Note: This page contains historical information on elections that occurred June 12 and 13, 2026. Election results can be found here.
Five regional Council member positions and one at-large Council member position are open for election. Elected Council members will become members of the AAUP Foundation Board of Directors. All terms are for four years, beginning after the close of the Biennial Association Meeting. Nominations were due by March 16, 2026 and nominations are now closed. (Click here for the Nomination and Election Notice.) The election will be held by a vote of the delegates at the AAUP at the AAUP Biennial Meeting to be held on June 12 and 13, 2026 in Chicago. (Click here for more information on the elections and the meeting.)
Below are the nominees for the positions open for election, by position with the candidates in random order. All credentialed delegates are eligible to cast votes for all Council Member positions. Candidate biographies and statements will be linked through the candidate names below when they become available.
Nominees
At-large Member of Council
Charmaine Chua, University of California, Berkeley
Region 1
Antonio Gallo, California State University, Northridge
Region 2
Leonard Bright, Texas A&M University
Region 3
David Sanders, Purdue University
Russ Skiba, Indiana University
Gretchen McNamara, Wright State University
Region 4
Jonathan Lightfoot, Hofstra University
Roxanne Shirazi, City University of New York
Region 5
Nikolas Bowie, Harvard University
Carl G. Martin, Norwich University
Council regions are as follows:
REGION 1. Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands;
REGION 2. Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia;
REGION 3. Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Canada;
REGION 4. New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands;
REGION 5. Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont.