Executive council OFFICERS
Email the whole Executive Council (via non-UVM email addresses): ua_ec@unitedacademics.org
President
Suzy Comerford Social Work susan.comerford@uvm.edu
Past President
Eleanor Miller Sociology Eleanor.Miller@uvm.edu
Vice President
Eric Lindstrom
English
Eric.Lindstrom@uvm.edu
Treasurer
Joe Kudrle
Mathematics
joseph.kudrle@uvm.edu
Secretary
Maeve Eberhardt Romance Languages & Linguistics Maeve.eberhardt@uvm.edu
Members at Large
Brad Bauerly Political Science Bradley.Bauerly@uvm.edu
Sabbatical, Spring 2025
Katherine Elmer (Part-Time)
Rubenstein Sch Env & Nat Res
Katherine.elmer@uvm.edu
Erica Andrus, Delegates Assembly Chair (Religion)
Erica.Andrus@uvm.edu Sabbatical, Spring 2025
Linden Higgins, Acting Delegates Assembly Chair (Biology) Linden.Higgins@uvm.edu
Mary Burke
Sociology
Mary.Burke@uvm.edu
Brian Beckage
Plant Biology
Retired faculty representative
Beth Mintz; Alison Pechenick
STAFF
UA Executive Director
Katlyn Morris
katlyn.morris@aftvermont.org
Administrative Asst. (part-time)
Pearl Beckage info@unitedacademics.org
DELEGATES ASSEMBLY MEMBERS
July 1, 2023- June 30, 2025 Term
Agriculture & Life Sciences
Julie Smith, Animal and Veterinary Sciences
Vacant
Arts and Sciences
Linden Higgins, Biology (serving Spring 2025)
Alison Anacker, Psychological Science
Erica Andrus, Religion
Deborah Cafiero, Romance Languages
David Feurzeig, Music
Felicia Kornbluh, History
Don Loeb, Philosophy
Sara Nelson, Theater
Sarah Turner, English
Hyon Joo Yoo, Film & Television Studies
Business
Education & Social Services
Jean Sienkewicz, Social Work
Brenda Solomon, Social Work
Lauren MacKillop, Education
Engineering & Mathematics
Yuanyuan Feng, Computer Science
Krisan Geary, Math and Statistics
[Vacant]
Extension
Juan Alvez, Extension
Libraries
Graham Sherriff, Libraries
Natural Resources
Clare Ginger, RSENR
[Vacant]
Nursing & Health Sciences
Ken Allen, Biomedical and Health Sciences
[Vacant]
Patrick Brown, Comm. Dev./Applied Economics
Clyde Stats, Music
Alice Scannell, Social Work
Committees
Grievance/Contract Administration Committee
Email the CAC: contract@unitedacademics.org
Ingrid Nelson, Co-Grievance Officer (Geography)
Mike Miller Eismeier, Co-Grievance Officer (Math/Stats)
Wade Carson (Radiation Therapy)
Deborah Noel (English)
Dan DeSanto (Libraries)
Katlyn Morris (UA Staff)
Nominations & Elections Committee
Jamie Abaied, Chair (Psychological Sciences)
Scholarship Awards Committee
Prudence Doherty, Chair (Libraries)
State Higher Education Issues Committee
Justin Morgan Parmett, Chair (English)
Civil Rights Committee
Leon Walls, Chair (Education)
Membership Committee
Jeanne Shea, Co-Chair (Anthropology)
Linden Higgins, Co-Chair (Biology)
DEPARTMENT REPRESENTATIVES
AGRICULTURE, LANDSCAPE & ENVIRONMENT (FORMERLY PLANT & SOIL SCIENCE)
Vic Izzo
ANIMAL & VETERINARY SCIENCES
[Vacant]
ANTHROPOLOGY
Jeanne Shea
BIOLOGY
Linden Higgins
BIOMEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES
Ken Allen
BUSINESS
Eric Monsen
CHEMISTRY
Erik Ruggles
COMMUNICATION SCIENCES AND DISORDERS
Elizabeth Adams
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT & APPLIED ECONOMICS David Conner
COMPUTER SCIENCE
Yuanyuan Feng
COUNSELING, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT & FAMILY SCIENCE
Jackie Weinstock
DANA MEDICAL LIBRARY
Kelli Kauffroath
ECONOMICS
Richard Sicotte
EDUCATION
[Vacant]
ELECTRICAL & BIOMED. ENGINEERING
Sam Fox
ENGINEERING
Frederic Sansoz (Mechanical Engineering)
ENGLISH
Sean Witters Emily Casey
ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
[Vacant]
EXTENSION
Juan Alvez
FILM & TELEVISION STUDIES
Deb Ellis
GENDER SEXUALITY & WOMEN’S STUDIES
Tina Escaja
GEOGRAPHY & GEOSCIENCES
Meghan Cope
HISTORY
[Vacant]
HOWE LIBRARY
Trina Magi
MATHEMATICS & STATISTICS
Krisan Geary
MICROBIOLOGY & MOLECULAR GENETICS
[Vacant}
NUTRITION & FOOD SCIENCE
[Vacant]
PHILOSOPHY
Don Loeb
PHYSICS
Jason Pepe
PLANT BIOLOGY
[Vacant]
POLITICAL SCIENCE
Brad Bauerly
Alex Zakaras
PSYCHOLOGY
Donna Toufexis
RELIGION
Erica Andrus
RUBENSTEIN SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENT & NATURAL RESOURCES - RSENR Bindu Panikkar
SCHOOL OF THE ARTS
David Feurzeig (Music)
Ace Lehner (Art/Art History)
SCHOOL OF WORLD LANGUAGES & CULTURES
Deborah Cafiero (Romance Languages)
Kyle Ikeda (Asian Lang. & Lit.)
Kathleen Scollins (German & Russian)
SOCIAL WORK
[Vacant]
SOCIOLOGY
Jennifer Lai