The Graduate Employee Organization (GEO) has a Steering Committee comprised of two Unit Co-Chairs, a Membership Mobilization Coordinator, two Representatives from the Stewards’ Assembly, and two Members-at-Large. There are two co-chairs of the Stewards’ Assembly, and staff assigned to GEO from UAW Local 2322. GEO also hires a Grievance Coordinator to work on grievances with the Servicing Representative assigned to the unit. GEO also has six seats on the Local 2322 Joint Council.
Staff
Union Representative:
Anna-Claire Steffen
anna-claire@uaw2322.org
GEO-UAW Grievance Coordinator:
David Pritchard, English Literature
david@geouaw.org
Unit Leadership
GEO-UAW Steering Committee
GEO-UAW Co-Chairs:
Sharanya Sridhar, English Literature
sharanya@geouaw.org
Bilgesu Sümer, Political Science
bilgesu@geouaw.org
GEO-UAW Mobilization Coordinator
Stephanie Higgins, Labor Studies
stephanie@geouaw.org
GEO-UAW Membership Organizer:
Thomas Corcoran, Sociology
thomas@geouaw.org
GEO-UAW Steward Representatives to Steering Committee
Celia Sainz Delgado, Languages, Literature, and Culture, Spanish & Portuguese
celia@geouaw.org
Antonis Gounalakis, Economics
antonis@geouaw.org
At-Large Representatives to Steering Committee
Tyler Smart, English Literature
ty@geouaw.org
William Rebelsky, Computer Science
will@geouaw.org
Bargaining Committee
Ben Nolan, Political Science
ben@geouaw.org
Nicole Daphnis, Political Science
nicole@geouaw.org
Amanda Suzzi, Environmental Conservation
amanda@geouaw.org
Ian Rodewhalt, Labor Studies
ian@geouaw.org
+ GEO Co-Chairs, Mobilization Coordinator, Membership Organizer, & Grievance Coordinator
Stewards’ Assembly
Stewards’ Assembly Co-Chairs
stewardco-chairs@geouaw.org
Albert Williams, Computer Science
Tita Feraud-King, Education
GEO-UAW Stewards
| Afro Am Studies | Mtalika Banda | mbanda@umass.edu |
| Anthropology | Meredith Degyansky Erica Kowsz |
mdegyansky@umass.edu ekowsz@umass.edu |
| Art | Negar Ahmadi Hannah Duggan |
nahmadi@umass.edu hduggan@umass.edu |
| Astronomy | Yvonne Ban | yiwenban@umass.edu |
| Biomedical Engineering | John Amante | jamante@umass.edu |
| Biostats | Charlotte Chase | cchase22@gmail.com |
| Chemical Engineering | Kaivalya Gawande Connor Giles Lars Howell |
kgawande@umass.edu cgiles@umass.edu lars@geouaw.org |
| Chemistry | Michael Migroni | mmingroni@chem.umass.edu |
| Civil and Enviro Engineering | Laura Siddon | lsiddon@umass.edu |
| Classics | Natalie Daifotis | ndaifotis@umass.edu |
| Communication | Mary Dickman Alkim Yalin |
mary@geouaw.org ayalin@umass.edu |
| Communication Disorders | Marcy Abong | mabong@umass.edu |
| Community Health Education | ||
| Comp. Science | William Rebelsky Justin Clarke Jared Yeager Albert Williams Reilly Noonan Grant |
wrebelsky@umass.edu jbclarke@umass.edu jyeager@umass.edu abwillia@cs.umass.edu rngrant@cs.umass.edu |
| Comparative Lit. | Manuel Antonio Paradela Maceiras Patricia Hartland |
mparadelamac@umass.edu phartland@umass.edu |
| East Asian Lang. and Cultures | ||
| Economics | Evan Wasner Athanasios Moraitis Antonis Gounalakis |
ewasner@umass.edu athanasiosmo@umass.edu agounalakis@umass.edu |
