Looking for a specific staff member? A staff directory appears below.
General Contact Information
Phone (202) 737-5900
Fax (202) 737-5526
Ground mail
American Association of University Professors
1133 Nineteenth St., NW, Suite 200
Washington, DC 20036
E-mail
If you don't know how to direct your message, send it to our general mailbox and it will be forwarded to the appropriate person.
For questions about membership or help joining: membership@aaup.org.
For questions about making a tax-deductible donation to the AAUP: contribute@aaup.org.
For questions about shared governance: governance@aaup.org.
For general legal information, contact legal.dept@aaup.org. (Please note that the AAUP legal office is counsel to the organization and cannot provide legal representation to individual faculty members)
To send a letter to Academe, the AAUP magazine: academe@aaup.org.
For subscription issues or to order a publication: membership@aaup.org.
Advertising information: Brett Goldfine.
If you're interested in organizing an AAUP chapter: organizing@aaup.org.
If you are a reporter who needs information: aaup-news@aaup.org.
If you have a question about this Web site or would like to report a problem: Website@aaup.org.
If you have an academic freedom or tenure problem on your campus and need answers, see Resources on Academic Freedom.
If you are a participant in the faculty compensation survey and have a question: aaupfcs@aaup.org .
If you would like to learn more about AAUP president Cary Nelson: http://www.aaup.org/AAUP/about/pres/.
If you would like to know more about AAUP general secretary Gary Rhoades: http://www.aaup.org/AAUP/about/gensec/.
A number of AAUP chapters and state conferences employ staff. These field staff have formed the Field Staff Association, which meets at the December CBC Semiannual Meeting and at the June Annual Meeting. Learn more about the Field Staff Association and for resources for field staff.
Except as noted, all telephone extensions can be reached by first dialing (202) 737-5900.
Office of the General Secretary
Gary Rhoades, General Secretary
Leigh Neithardt, Executive Assistant, ext. 121
Brikti Abraha, Administrative Assistant, ext. 148
Legal Department
Rachel Levinson, Senior Counsel
Kathi Westcott, Associate Counsel
Tasha Boyd-Smith, Legal Secretary, ext. 116
Department of Academic Freedom, Tenure, & Governance
Gregory Scholtz, Director
Jordan E. Kurland, Associate General Secretary
B. Robert Kreiser, Associate Secretary
Anita Levy, Associate Secretary
Eric Combest, Associate Secretary
Susan Smee, Executive Assistant, ext. 127
Nanette Crisologo, Administrative Assistant, ext. 126
Department of Organizing & Services
Mike Mauer, Director
Jenn Nichols, Associate Secretary, ext. 138
Pat Shaw, Associate Secretary, ext. 107
Eizzie Smith, Administrative Coordinator, ext. 105
West Coast Organizing and Services Office
Craig Flanery, Associate Secretary, (510) 841-1997
Department of External Relations
Martin D. Snyder, Director, ext. 139
Robin Burns, Assistant Director for Media Relations & Web Manager, ext. 113
Communications Office
If you are a member of the media, please contact Robin Burns at ext 113 or by e-mail.
Gwendolyn Bradley, Director, ext. 112
Michael Ferguson, Managing Editor, Academe, ext. 114
Brikti Abraha, Administrative Assistant, ext. 148
Planning & Development Office
Martin D. Snyder, Director, ext. 139
Department of Membership Services and Development
For membership-related questions, please e-mail membership@aaup.org.
Katherine Isaac, Director, ext. 128
Austin Holland, Membership Services Office Coordinator, ext. 130
Catherine Everitt, Membership Services Associate. ext. 106
Rebecca Lewis, Assistant Director for Membership Finances and Development, ext. 133
Department of Research and Public Policy
John Curtis, Director, ext. 143
Government Relations Office
Nicole Byrd, Government Relations Associate, ext. 142
Research Office
Vacant, Research Associate
Research Assistant, Michael Kinsella, ext. 118
Department of Finance and Administration
Tess Esposito, Chief Financial Officer, ext. 119
Carlton Briscoe, Controller, ext. 135
Lawrence Waldron, Accounts Payable/Payroll Associate, ext. 137
Wilhelm Davidson, Office Coordinator/Purchasing Agent, ext. 109
Debra Hanible, Receptionist, ext. 0
(updated 4/09)