UUP Binghamton

About UUP Binghamton Binghamton's chapter of United University Professions, UUP, is here to serve you. Our 1,400 members are part of over 35,000 Academics and Professionals statewide. We offer advocacy, protection and representation.

Advocacy Your union represents you at the bargaining table, in the halls of state government, and in SUNY. Your union negotiates regular salary increases, increased health benefits, and other advantages through group action and support. Your union is a player with the governor and state legislators--representing your interests through lobbying efforts. Your union promotes the importance of each campus in SUNY through advocacy at Central Administration.

Protection Your union also ensures due process is followed by the university. Your union stands with you when you feel a promotion or salary increase is warranted by providing information and support as well as an appeal mechanism. Your union stands with you when charged with violations of the contract by providing a representative at meetings with the administration as well as guaranteeing your rights are not curtailed. Your union stands with you when you feel your rights have been violated by providing a process, a representative to support your claims and follow-up to ensure a fair and equitable resolution.

Representation Your union provides an opportunity for you to voice your feelings about issues affecting you, your department or program, and the university. Your union regularly publishes a newsletter widely distributed on campus designed to spark discussions on important issues facing the campus and elsewhere. Your union regularly sponsors seminars, brown bag lunches, and other sessions designed not only to provide information but also to elicit feedback from you. Your union carries out surveys designed to focus attention on a very specific topic important to a group on campus. Your union holds monthly Executive Board meetings designed to review issues brought to them and determine a course of action to address those issues. Your union has regular meetings with management designed to voice your concerns and seek solutions to those concerns.

Executive Board Members

Jim Dix
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Interim President
Associate Professor of Chemistry
607-777-2480

Serdar Atav
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Vice President, Academics
Associate Professor,Decker School of Nursing
607-777-4893

Fran Goldman
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Vice President, Professionals
Assistant to Chair and Associate Director, Institute for Asia and Asian Diaspora
607-777-4938

Edward Shephard
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Secretary/Treasurer
Head of Collection Development, Bartle Library
607-777-2493

Beth Turcy Kilmarx
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Part Time Concerns Representative
Curator of Rare Books, Bartle Library
607-777-3403

Bob Pompi
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Outreach Coordinator
Adjunct Associate Professor of Physics
607-777-4262

George McKee
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Newsletter Editor
Associate Librarian & Research Bibliographer, Bartle Library
607-777-4903

Karen Fennie
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Executive Board
Communications Specialist, Physical Faclilities
607-777-2692

Lisa Gallagher
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Executive Board
Special Assistant/Project Manager, Mechanical Engineering
607-777-4821

Joe Goldman
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Membership Development
Information Systems Manager, Physical Facililties
607-777-4483

Gorden Jackson
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Executive Board
Networking Technician
607-777-3150

Pete Knuepfer
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Faculty Senate Liasion
Associate Professor and Director, Environmental Studies
607-777-2389

Don Kunkel
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Executive Board
Electronics Technician, Watson School
607-777-6718

Linda Lisman
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Executive Board
Tutorial Center Coordinator, Educational Opportunity Program
607-777-4419

Sandra Michael
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Executive Board
Distinguished Service Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, Biological Sciences
607-777-6517

Tom O'Conner
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Executive Board
Distinguished Professor of Spanish, Romance Languages and Literatures
607-777-4626

John Oldfield
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Executive Board
Lead Instructional Support Assistant, Information Technology Services
607-777-6563

Neil C. Pages
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EAP Liasion
Associate Professor of German and Comparative Literature
607-777-3308

Joanne Pfeil
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Executive Board
Molecular Biology Technician
607-777-4367

Benita Roth
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Executive Board
Associate Professor of Sociology and Women's Studies
607-777-2273

Sylvia Rabeler
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Executive Board
Assistant to Chair, Art History
607-777-6560

Dave Stone
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Membership Development
FMS Operations Coordinator, Physical Facilities
607-777-6560

Stan Whittingham
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Executive Board
Professor of Chemistry
607-777-4623