Senate Directory
60th Administration (2023 – 2024)
Speaker of the Senate
Sophia Wilson
sgass@central.uh.edu
The Speaker of the Senate is the head of the Legislative branch. The Speaker is elected at the first Senate meeting of the administration, presides over the Senate meetings, and coordinates all Committees of the Senate.
Undergraduate at Large
Vacant
Senate Seat Application
Karla Landa
kdlanda@cougarnet.uh.edu
Vacant
Senate Seat Application
Zahra Gokal
zgokal@cougarnet.uh.edu
Saron Regassa
saregass@cougarnet.uh.edu
Vacant
Senate Seat Application
Graduate at Large
Vacant
Senate Seat Application
Alex Parris
aiparris@cougarnet.uh.edu
Khalid Aboujamous
kraboujamous@cougarnet.uh.edu
Vacant
Senate Seat Application
College of Architecture and Design
Justice McClure
jsmcclur@cougarnet.uh.edu
College of the Arts
Joseph Blanchard
jsblanch@cougarnet.uh.edu
College of Business
Aaryan Dhanani
andhanani3@cougarnet.uh.edu
Enrique Grimaldo
eogrima2@cougarnet.uh.edu
Goodnews Nwankwo
gcnwank2@cougarnet.uh.edu
Vacant
Senate Seat Application
College of Education
Mihret Beregen
mtbereg@cougarnet.uh.edu
Sarah Jaleel
sajaleel@cougarnet.uh.edu
College of Engineering
Sarah Mukhida
smukhida@cougarnet.uh.edu
Yusuf Kadi
yskadi@cougarnet.uh.edu
Vacant
Senate Seat Application
College of Exploratory Studies
Alexander Rizk
atrizk@cougarnet.uh.edu
Rhane Mason
ermason@cougarnet.uh.edu
College of Global Hospitality Leadership
Vacant
Senate Seat Application
Hobby School of Public Affairs
Bryanna Nimmons
banimmon@cougarnet.uh.edu
Honors College
Ashley Lubben
anlubben@cougarnet.uh.edu
Vacant
Senate Seat Application
College of Law
Micheal Abel
mabel3@cougarnet.uh.edu
College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
Cody Szell
ccszell@cougarnet.uh.edu
Andrew Johnson
acjohn23@cougarnet.uh.edu
Vacant
Senate Seat Application
Vacant
Senate Seat Application
Vacant
Senate Seat Application
Veronica Nwanna
vnnwanna@cougarnet.uh.edu
Vacant
Senate Seat Application
College of Medicine
Vacant
Senate Seat Application
College of Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Gaurav Dutta
gkdutta@cougarnet.uh.edu
Vacant
Senate Seat Application
Vacant
Senate Seat Application
Vacant
Senate Seat Application
College of Nursing
Risa Lizcano
rmlizcan@cougarnet.uh.edu
College of Optometry
Vacant
Senate Seat Application
College of Pharmacy
Vacant
Senate Seat Application
College of Social Work
Vacant
Senate Seat Application
College of Technology
Anahi Ortega
alortega@cougarnet.uh.edu
Dian Varughese
dmvarugh@cougarnet.uh.edu
Precious Sowunmi
opsowunm@cougarnet.uh.edu
Sara Umer
skumer@cougarnet.uh.edu