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Advisory Committees
Academe Advisory Board
Advises on columns, features, design, and other matters regarding the Association's magazine, Academe.
Members
François Furstenberg (History)
Johns Hopkins University, 2026
Shawn Gilmore (English)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2026
Afshan Jafar (Sociology)
Connecticut College, 2025
Rana Jaleel (Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies and Asian American Studies)
University of California, Davis, 2025
Tina Kelleher (English)
Towson University, 2027
Jonathan Rees (History)
Colorado State University, Pueblo, 2025
Jennifer Ruth (Film Studies)
Portland State University, 2025
Michael Ferguson, staff
Kelly Hand, staff
Bulletin of the AAUP Advisory Board
Advises on content, design, and other matters regarding the Bulletin, the Association's journal of record.
Members
Afshan Jafar (Sociology)
Connecticut College, chair of the Committee on College and University Governance, 2026
Rana Jaleel (Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies and Asian American Studies)
University of California, Davis, chair of the Committee on Academic Freedom and Tenure, 2024
Michael Ferguson, staff
Gregory F. Scholtz, staff
Litigation Committee
Serves as a legal advisory board for the Association’s office of staff counsel and general counsel. Provides expertise in such matters as employment law, education law, the First Amendment, intellectual property, labor law, and civil liberties. Individual committee members may serve as consultants on AAUP amicus briefs that fall within their specific areas of expertise. While the committee provides advice on whether or not the AAUP should file an amicus brief in a particular case, the final decision to file is made jointly by the president, general counsel, and general secretary.
Members
Meera E. Deo (Law)
Southwestern Law School, 2026
Ellen Dichner (Labor Studies)
City of New York School of Labor and Urban Studies, 2027
Emily M. S. Houh (Law)
University of Cincinnati, 2026
Jack I. Lerner (Law)
University of California, Irvine, 2026
Geoffrey R. Stone (Law)
University of Chicago, 2026
Aaron Nisenson, staff
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