Nominated and voted for by Spokane and Yakima career-track faculty, Ayesha Ahmed, Dana Algeo-Nichols, Ted Chauvin, and Megan Giruzzi join the WSU Faculty Senate. They will start as campus senators in Fall 2025, ready to serve the interests of Spokane and Yakima faculty. The Faculty Senate represents the faculty community and makes recommendations on matters affecting the general welfare of WSU and its educational, research, and service activities. The newly elected career-track senators join two tenure-track senators, Lois James and John Roll, as well as senators representing each WSU Health Sciences college. Their focus will primarily regard issues that affect faculty regardless of college and work in collaboration with college-specific senators.
Meet Your Career-Track Faculty Senators
Ayesha Ahmed, College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Ayesha Ahmed is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and the Director of the Bachelor of Science in Pharmaceutical and Medical Sciences (BSPMS) undergraduate program at the College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. She holds a Ph.D. in Toxicology and was recently re-elected to the Faculty Senate, where she also serves on the Senate Steering Committee as a career-track faculty representative for the Spokane campus. She remains committed to representing the Spokane campus and advocating for faculty interests across Washington State University.
Dana Algeo-Nichols, Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine
Dana Algeo-Nichols is an Associate Clinical Professor and Director of Off-Site Clinical Education in the Speech and Hearing Sciences department. She teaches courses on research to practice connections and school-based speech pathology practices. Her interests include emergent language and literacy, school age literacy, speech sound disorders, school-based speech pathologist professional practice, and dyslexia.
Ted Chauvin, Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine
Ted Chauvin is an Associate Professor in the Department of Translational Medicine and Physiology at the Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine. As one of the original faculty members of the MD program, he enjoys helping students on their path to becoming healthcare professionals and supporting his fellow faculty in their academic journeys. Having previously served as a WSU faculty senator for five years, he has a good understanding of faculty governance.
Megan Giruzzi, College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Megan Giruzzi is a clinical faculty member with a practice site at MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital. She works closely with students during their didactic year in the pharmacotherapy Series. Additionally, at her practice site, she serves as an acute care/family medicine pharmacist, working closely with IPPE/APPE students, pharmacy residents, and medical residents to enhance patient care and foster the growth of the next generation of practitioners. Her main interests include cardiology, diabetes, interprofessional education, and antimicrobial stewardship.
