Lake Forest College AAUP

Welcome to the Lake Forest College advocacy chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP)!

The mission of the AAUP is to advance academic freedom and shared governance; to define fundamental professional values and standards for higher education; to promote the economic security of faculty, academic professionals, graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and all those engaged in teaching and research in higher education; to help the higher education community organize to make our goals a reality; and to ensure higher education's contribution to the common good. Founded in 1915, the AAUP has helped to shape American higher education by developing the standards and procedures that maintain quality in education and academic freedom in this country's colleges and universities.

Join the Lake Forest College-AAUP chapter: https://forms.office.com/r/h9MqxsW9Kc

Lake Forest College-AAUP has existed for decades but was relaunched in the spring of 2024. Our Executive Committee officers are: 

President: Cristina Groeger

Vice President: Stephanie Caparelli

Secretary: Ben Swerdlow

Treasurer: Marilén Loyola

Our Standing Committees are: 

1. Faculty Governance & Elections Committee

   • Marilén Loyola (co-chair)

   • Sara Jamshidi (co-chair)

   • Chloe Johnston

2. Non-Tenure Track Faculty Committee

   • Katy Reedy (co-chair)

   • Adina Stanculescu (co-chair)

   • Chris White

3. Academic Freedom Committee

   • Brian McCammack (co-chair)

   • Hannah Carlson (co-chair)

4. Compensation & Benefits Committee

   • Jim Marquardt (co-chair) 

   • Rudi Batzell (co-chair)

5. Civil Rights Committee

   • João Gregoire (co-chair)

6. Membership Committee 

   • Will Conrad (co-chair)

   • Dave Park (co-chair)

   • Siobhan Moroney

Our Chapter Bylaws are linked here.