
Associate Professor
Kat Lombard-Cook
Assistant Professor and Design Track Director
Cathryn Mercier
Professor and Chair of the Department of Literature and Writing and Graduate Program Director of Children's Literature
Patricia Rissmiller
Associate Professor
Vanessa Robinson-Dooley
Professor and Director of the PhD Program
Geoff Turner
Associate Professor