Academic Senate
Welcome to the Academic Senators’ appointment list! Here you can find the quarterly update for Fall 2022 and current Academic Senators for the 2023-2024 school year. Under the learn more tab, we have attached the direct site to UCLA's Academic Senate in case you are interested in learning more as to how our governing body functions.

Quarterly Update
Fall 2022 Update will be posted soon.
Meet The Academic Senate Executives
Meet The Senators

Aatmi Mehta
She/Her
Year: Third
Major: Public Health B.S.
Minor: Brain and Behavioral Health, Professional Writing
Email: aatmi@g.ucla.edu
Full Committee Name: Committee On Library and Scholarly Communications (COLASC)
First term: AY 23-24
Second term: AY 24-25
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Caitlyn Kim
Pronouns: she/her
Year:Third
Major: English and Sociology
Email: caitlynkim@g.ucla.edu
Full Committee Name: Legislative Assembly (LgA)
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Chelsey Lu
She/Her
Year: Third
Major: Human Biology & Society major
Full Committee Name: Committee on Academic Freedom (CAF)

Israa Shamseldin
Pronouns: she/her
Year: 3rd year
Major: Human Biology and Society
Full Committee Name: Committee on Planning and Budget (CPB)
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Joseph Awad
He/Him
Year: Junior Transfer
Major: Psychology
Email: josephawad@ucla.edu
Full Committee Name: Academic Program Review Committee (APRC)
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https://senate.ucla.edu/academic-program-review-committee-aprc

Mariam Ally
Pronouns: She/Her
Year: Fourth Year/ 2nd year transfer
Major: Political Science
Preferred email: mariamally20@g.ucla.edu
Committee name: Legislative Assembly
Committee website:

Sophia Wang
Pronouns: She/They
Year: Third
Major/minor: Public Affairs/Statistics & Data Science
Email: wangsophia@g.ucla.edu
Full Committee Name: Executive Board

Sujana Sridhar
pronouns: she/her/hers
Year: Fourth
Major(s): International Development Studies and Political Science
Minor(s): French
Full Committee Name: Undergraduate Council

Tracy Le
Pronouns: She/Her
Year: Junior Transfer
Major and Minor: Political Science Major, Public Affairs Minor
Email: tracy9112004@g.ucla.edu
Full Committee Name: Undergraduate Council
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Arya Doshi
Pronouns: She/Her
Year: First
Major(s): Mathematics/Economics
Minor(s): Environmental Systems and Society
Email: aryadoshi04@ucla.edu
Full Committee Name: Council on Planning and Budget (CPB)
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Brett Berndt
Pronouns:He/Him
Major: Political Science
Minor: Urban & Regional Studies
Preferred Contact: brettbb@ucla.edu
Full Committee Name: Undergraduate Council (UgC)
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Catherine Kan
Pronouns: She/her
Year: Third
Major: Philosophy
Email: ckan18@g.ucla.edu​
Full Committee Name: Committee on Undergraduate Admissions and Relations with Schools (CUARS)

Dante Ray
Pronouns: He/Him
Year: 2
Major: political science and Economics
Minor: Scandinavian studies
Email: dray27@g.ucla.edu
First term: AY 24-25
Full committee name: faculty welfare committee
https://dms.senate.ucla.edu/~councils.and.committees/?FWC.membership

Isaias Cruz
He/Him/His/El
Year: Third year Transfer/ Fifth year
Major: Sociology
Minor: Education and Chicanx Studies
Email: junzbruin@g.ucla.edu
Full Committee Name: College of Letters & Science Faculty Executive Committee
First term: AY 24-25
​​https://dms.senate.ucla.edu/~councils.and.committees/?L&S.membership​

Michelle Le
Pronouns: She/Her
Year: Third
Major: Economics and Public Affairs
Email: michellediem@g.ucla.edu
Full Committee Name: Council on Research (COR)
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Talia Davood
Pronouns: She/Her
Year: Second
Email: taliadavood@g.ucla.edu
Major: Political Science
Full Committee Name: Legislative Assembly
First Term: AY 24-25
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Yiran Zhao
Pronouns: She/Her
Year: 2nd
Major: Sociology
Email: yiran14@g.ucla.edu
Full committee Name: Committee on International Education
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https://dms.senate.ucla.edu/~councils.and.committees/?CIE.membership