We would like to invite YOU to become a Department Representative. Even if your Department is represented on the list below, you can become a member of the team. There is no limit to the number of Reps that a Department may have.
The Buffalo Center UUP derives its strength from its Membership. The Department Representative Program is designed to connect ALL members to their union. The program ensures two-way communication between chapter leadership and the membership. As the the eyes and ears of the chapter, Reps are essential to our success.
Department Representatives serve as Chapter Leaders and internal organizing leaders at their specific worksites. As a Department Representative you help develop and maintain a strong union presence in every part of the University via effective employee advocacy, union visibility, union site meetings and other forms of communication, including social conversation and the sharing of news.
Basic Roles and Responsibilities include:
- Obtain/create an accurate list of Members and non-members by location.
- Make personal contact with all Department Members in your area.
- Establish/maintain UUP bulletin boards in your area.
- Forward complaints, concerns and perceptions of the Department Members to appropriate chapter leader(s).
- Contact non-members and encourage them to join.
- Become familiar with what the UUP contract covers. Refer contract questions to chapter officers so they can ask the chapter’s Labor Relations Specialists for assistance with problems pertaining to enforcement or interpretation of the contract
- Be able to answer basic questions about the structure of UUP.
- Learn about and inform your Department Members of union meetings, events, affiliate conventions, contract votes, workshops, etc. and urge participation
- Attend Department Rep meetings on occasion (usually 2 times per semester).
If you’re unsure about committing to this position, I would like to invite you to our next series of Department Rep meetings. Please contact Ken Kern at khkern@buffalo.edu — 716-276-3377 — to sign up to become a Department Rep, or for further information and questions you may have.
Current Department Representatives
Academic Operations, Jeanne Myers
Accessibility Resources, Sarah Elysia Huerta Well
Accounting, Ian Tarrant
Accounting, Rose Hu
Africana and American Studies, Deborah Pierce-Tate
Anthropology, Tamara Dixon
Architecture Departmental, Korydon Smith
Architecture Departmental, Nicholas Bruscia
Art, Domenic Licata
Art, Paul Vanouse
Biological Sciences, Pradeep Kalyan Yerramsetty
Biological Sciences, Vincent Lynch
Business Reporting and Systems, Donna Czaja
Business Reporting and Systems, Malinda Ella Keidel
Career Design Center, Holly Justice
CAS Art Galleries, Thomas Riley Andersen
CAS Facilities, Brandon Michael Durshordwe
CAS Facilities, Shannon Fisher
CAS Facilities, Teresa Metz
CFA Operations, Moriah Rose Bol Hegmann
CFA Operations, Vincent Harzewski
Chemical and Biological Engineering, Sara Leader
Chemistry, Troy Wood
Classics, Alessandro Sebastiani
Communication, Andrew Sachs
Community Relations, Melissa Wood
Comparative Literature, Andrea Pitts
Counseling Services, Elizabeth Snider
Counseling, School, And Educational Psychology, Catherine Cook-Cottone
Counseling, School, And Educational Psychology, Jennifer Austin
Counseling, School, And Educational Psychology, Jennifer Rosseland
Curriculum Pedagogy and Design, Athena Tsembelis
Curriculum, Assessment and Teaching Transformation, Kathleen Kielar
Data Analytics, Jason Chow
Delivery Services, Janiece Jankowski
Delivery Services, Sarah Patton
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Cheryl Michalowski
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Jing Wang
Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, Panagiotis Anastasopoulos
Department of Electrical Engineering, Katharine Bartelo
Department of Engineering Education, Nicole Lowman
Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Geraldine Hedrick
Department of Materials Design and Innovation, Laurie Barszcz
Department of Mechanical And Aerospace Engineering, Stephen Hart
Distinctive Collections, Lynn Marie Lasota
Earth Sciences, Travis Nelson
Educational Leadership And Policy, Melinda Lemke
Educational Opportunity Center, Heidy Sinarah Galan- Honrado
