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General Contact Information

Phone (202) 737-5900
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Fax (202) 737-5526

Ground mail
American Association of University Professors
1133 Nineteenth St., NW, Suite 200
Washington, DC 20036

E-mail

• Questions about membership or help joining: rlewis@aaup.org.
• Academic freedom, tenure, due process, or governance problem on your campus: academicfreedom@aaup.org. But before you write, please see our Resources on Academic Freedom.
• General legal information: 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).
• Attorney referrals
• Academe, the AAUP magazine: academe@aaup.org.
• Subscriptions or publication purchases: rlewis@aaup.org.
• Advertising information: Jeff Leonard.
• Organizing an AAUP chapter: organizing@aaup.org.
• Reporters who need information: aaup-news@aaup.org.
• Question about the faculty compensation survey, including problems with its web interface: aaupfcs@aaup.org.
• Other questions/comments about the website: communications@aaup.org.
• 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: aaup@aaup.org

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Staff Directory

Office of the Executive Director

Julie Schmid, Executive Director
Kimberly Schor, Executive Assistant, (202) 594-3644

Department of Academic Freedom, Tenure, & Governance

Gregory Scholtz, Director
Anita Levy, Senior Program Officer
Hans-Joerg Tiede, Senior Program Officer
Department E-mail: academicfreedom@aaup.org 

Department of External Relations

Please direct media inquiries to rlarris@aaup.org

Gwendolyn Bradley, Director
Michael Ferguson, Managing Editor, Academe, (202) 594-3642
Mariah Quinn, Digital Organizer, (631) 533-5437
Kelly Hand, Communications Associate, (202) 594-3648
Chelsea Fowler, Research Assistant, (202) 594-3660
Rachel Larris, Media and Communications Strategist, (202) 594-3635

Department of Finance and Administration

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

Eric Whiteley, Interim Chief Financial Officer
Charlie Lorenzetti, Financial Consultant
Carlton Briscoe, Controller, (202) 594-3662
Rebecca Lewis, Assistant Director of Membership Accounting, (202) 594-3659
Brikti Abraha, Membership Services Associate, (202) 594-3632
Wilhelm Davidson, Office Coordinator/Purchasing Agent, (202) 594-3637
Debra Hanible, Administrative Coordinator, (202) 594-3622
Lawrence Waldron, Accounts Payable/Payroll Associate, (202) 594-3656

Legal Department

Aaron Nisenson, Senior Counsel
Nancy Long, Associate Counsel
Vacant, Legal Administrative Assistant
Department E-mail: legal.dept@aaup.org

Department of Organizing and Services

Christopher Simeone, Director, (202) 594-3652
Jim Bakken, Pacific Northwest Lead Organizer
Jamie Owen Daniel, Field Service Representative
Jason Elias, Western Regional Coordinator
David Kociemba, East Coast Organizer, (617) 612-5103
Monica Owens, Political Organizer, (202) 594-3627
Kira Schuman, Midwest Lead Organizer, (347) 903-7557
Catherine Everitt, Program Coordinator, (202) 594-3655