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

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1133 Nineteenth St., NW, Suite 200
Washington, DC 20036

Email

• Questions about membership or help joining: membershipservices@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: membershipservices@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: communications@aaup.org.

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Staff Directory

Office of the Executive Director

Julie Schmid, Executive Director
Monica Washington, Executive Assistant, (202) 594-3644

Department of Academic Freedom, Tenure, & Governance

Please direct inquiries to the department email, academicfreedom@aaup.org.

Gregory Scholtz, Director
Anita Levy, Senior Program Officer
Mark Criley, Senior Program Officer
Michael DeCesare, Senior Program Officer
David Langkamp, Program Coordinator

Department of External Relations

Please direct media inquiries to aaup-news@aaup.org.

Gwendolyn Bradley, Director, (202) 594-3633
Kelly Benjamin, Media & Communications Specialist, (470) 377-0977
Michael Ferguson, Managing Editor, Academe (on leave)
Kelly Hand, Writer/Editor, (202) 594-3648
Mariah Quinn, Digital Organizing & Chapter Development (631) 533-5437
Vacant, Government Relations Specialist
Sarah Mink, Communications Assistant, (202) 594-3626

Department of Finance and Administration

For membership-related questions, please email membershipservices@aaup.org.

Carlton Davids, Chief Financial Officer/Chief Operating Officer
Carlton Briscoe, Controller, (202) 594-3662
Seyar Niaz, Senior Accountant, (202) 871-3639
Wilhelm Davidson, Office Coordinator/Purchasing Agent, (202) 594-3637
Lawrence Waldron, Accounts Payable/Payroll Associate, (202) 594-3656
Torya McGee, Event Planner (202) 594-3647

Membership

Rebecca Lewis, Assistant Director of Membership Accounting, (202) 594-3659  
Debra Hanible, Administrative Coordinator, (202) 594-3622    
Remy Tubongbanua, Membership Database Specialist/Trainer, (202) 594-3643 
Zachary Kesler, Database Administrator, (202) 594-3632        

Legal Department

Aaron Nisenson, Senior Counsel
Nancy Long, Associate Counsel
Edward Swidriski, Assistant Counsel
Shalita Gray, Legal Administrative Assistant/Human Relations Coordinator
Department email: legal.dept@aaup.org

Department of Organizing and Services

Christopher Simeone, Director, (971) 266-1460
Jim Bakken, Deputy Director, (503) 400-1295
Shawn Fields, Western Lead Organizer, (702) 728-1421
Ellen Kress, Organizer, (541) 600-5831
David Kociemba, East Coast Organizer, (617) 612-5103
Sarah Lanius, Field Service Representative, (517) 775-3434
Michael Magee, Organizer, (425) 232-8907
Marlan Maralit, Lead Organizer, (703) 309-9709
Kwame Martin, East Coast Organizer, (202) 322-8953
Malori Musselman, Organizer, (202) 998-2679 
Monica Owens, Field Service Representative, (202) 594-3627
Jerome Thompson, Organizer, (516) 984-1732
Latibe Seidou, Program Coordinator, (202) 594-3652

Department of Research

Hans-Joerg Tiede, Director, ‪(202) 596-5016
Glenn Colby, Senior Researcher, (202) 594-3640
Ziyan Bai, Research Assistant, (202) 596-6473