Educational Opportunity Center, Keisha Alston
Educational Opportunity Center, Michelle Riggio
Educational Opportunity Program, Richard Harris
Educational Opportunity Program, Travis Eisele
Employee Assistance Program, Susan Bagdasarian
English Language Institute, Lisa Monpere-Cruz
English, Walter Nils Hakala
Enterprise Application Services, Brett William Sitzman
Enterprise Infrastructure Services, Corey Reichle
Environment, Health and Safety, David Pawlowski
Environment and Sustainability, Emily Reisman
Exploratory and Pre-Professional Advising Center, Gerrard Godwin
Field Education, Kathryn B Griswold
Financial Management, Kevin Ragland
General Operations, John Wojcik
Geography, Abigail Cooke
Geography, Trina Lynn Hamilton
Global Gender & Sexuality Studies, Kari Winter
GSE Administrative Operations, Kristine Mariglia
GSE Marketing and Communications, Amber Winters
GSE Office of Graduate Admission, Lynette Deponceau
Health Promotion, Janice Cochran
Health Services, Sheilla Thomas
History, Katherine Zubovich
History, Michelle Burger
Indigenous Studies, Jennifer Loft
Indigenous Studies, Laura Terrance
Information Science, Benjamin Market Poremski
Information Science, Mary Jo Sicurella
Institutional Analysis, Holly Ann Klick
Interdisciplinary Degree Programs Social Sciences, Samuel Lojacono
Internal Audit, Kristy Heffley
International Admissions, Brent Mcenroe
International Student Services, Han Nee Than Tun Aung
International Student Services, Olga Crombie
IT Customer Service, Gary Boulware
IT Customer Service, Jeffrey Martin
IT Customer Service, John Pfeffer
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Sean Brodfuehrer
Jewish Thought, Richard Cohen
Law Library, Nina Cascio
Leadership Learning & Community Center, Michelle Incorvia
Learning And Instruction, Ashlee Anne Campbell
Learning And Instruction, Maureen Patrici Boyd
Learning And Instruction, Sarah Ann Robert
Linguistics, Juergen Bohnemeyer
Mathematics, Cagatay Kutluhan
Mathematics, James Faran
Media Study, Michael John Bouquard
MGT IT, Marina Aleksand Jarnot
Music, Eric Huebner
Music, Tiffany Dumouchelle
Network and Communication Services, Anthony Casciano
Network and Communication Services, Joseph Pautler
Office Of Admissions, David Emhof
Office of Educator Preparation, Louise Lalli
Office of Equity, Diversity And Inclusion, Frances Fiscus
Office of Graduate School, Christopher Hamm
Office of Graduate School, Nadejda Pirinov Petrova
Office of Student Engagement, James Mauck
Office of University Communications Department, Hugh Jarvis
Operations Management and Strategy, Scott Ptak
Organization and Human Resources, Cheryl Ann Emerson
Parking and Transportation Services, Nancy Kobielski
Philosophy, Maureen Donnelly
Physics, Grady Alexander Gambrel
Policy, Compliance and Internal Controls, Tricia Sheryl Canty
Purchasing and Contract Services, Alexander Borichevskiy
Purchasing and Contract Services, Bethany Scibetta
Purchasing and Contract Services, Cheri Weber
Recreation and Intramurals (State), Nathan Bourke
Registrar, Amanda Wirth Lodyga
Registrar, Jess Labella
Research, Collections, & Outreach, Molly Dahl Poremski
Residential Life, Elisabeth Rebmann
Residential Life, Katherine Burrow
Romance Languages and Literatures, Christian Flaugh
Romance Languages and Literatures, Melissa Mccarron
SAAP Facilities and Data Analysis, Bruce Majkowski
School of Law, Melinda Saran
Security, Catherine Ullman
Security, Michael Doggendorf
Security, Tina Louise Rimbeck
SENS IT, Maria-Rose Frisina
SENS IT, Thomas Yearke
Sociology, Erin Hatton
SSW Student Services, Clara Keating
SSW Vice Dean, Courtney Rose Doxbeck
Student Success and Academic Support, Vivian Jimenez
Student Unions, Don Erb
Sustainability, Erin Moscati
Theatre and Dance, Veronica Sedota
UADV Alumni Engagement Administration, Jennifer Elizab Britton
UADV Alumni Engagement Administration, Wei Loon Leong
UADV Campaigns, Joseph Daniel Didomizio
Unassigned/Flex Lines, Mark Seery
University Honors College, Jessica Seabury
University Honors College, Timothy Matthews
University Police, Christina Coats
UPO Academic Advisement, Bethany Thompson
UPO Academic Advisement, Craig David Mathis
VPAA Administrative Operations, Rebecca Donoghue
VPR Information Systems, Paul Reinhardt
VPSL Finance, Ken Kern