NYS Conference Leadership
According to the NYSC AAUP Constitution (Revised April 27, 2024):
ARTICLE III.1: The Administrative Committee (AC) consists of the offices of President, Vice President, Treasurer, and Secretary, all of which are elected positions.
ARTICLE III.2: The Executive Council (EC) consists of the officers of the Conference (AC), four (elected) At-Large members, the national Council members elected from the district that includes New York State, the (elected) At-Large Council members who are members of the NYS Conference, and the elected National AAUP Officers who are members of the NYS Conference.
ARTICLE III.2: EC members who are not elected per Article IV: Election of Officers and At-Large Executive Council Members will serve in a non-voting capacity.
ARTICLE III.3: The Steering Committee (SC) consists of the EC and the chairs of standing NYS Conference committees and councils.
ARTICLE IV.1.d: Officers and At-large members of the Executive Council shall take office on June 1 following the notice of their election by the NYS Conference.
OFFICERS (Administrative Committee)
PRESIDENT
Mary Rose Kubal
(2024-2028)
Political Science
St. Bonaventure University
St. Bonaventure, NY 14778
VICE PRESIDENT
Leah Akins
(2024-2028)
Engineering and Technology
Dutchess Community College
53 Pendell Road
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
(845) 431-8421
akins@sunydutchess.edu
TREASURER
History, Government, and Economics
Dutchess Community College
53 Pendell Road
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
(845) 431-8514
matthew.murray@sunydutchess.edu
SECRETARY
John Shekitka
(2024-2028)
Social Studies
Manhattanville College
2900 Purchase Street
Purchase, NY 10577
(914) 323-3207
shekitka@gmail.com
MEMBERS ELECTED AT LARGE
Kimberley Reiser
(2024-2028)
Biology
Nassau Community College
One Education Dr.
Garden City, NY 11530
(516) 572-7575, Ext. 26511
Kimberley.Reiser@ncc.edu
Vasiliki (Valerie) Lagakis
(2024-2028)
Critical Reading/Academic Advancement
Nassau Community College
One Education Dr.
Garden City, NY 11530
Hollis Glaser
(2024-2028)
Speech, Communications, Theater Arts
Borough of Manhattan Community College/CUNY
199 Chambers Street
New York City, NY 10007
(212) 220-8000, Ext. 5592
hollisglaser@yahoo.com
Jeff Kraus
(2024-2028)
Political Science
Wagner College
1 Campus Road
Staten Island, NY 10331
(718) 390-3254
At-Large Member of AAUP Council District 4
Chenjerai Kumanyika (NYU)(2024-2028)
Journalism
New York University
Washington Square Campus
70 Washington Square South
New York City, NY 10012
(212) 998-3792
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Sally Dear-Healey
341 Shafer Road
Harpursville, NY 13787
(607) 656-9477 (office)
(607) 727-3130 (cell)
CUNY COUNCIL
Hollis Glaser, CHAIR
(2024-2028)
Speech, Communications, Theater Arts
Borough of Manhattan Community College/CUNY
199 Chambers Street
New York City, NY 10007
(212) 220-8000, Ext. 5592
hollisglaser@yahoo.com
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COUNCIL
Adam Pack, CHAIR
(2022-2025)
Biology
Utica University
1600 Burrstone Road
Utica, NY 13502
STEERING COMMITTEE – STANDING COMMITTEES
COMMITTEE A: ACADEMIC FREEDOM AND TENURE
Irwin Yellowitz, CHAIR
(2020-2023)
History (Retired)
City College/CUNY
New York, NY 10031
Please contact Committee A via the following email or
contact Sally Dear-Healey, Executive Director
COMMITTEE ON ACADEMIC PROFESSIONALS
Vasiliki (Valerie) Lagakis, CHAIR
(2020-2023)
Critical Reading/Academic Advancement
Nassau Community College
One Education Dr.
Garden City, NY 11530
COMMITTEE ON COLLEGE & UNIVERSITY GOVERNANCE
Kimberley Reiser, CHAIR
(2020-2023)
Biology
Nassau Community College
One Education Dr.
Garden City, NY 11530
(516) 572-7575, Ext. 26511
COMMITTEE ON CHAPTERS, MEMBERS, & DUES
Katherine Cho, CHAIR
(2021-2024)
Criminal Justice
Nassau Community College
One Education Dr.
Garden City, NY 11530
(917) 622-0382
COMMITTEE ON THE ECONOMIC STATUS OF THE PROFESSION
Thomas X. Carroll, CHAIR
(2020-2023)
Chemistry and Physics
Keuka College
141 Central Avenue
Keuka Park, NY 14478
COMMITTEE ON FACULTY HOLDING CONTINGENT APPOINTMENT
Nathan Schrader, CHAIR
(2024-2027)
English
CUNY, Hunter College
68th Street West 1238, New York, NY 10065
Also affiliated with Brooklyn College and NYU
(607) 237-6931
COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT RELATIONS
Fred Floss, CHAIR
(2020-2023)
Economics and Finance
Classroom Building B333
SUNY at Buffalo, NY 14222
(716) 878-3374
COMMITTEE ON DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION
Accepting Applications for Chair and Members
COMMITTEE ON RETIREMENT
Accepting applications for Chair and Members
COMMITTEE ON GENDER AND SEXUALITY IN THE ACADEMIC PROFESSION
Margeaux Lippman, CHAIR
(2021-2024)
Speech
Dutchess Community College
53 Pendell Rd.
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
(845) 431-8591
ACADEME NEWSLETTER EDITOR
Jeffrey Kraus
Political Science
Wagner College
1 Campus Road
Staten Island, NY 10331
(718) 390-3254
COMMUNICATION DIRECTOR
Tanya Loughead
(2023-2026)
Philosophy
Canisius College
2001 Main Street
Buffalo, NY 14208
Please email
REGIONAL COUNCILS
THE LONG ISLAND COUNCIL
Sophie Christman, CHAIR (2022-2025)
Humanities, College of Arts and Sciences
New York Institute of Technology (NYIT)
Northern Blvd.
Old Westbury, NY 11568
NYC-WESTCHESTER COUNCIL
Jacob M. Appel (CO-CHAIR) (2022-2025)
(Seeking CO-CHAIR)
Psychiatry
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
1 Gustave L. Levy Place
New York, NY 10029
LOWER CENTRAL COUNCIL
Seeking Chair and Members
CAPITAL AREA-MID HUDSON COUNCIL
Seeking Chair and Members
WESTERN-MIDWESTERN COUNCIL
Seeking Chair and Members