The Duke Faculty Union is 200 non-tenure-track Duke faculty members working to empower our fellow faculty and support our students. Some of us have been teaching at Duke for over twenty years. Some of us just started this past semester. Most of us hold the terminal degree in our field. Our disciplines and courses range across the university— cultural anthropology, biology, applied music, math, and aikido— to name just a few. If you haven't already, please join us!
Thoughts or questions? Please contact us at dukefacultyunion@gmail.com or by reaching out to any of the individuals listed below. Our relationship to our regional and national union organizations can be found here.
The following officers and cluster representatives were elected in September, 2017, and will serve a 3-year term.
President - Mike Dimpfl, Thompson Writing Program
Vice President - MJ Sharp, Center for Documentary Studies
Secretary - Jim Haverkamp, Arts of the Moving Image
Treasurer - Chris Shreve, Biology
Sergeant-at-Arms - Leslie Maxwell, Thompson Writing Program
At-large Representatives
Rene Caputo, Thompson Writing Program and The Graduate School
Nora Hanagan, Political Science
Nancy Kalow, Center for Documentary Studies
Steve Kaufmann, Health, Wellness and Physical Education (HWPE)
David Need, Religious Studies
Cathy Shuman, English
Cluster Representatives
Art, Art History, and Visual Studies; Art of the Moving Image; Theater Studies:
Jim Haverkamp, Arts of the Moving Image
Patrick Herron, Information Science and Studies (Art, Art History, and Visual Studies)
Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science:
Chris Shreve, Biology
Vickie Eason, Biology
Asian and Middle Eastern Studies; Classical Studies; Cultural Anthropology; Economics; Program in Education; English; History; International Comparative Studies; Linguistics; Markets and Management; Political Science; Religious Studies; Service Learning; Sociology:
David Need, Religious Studies
Dance; Health, Wellness and Physical Education (HWPE):
Steve Kauffman, HWPE
John Orr, HWPE
Germanic Languages and Literature; Romance Studies:
Rebecca Ewing, Romance Studies
Music and String School:
Sandra Cotton, Music
Randy Reed, Music
Thompson Writing Program: