Whitman College Chapter of the AAUP

The Whitman College AAUP Chapter is an advocacy chapter that promotes the discussion of and, where appropriate, takes action on matters relevant to the AAUP’s mission. The AAUP’s mission 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, post-doctoral 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” (www.aaup.org).

As of May, 2024, the president of the chapter is Jack Jackson (Associate Professor of Politics), the vice president is Lisa Uddin (Associate Professor of Art History and Visual Culture Studies, and Paul Garett Fellow), and the secretary-treasurer is Xiaobo Yuan (Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Religion). New AAUP members who wish to join the chapter’s email distribution list and gain access to its site(s) should contact the secretary-treasurer.

Joining the AAUP is easy (go to www.aaup.org/membership/join), and there is a sliding dues scale based on academic income. The AAUP website delineates benefits of membership over and above participation in the local chapter’s activities (see https://www.aaup.org/membership/benefits).