The IFC serves as a liaison committee between the President and his staff and the four campus faculties. It communicates to the President and his staff the views and concerns of the faculties. It performs those functions or duties which are deemed appropriate to an elected intercampus faculty body. It brings to the President and his staff representative views and opinions of members of the several campus faculties on such problems as the President wishes to bring to the IFC. 

Membership 2025-26

Campus AffiliationMembers
ÎçÒ¹Ó°Ôº-Columbia

Carolyn Orbann, Teaching Professor of Health Sciences & Faculty Council Chair

Sanjeev Khanna, Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering & Faculty Council Vice Chair

John Lannin, Professor of Mathematics Education

ÎçÒ¹Ó°Ôº-Kansas City

Nora Peterman, Associate Professor of Language and Literacy/Urban Teacher Education & Faculty Senate Chair 

Thiagarajan Ganesh, Professor of Civil Engineering 

Sharon White-Lewis, Assistant Professor of Nursing and Health Studies

Missouri University of Science and Technology

Dave Westenberg, Curators’ Distinguished Teaching Professor of Biological Sciences,  Faculty Senate Past President, and IFC Chair

Paul Runnion, Teaching Professor of Mathematics & Faculty Senate President 

Joshua Schlegel, Associate Professor of Nuclear Engineering and Faculty Senate President-Elect

ÎçÒ¹Ó°Ôº-St. Louis

Erika Gibb, Professor of Astronomy; Chair of the Department of Mathematics, Physics, Astronomy, and Statistics; and Faculty Senate Chair

Susan Brownell, Curators' Distinguished Professor of Anthropology

John Meriac, Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Global Leadership and Management 

Agendas & Meeting Minutes

2025-2026

2025-2026