Staff

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 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). For attorney referrals, please contact attorneyreferral@aaup.org.

To contact Academe, the AAUP magazine: academe@aaup.org.

For subscription issues or to order a publication: membership@aaup.org.

Advertising information: Jeff Leonard.

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 website or would like to report a problem: Website@aaup.org. Please note: If you are a participant in the faculty compensation survey and have a question or a web-related problem: aaupfcs@aaup.org.

If you have an academic freedom or tenure problem on your campus: academicfreedom@aaup.org. But before you write, please see our Resources on Academic Freedom.

If you are a participant in the faculty compensation survey and have a question: aaupfcs@aaup.org. For research inquiries not related to the salary survey: research@aaup.org.

A number of AAUP chapters and state conferences employ staff. These field staff have formed the Field Staff Association, which meets at the June Annual Meeting. Learn more about the Field Staff Association and for resources for field staff.

Staff Directory

Except as noted, all telephone extensions can be reached by first dialing (202) 737-5900.

Office of the General Secretary

Martin D. Snyder, Senior Associate General Secretary, ext. 3624
Vacant, Executive Assistant, ext. 3638

Legal Department

Aaron Nisenson, Senior Counsel
Nancy Long, Associate Counsel
Elona M. Jouben, Paralegal/Program Assistant, ext. 3644

Department of Academic Freedom, Tenure, & Governance

Gregory Scholtz, Director
Jordan E. Kurland, Associate General Secretary
B. Robert Kreiser, Associate Secretary
Anita Levy, Associate Secretary
Jenn Nichols, Associate Secretary, ext. 3651
Susan Smee, Executive Assistant, ext. 3656
Nanette Crisologo, Administrative Assistant, ext. 3636

Department of Organizing & Services 

Angela Hewett, Director, ext. 3626
Mike Mauer,  Senior Labor Advisor, ext. 3650
Christopher Simeone, Associate Secretary, ext. 3652
Scott Bailey Clifthorne, Northwest Coordinator, (415) 810-0652
Kira Schuman, Associate Secretary, (631) 258-2028
Jason Elias – Western Regional Coordinator, (213)-300-8922  
Vacant,  Executive Assistant, ext. 3655

Department of External Relations

Martin D. Snyder, Director, ext. 3624
Robin Burns, Assistant Director of Media Relations, ext. 3635

Communications Office

Gwendolyn Bradley, Director (on leave)
Michael Ferguson, Managing Editor, Academe, ext. 3642
Ezra Deutsch-Feldman, Communications Specialist , ext. 3639

Planning & Development Office

Martin D. Snyder, Director, ext. 3624

Department of Membership Services and Development

For membership-related questions, please e-mail membership@aaup.org. 

Katherine Isaac, Director
Rebecca Lewis, Assistant Director for Membership Finances and Development, ext. 3659
Catherine Everitt, Membership Services Associate. ext. 3641
Brikti Abraha, Membership Services Associate, ext.  ext. 3632
Carl Snyder, Membership Services Associate, ext. 3643

Department of Research and Public Policy

John Curtis, Director, ext. 3630

Government Relations Office

Please e-mail us at govtrelations@aaup.org.

Research Office

Samuel Dunietz, Research Associate, ext. 3640

Department of Finance and Administration

Vacant, Chief Financial Officer
Carlton Briscoe, Controller, ext. 3634
Lawrence Waldron, Accounts Payable/Payroll Associate, ext. 3657
Wilhelm Davidson, Office Coordinator/Purchasing Agent, ext. 3637
Debra Hanible, Receptionist, ext. 0