From the PSU-AAUP Nominating Committee (Jennifer Kerns, History; Peter Kramer, Campus Rec; Janet Cowal, Linguistics)
Your AAUP Nominating Committee is proud to present the following slate of candidates for 2026 Executive Council. Shout out to everyone who has agreed to run! Also, if you or a colleague you know might want to run for one of these positions, it's not too late. There's more info below about how to be added to the ballot. In accordance with PSU-AAUP Bylaw Section 1(b) the PSU-AAUP Nominating Committee has presented a slate of candidates to the Executive Council and the Executive Council has approved the slate.
The Candidates for Election are (all candidates are ordered based on incumbency by position, then alphabetically by last name):
President (1 position available)
- Bill Knight. Tenure Track Faculty. English (Incumbent)
VP for Collective Bargaining (1 position available)
- Leanne Serbulo. Non Tenure Track Instructional Faculty. University Studies
VP for Membership & Organizing (1 position available)
- Ellis Hews. Fixed Term Faculty. Institute on Aging (Incumbent)
- Colleen Carroll. Fixed Term Faculty. Urban Studies
VP for Communications and Public Relations (1 position available)
- Jones Estes. Non Tenure Track Instructional Faculty. University Studies
- Andrew Santa Lucia. Non Tenure Track Instructional Faculty. Architecture
- Ashley Storey. Academic Professional. SBA Dean’s Office
Councilors at Large (3 positions available)
- Brian Elliott. Non Tenure Track Instructional Faculty. Philosophy
- Madeline Frisk. Academic Professional. Student Activities & Leadership Programs
- Aaron Golub. Tenured Faculty. CUPA.
- Maureen Hickey. Non Tenure Track Instructional Faculty Instructional Faculty, International & Global Studies
- Isabel Jaén Portillo. Tenured Faculty. World Languages.
- Gwyn Johnson. Tenured Faculty. Civil Engineering
- Aleksandar Jokic. Tenured Faculty. Philosophy
Petition for additional candidates:
In addition to this slate, in accordance with PSU-AAUP Bylaws Section 1(c-e), any member of the Association may also petition for a place on the ballot to stand for election by filling out the Petition to Add a Nominee to the PSU-AAUP Executive Council Ballot and getting the signature of 10 PSU-AAUP members. Petitioners are encouraged to get the nominee to sign acceptance of the nomination on the form in the space provided. The petition requires an attached candidate statement (150 words maximum). The petition must be returned to the PSU-AAUP office (SMSU 232) no later than March 13, 2026. Upon receipt, the nominating committee will confirm eligibility, willingness to stand for election, and willingness to serve in the position if elected.
On or about April 1, 2026 we will send out an email with all the submitted candidate statements. Please watch for, open, and read this email so you can be an informed voter. The online ElectionBuddy ballot will open on or about April 2 and close 15 days later on or about April 17th. Watch your email for this ballot.
Should you have any questions about the election or petitioning for nomination, please let us know.