Looking for a specific staff member? A staff directory appears below.
General Contact Information
Phone (202) 737-5900
Fax (202) 737-5526
Ground mail
American Association of University Professors
1012 Fourteenth Street, NW, Suite 500
Washington, DC 20005-3465
E-mail
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.
For questions about membership or help joining: membership@aaup.org.
For questions about making a tax-deductible donation to the AAUP: contribute@aaup.org.
For questions about shared governance: governance@aaup.org.
For general legal information, contact 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)
To send a letter to Academe, the AAUP magazine: academe@aaup.org.
For subscription issues or to order a publication: membership@aaup.org.
Advertising information: Brett Goldfine.
If you're interested in organizing an AAUP chapter: organizing@aaup.org.
If you are a reporter who needs information: aaup-news@aaup.org.
If you have a question about this Web site or would like to report a problem: Website@aaup.org.
If you have an academic freedom or tenure problem on your campus and need answers, see Resources on Academic Freedom.
If you are a participant in the faculty compensation survey and have a question: aaupfcs@aaup.org
A number of AAUP chapters and state conferences employ field staff. These field staff have formed the Field Staff Association, with meets at the December CBC Semiannual Meeting and at the June Annual Meeting. For more information about the Field Staff Association and for resources for field staff, visit their Web site.
Except as noted, all telephone extensions can be reached by first dialing (202) 737-5900.
Office of the General Secretary
Ernst Benjamin, General Secretary, ext. 151
Leigh Neithardt, Executive Assistant, ext. 121
Brikti Abraha, Administrative Assistant, ext. 148
Legal Department
Rachel Levinson, Senior Counsel
Nick Manicone, Associate Counsel
Tasha Boyd-Smith, Legal Secretary, ext. 116
Department of Academic Freedom, Tenure, & Governance
Jordan E. Kurland, Associate General Secretary
B. Robert Kreiser, Associate Secretary
Anita Levy, Associate Secretary
Eric Combest, Associate Secretary
Sue Smee, Executive Assistant, ext. 127
Nanette Crisologo, Administrative Assistant, ext. 126
Department of Organizing & Services
Mike Mauer, Director
Gail Gottlieb, National Field Representative, ext. 108
Pat Shaw, Associate Secretary, ext. 107
Eizzie Smith, Administrative Coordinator, ext. 105
West Coast Organizing and Services Office
Craig Flanery, Associate Secretary, (510) 841-1997
Department of External Relations
Martin D. Snyder, Director, ext. 139
Robin Burns, Media Relations, Web Manager, and Assistant to the Director, ext. 113
Department of Membership Services and Development
For membership-related questions, please e-mail membership@aaup.org
Katherine Isaac, Director, ext. 128
Amanda Wolfe, Director of Membership Services, ext. 132
Catherine Everitt, Membership Services Associate. ext. 106
Department of Research and Public Policy
John Curtis, Director, ext. 143
Government Relations Office
Nicole Byrd, Government Relations Associate, ext. 142
Research Office
Doug Kinsella, Research Associate, ext. 118
Department of Finance and Administration
Dennis Watkins, Chief Financial Officer, ext. 136
Carlton Briscoe, Controller, ext. 131
Lawrence Waldron, Accounts Payable/Payroll Associate, ext. 137
Wilhelm Davidson, Office Coordinator/Purchasing Agent, ext. 109
Debra Hanible, Receptionist, ext. 0
(updated 8/08)