DID YOU KNOW? Oklahoma is 20 percent below the national teacher-pay average.

This is the web site of the Oklahoma Conference of the American Association of University Professors. This site contains information about state AAUP events, initiatives, and members. AAUP-Oklahoma is the main advocate of the state's college faculty. We fight for raising faculty salaries and benefits, strengthening the tenure system, and ensuring freedom of academic speech on campus.

Next State Meeting:
November 1, 2008

UCO

Room 211

Liberal Arts Bldg.

10:00 am

Directions to UCO.

UCO campus map with the Liberal Arts Building highlighted .

Chapter officers and state committee chairs: if possible, please send Amy Carrell a report of your chapter’s activities and needs (we’re here to help!) before the meeting if you cannot attend.

If you don’t have an active chapter—and even if you do—and want to become involved in the AAUP at the state level, please join us on 1 November!

COLLEGE REPRESENTATIVES

Bacone College
Billie Tower

Murray State University
Cleta Phillips

Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College
Mark Grigsby

Northeastern State University
John Milbauer, website

Northwestern Oklahoma State University
Roger Hardaway.

Oklahoma City University
John Heisch

Oklahoma State University
Kay Bull

Seminole State College
Christian Morgan

Southwestern Oklahoma State University
Jerry Dunn Jill Jones

University of Central Oklahoma
David Von Minden, website

University of Oklahoma
Ben Keppel

Oklahoma Conference AAUP Committees 2007-08

Links of Interest

Below are the preliminary announcements for two AAUP conferences to be held at UCO in the Spring. At the bottom is the  announcement for a student language and linguistics conference that will take place at UCO as well. Please share all these announcements with your colleagues and students.

Saturday, 7 March 2009

Oklahoma AAUP Conference on Community Colleges,

Contingent Faculty, and Graduate Students

Conference Information

Academic Serfdom of Community College

and Contingent Faculty: Safeguarding Academic Freedom

Liberal Arts Building, University of Central Oklahoma

Saturday, 4 April 2009

Annual Meeting of the Oklahoma AAUP Conference

Freedom in the Academy in Uncertain Times

with Greg Scholtz, Ph.D., from the National Committee

on Academic Freedom and Tenure (Committee A)

Liberal Arts Building, University of Central Oklahoma

 Saturday, 28 March 2009

UCO Language Society and UCO English Society

Language and Linguistics Student Conference

Keynote speaker: Victor Raskin, Purdue University

http://www.libarts.uco.edu/english/linguistics.htm

  • State Committee on Graduate and Professional Students formed—Amy Carrell, chair

2008-2009 AAUP-Oklahoma Officers

PRESIDENT:

Amy Carrell

University of Central Oklahoma

PRESIDENT-ELECT:

Christian Morgan
Seminole State College

PAST-PRESIDENT

John Milbauer
Northeastern State University

EXECUTIVE SECRETARY:

Siegfried Heit

University of Central Oklahoma

TREASURER:

David von Minden
University of Central Oklahoma

SECRETARY:

Jill Jones
Southwestern Oklahoma State University

NEWSLETTER EDITOR:

David von Minden
University of Central Oklahoma

WEB MISTRESS

Kelli McBride
Seminole State College

 

AAUP-Oklahoma Establishes Legal Advocacy Fund

 

At its November 5, 2005 meeting, AAUP-Oklahoma established a Legal Advocacy Fund.

The fund will be used to help Oklahoma AAUP members defray legal expenses if they require an attorney in any action dealing with their job. AAUP members can request help through the AAUP-Oklahoma Executive Committee, which will determine how the money is rewarded to any individual.

AAUP-Oklahoma has made an initial $50 contribution to the fund and will add $50 every quarter. It now seek contributions from members and chapters throughout the state.

To contribute to the fund, send your check made out to AAUP-Oklahoma Legal Advocacy Fund to:

David von Minden, Treasurer

Department of Chemistry

University of Central Oklahoma

100 North University Drive

Edmond, OK 73034

Site updated: 27 October 2008