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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
Ajee Spencer, 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
Sarah Mink, Program Assistant

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, (202) 594-3642
Kelly Hand, Writer/Editor, (202) 594-3648
Mariah Quinn, Digital Organizing & Chapter Development (631) 533-5437
Kaitlyn Vitez, Government Relations Specialist, (908) 894-0642
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
Rebecca Lewis, Assistant Director of Membership Accounting, (202) 594-3659
Wilhelm Davidson, Office Coordinator/Purchasing Agent, (202) 594-3637
Debra Hanible, Administrative Coordinator, (202) 594-3622
Remy Tubongbanua, Membership Database Specialist/Trainer, (202) 594-3643
Lawrence Waldron, Accounts Payable/Payroll Associate, (202) 594-3656
Zachary Kesler, Database Administrator, (202) 594-3632
Torya McGee, Event Planner (202) 594-3647

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) 266-4160
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
Ursula Lawrence, Midwest Lead Organizer, (917) 502-7296
Michael Magee, Organizer, (425) 232-8907
Marlan Maralit, Lead Organizer, (703) 309-9709
Kwame Martin, East Coast Organizer, (202) 322-8953
Malori Musselman, Organizer, (661) 487-2213
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