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TAUP Elections 2019

We Welcome Candidates to Run for TAUP Office

  1. Officers– President, Vice President, Treasurer:

Terms are from May 1, 2019 to April 30, 2021.

 

  1. Tenured/Tenure Track Constituency Council:

Three positions from May 1, 2019 to April 30, 2022.

 

  1. NTT Constituency Council: 

Four positions from May 1, 2019 to April 30, 2022.

 

  1. Adjunct Constituency Council:

Four positions from May 1, 2019 to April 30, 2022.

One position From May 1, 2019 to April 30, 2020.

 

  1. Delegates: 

Five alternate positions from May 1, 2019 to April 30, 2020.

Delegates represent TAUP at affiliate meetings of AFT, AFT PA or Philadelphia Council AFL-CIO.  Alternate positions allow delegate substitution as necessary.

 

 

How to Get on the Ballot: Nomination or Petition

 To run for election:

  1. You must be a dues-paying member of TAUP;
  2. You must state in writing your willingness to be a candidate;
  3. You must provide a statement about your background and vision (100 words or less) to be distributed to the membership.

 

If you are not nominated directly by the Nominating Committee, you can nominate yourself by submitting a petition signed by at least 15 dues-paying members along with fulfilling the above criteria.

 

Self-Nomination Petitions must be received by the Nominating Committee, TAUP Office, 1301 Cecil B. Moore Avenue, Ritter Annex 721 (004-15), Philadelphia, PA 19122-6091, by Friday March 29, 2019.

 

Ballot information will be emailed to all dues-paying members on or about Monday, April 15, 2019.

 

Ballot counts will be announced at a General Membership Meeting on Monday April 22, 2019 in the Paley Library Lecture Hall beginning at 1 pm.

 

Incumbents may also run for re-election; there are no term limits on any positions.

 

If you are interested in running for office and have questions, contact any officer or constituency council member listed below.

 

Current Executive Officers (terms expire April 30, 2019): 

President: Steve Newman, CLA/English

Vice President: Jennie Shanker, Tyler/Art Ed & Community Arts Practices

Treasurer: Norma Corrales-Martin, CLA/Spanish & Portuguese

 

Current Constituency Council Members

    

Tenured /Tenure Track NTT Adjunct
Barbara Ferman

CLA/Political Science

Term expires April 31, 2021

Debbi Casey

FSBM/Human Resources

Term expires April 30, 2020

Andrew Babson

EDU/Secondary

Term expires April 30, 2019

Terry Halbert

FSBM/Legal Studies

Term expires April 31, 2021

Max Avener

CST/Mathematics

Term expires April 30, 2019

Zoe Cohen CHAIR

Tyler/Visual Studies

Term expires April 30, 2019

Will Jordan

EDU/P,O &L

Term expires April 30, 2019

Alexander DeVaron

Boyer/Music Studies

Term expires April 30, 2019

Melissa DeGezelle

CLA/Intellectual Heritage

Term expires April 30, 2021

Jeffrey Solow – AT LARGE

Music/Instrumental

Term expires April 30, 2019

Donald Wargo CHAIR

CLA/Economics

Term expires April 30, 2019

Ryan Eckes

CLA/Writing Program

Term expires April 30, 2021

Damien Stankiewicz

CLA/Anthropology

Term expires April 30, 2019

Kolson Schlosser

CLA/Geo& Urban Studies

Term expires April 30, 2020

Milca Dubon

CLA/Spanish & Portuguese

Term expires April 30, 2019

Karen Palter CHAIR

CST/Biology

Term expires April 30, 2020

Daniel Spaeth

CST/Biology

Term expires April 30, 2021

John (Jack) Krick

Engineering/Electrical & Computer

Term expires April 30, 2021

Marsha Weinraub

CLA/Psychology

Term expires April 30, 2020

Mary Stricker

CLA/Sociology

Term expires April 30, 2021

Suzanne Seesman

Tyler/Foundations Program

Term expires April 30, 2019

Debbi Casey

FSBM/Human Resources

Term expires April 30, 2020

Canan Tanir

CLA/Women’s Studies

Term expires April 30, 2021

    Sam Allingham -AT LARGE

CLA/English

Term expires April 30, 2020

Library   Paul Dannenfelser

CPH/Social Work

Term expires April 30, 2020

Fred Rowland

Paley Library

Term expires April 30, 2020

  Benjamin Curtwright

CLA/Writing Program

Term expires April 30, 2020

    Melanie Marchand

CPH/Kineseology

Term expires April 30, 2019 

 

 

Note: Paper ballots will be provided upon request and will be available on or about Monday April,15, 2019.  All paper ballots must be received at the TAUP Office (Ritter Annex 721 (004-15)) no later than noon, Monday April 22, 2019