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 — 716-645-5604 — to sign up to become a Department Rep, or for further information and questions you may have.
Current Department Representatives
- Accessibility Resources – Susan Mann Dolce
- Accounting & Law – Myungsun Kim
- Admissions & Recruitment – Malinda Keidel
- Africana & American Studies – Deborah Pierce-Tate
- Alumni Engagement – Wei Loon Leong
- Alumni Engagement & Annual Giving – Jennifer Britton
- Animal Facilities – Lisa Martin
- Anthropology – Tamara Dixon
- Architecture – Kordyn Smith
- Art – Domenic Licata
- Art – Stephanie Rothenberg
- Art – Paul Vanouse
- Arts Management Program – Kevin Leary
- Business Reporting & Systems – Donna Czaja
- Campus Planning – Sean Brodfuehrer
- Career Design Center – Holly Justice
- CAS Administration – Shannon Fisher
- CAS Art Galleries – Lynn Lasota
- CAS Arts & Humanities Sector – Karen Sausner
- CATT – Kathleen Kielar
- Center for the Arts – Vincent Harzewski
- Center for the Arts – Moriah Hegmann
- Civil, Structural & Environmental Engineering – Panagiotis Anastasopoulos
- Civil, Structural & Environmental Engineering – Donna Banach
- Civil, Structural & Environmental Engineering – Eva McGovern
- Civil, Structural & Environmental Engineering – Sabanayagam Thevanayagam
- Classics – Alessandro Sebastiani
- College of Arts & Sciences – Nicole Hayden
- College of Arts & Sciences – Teresa Metz
- Communication – Andrew Sachs
- Community Relations – Melissa Wood
- Compliance – Erik Silis
- Computer Science & Engineering – Maria Rose Frisina
- Counseling Services – Elizabeth Snider
- Counseling School & Educational Psychology – Ben Poremski
- Department of Urban & Regional Planning – Daniel Hess
- Design & Construction – Michael Stoklosa
- Educational Opportunity Center – Keisha Alston
- Educational Opportunity Center – Shirley Bennett
- Educational Opportunity Center – Nancy Lane
- Educational Opportunity Program – Richard Harris
- Electrical Engineering – Katharine Bartelo
- Electrical Engineering – Chu Wie
- Employee Assistance Program – Susan Bagdasarian
- English – Walter Hakala
- English – Carine Mardorossian
- English Language Institute – Lisa Monpere-Cruz
- Enterprise Infrastructure Services – Leonardo Miceli
- Enterprise Infrastructure Services – James Serwinowski
- Exploratory & Pre-Professional Advising Center – Gerrard Godwin
- Facility Operations – John Wojcik
- Financial Management – Kevin Ragland
- Geography – Trina Hamilton
- Geology – Travis Nelson
- Global Gender & Sexuality Studies – Marla Segol
- Global Gender & Sexuality Studies – Barbara Wejnert
- GSE Administrative Operations – Elizabeth Lesswing
- GSE Administrative Operations – Kristine Mariglia
- GSE Marketing, Communications & Outreach – Amber Winters
- GSE Office of Graduate Admission – Lynette Deponceau
- GSE Office of Graduate Admission – Ryan Taughrin
- Health Promotion – Janice Cochran
- Health Services – Sheilla Thomas
- History – Victoria Wolcott
- Indigenous Studies – Jennifer Loft
- Industrial & Systems Engineering – Victor Paquet
- Information Science – Mary Jo Sicurella
- Institutional Analytics – Holly Klick
- Interdisciplinary Degree Programs & Social Sciences – Samuel Lojacono
- Internal Audit – Kristy Heffley
- International Admissions – Zackary Demaio
- International Education – Marvis Robinson
- International Student Services – Janet Schrum
- IT Customer Service – John Pfeffer
- IT Portfolio Management – Lynn Collis
- Jewish Thought – Richard Cohen
- Learning & Instruction – Elizabeth Schaal
- Linguistics – Juergen Bohnemeyer
- Math Department – Jill Paolini
- Mathematics – James Faran
- Mathematics – Catagay Kutluhan
- Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering – Stephen Hart
- Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering – Jobaidur Khan
- Media Study – Michael Bouquard
- Music – Tiffany Dumouchelle
- Music – Eric Huebner
- Network & Classroom Services – Anthony Casciano
- Network & Classroom Services – Joseph Pautler
- Office of Academic Affairs – Brandi Moses
- Office of Academic Integrity & Student Success – Diane Dittmar
- Office of Admissions – Laurie Bragg
- Office of Admissions – Dave Emhof
- Office of Educational Effectiveness – Cathleen Morreale
- Office of Educator Preparation – Travis Eisele
- Office of Educator Preparation – Louise Lalli
- Office of Equity, Diversity & Inclusion – Frances Fiscus
- Office of Student Engagement – James Mauck
- Office of Student Engagement – Pamela Stephens-Jackson
- Office of the Graduate School – Nadejda Petrova
- Office of University Communications – Hugh Jarvis
- Parking & Transportation Services – Nancy Kobielski
- Philosophy – Thomas Bittner
- Philosophy – Maureen Donnelly
- Physics – Grady Gambrel
- Physics – Nicole Pannullo
- Policy and Operational Excellence – Tricia Canty
- Psychology – Mark Seery
- Registrar – Amanda Lodyga
- Res Life Admin – Katherine Burrow
- Res Life Admin – Kenneth Kern
- Romance Language & Literature – Judith Edmister
- Romance Language & Literature – Christian Flaugh
- School of Architecture & Planning – Bruce Majkowski
- School of Engineering & Applied Sciences – Laurie Barszcz
- School of Engineering & Applied Sciences – Sonia Grant
- School of Engineering & Applied Sciences – Diane Porter
- School of Law – Matthew Dimick
- School of Law – Melinda Saran
- School of Management – Jessica Labella
- SEAS IT – Leonid Danilovich
- Security – Michael Doggendorf
- Security – Catherine Ullman
- Sociology – Erin Hatton
- SOM Dean’s Office Administration – Rebecca Donoghue
- SSW Admissions & Recruitment – Kathryn Kendall
- Student Success & Academic Support – Vivian Jimenez
- Student Unions – Don Erb
- Technology Services – Katherine Aiken
- Theatre & Dance – Michael Formato
- UADV – Campaigns – Ann Brown
- UADV – Planned Giving – Wendy Irving
- Unassigned/Flex Lines – Nathan Bourke
- Unassigned/Flex Lines – Jessica Nyrop
- University Honors College – Timothy Matthews
- University Honors College – Jessica Seabury
- University Libraries – Law Library – Nina Cascio
- University Libraries – Law Library – Rebecca Chapman
- University Libraries – VPUL – Janiece Jankowski
- University Libraries – VPUL – Sameer Mathur
- University Libraries – VPUL – Molly Poremski
- University Libraries – VPUL – Rita Ferri
- University Libraries – VPUL – Sarah Patton
- University Police – Christina Powell
- UPO Academic Advisement – Craig Mathis
- VPR Information Systems – Paul Reinhardt