| Education | Patricia (Tita) Feraud Erika Tai Jeffrey Edelstein |
pferaudumass@gmail.com erikatai@umass.edu jedelstein@umass.edu |
| Electrical and Comp. Engineering | Shiva Asapu | sasapu@umass.edu |
| English and Writing Program | Thakshala Tissera Mitia Nath Sarah Stetson |
thakshala@geouaw.org mnath@umass.edu sstetson@umass.edu |
| Enviro Health Sciences | Monika Roy | monikaroy@umass.edu |
| Enviro. Conservation | Amanda Suzzi | asuzzi@umass.edu |
| Food Science | ||
| French & Francophone | Julie Roy | jmroy@umass.edu |
| Geosciences/Geography | ||
| German & Scandinavian | Tiarra Cooper | tacooper@umass.edu |
| Health Policy & Management | Faith English | fenglish@umass.edu |
| History | Cai Gabrielle Barias | cbarias@history.umass.edu |
| Kinesiology | Greg Petrucci | gpetrucci@umass.edu |
| Labor Studies | Ian Rhodewalt | ian.rhodewalt@gmail.com |
| Lanscape Arch. and Reg. Planning | John Sweeney-Taylor (Jack) Michelle McCue |
jsweeneytayl@umass.edu mlmccue@umass.edu |
| Linguistics | Jonathan Pesetsky | jpesetsky@umass.edu |
| Management | Graham Klemme | gklemme@umass.edu |
| Math and Stats | Maria Dascalu Filip Dul Nuha Futa Asher Supernaw |
mdascalu@umass.edu dul@math.umass.edu nfuta@umass.edu asupernaw@umass.edu |
| Mech and Indus. Engineering | Sam Roach | scroach@umass.edu |
| Microbio | Ian Sparks | isparks@umass.edu |
| Molecular and Cell Bio | Carline Fermino Do Rosario Katherine Chacon-Vargas |
cferminodoro@umass.edu kchaconvarga@umass.edu |
| Music | Pedro Gomes Lobato | pgomeslobato@music.umass.edu |
| Neuroscience and Behavior | Julia LaValley Sarah Dickenson |
jlavalley@umass.edu sdickinson@umass.edu |
| Nursing | Sabriye Abban | sabban@umass.edu |
| Nutrition | Ruthfirst Ayande | rayande@umass.edu |
| Organismic and Evol. Biology | Rachel Bell Christopher G. Claypool |
rbbell@umass.edu cclaypool@umass.edu |
| Philosophy | Anupam Devkota | adevkota@umass.edu |
| Physics | Sebastian Urrutia-Quiroga | surrutiaquir@umass.edu |
| Plant Biology | ||
| Plant and Soil Sciences | Dorna Saadat | dsaadat@umass.edu |
| Political Science | Taylor Doherty Jenna Noronsky |
taylordohert@umass.edu jnorosky@polsci.umass.edu |
| Polymer | Hannah Meeran | hannahmeeran@gmail.com |
| Psychology | Andrea Mah Quinnehtukqut McLamore |
amah@umass.edu qmclamore@umass.edu |
| Residential Area Program | Max Dilthey | mdilthey@umass.edu |
| Resource Economics | Onupurba Das Emma Grazier |
odas@umass.edu egrazier@umass.edu |
| Sociology | Debadatta Chakraborty Reyna Orellana |
debadattacha@umass.edu rgorellana@umass.edu |
| Spanish and Portuguese | Isaura de los Santos Celia Sainz |
idelossantos@umass.edu csainz@umass.edu |
| Sport Management | ||
| Student Affairs and Campus Life | Saloonee Adhikari | sadhikari@umass.edu |
| Theater | Josh Glenn-Kayden | josh.glennkayden@gmail.com |
| Vet and Animal Sciences | ||
| Dean of Students | Ronan Kaiser | kkaiser@umass.edu |
GEO Representatives to UAW 2322 Joint Council
Sharanya Sridhar, English Literature
Bilgesu Sümer, Political Science
David Pritchard, English Literature
Albert Williams, Computer Science
Amanda Suzzi, Environmental Conservation
Andrea Mah, Psychological and Brain Sciences