About Us

Beginning in 2013, graduate employees at UConn decided to unionize due to stagnant wages, increasing workloads, and increasing student fees.

Our Goal

We are a strong member-run, member-led union fighting for the rights of graduate employees and postdocs at the University of Connecticut! In addition to bargaining for better working conditions in a strong contract, we enforce the contract, educate our members about their rights and benefits, and advocate for our workers at the local, state, and federal level.​

Leadership & Staff

Our Executive Board
To learn more about our board and their positions click here​.

Grace Easterly
President

Alex Kueny
​Vice President

Marcus Harris
​Financial Secretary

Marie Nour Nakhle​​Recording Secretary

Jillian Lewis
​​​​​Chair of Trustees

Abigail Beckham
​Trustee

Jimmy Palmer
​Trustee

Brenden Ferland​
​Guide

Anika Agrawal
​Sergeant-at-Arms

Erin Egersheim
​GA Unit Representative

Roc Rochon​Postdoc Unit Representative

Our Staff
To learn more about our staff and their positions click here.

Grace Easterly
President

Alex Kueny
​Vice President

Marcus Harris
​​​Financial Secretary

Urvi Kaul
​​Organizing Coordinator

Sage Montana
​​Communications Coordinator
Grievance Coordinator

Darlis Juvino
​​Operations Coordinator

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Stewards

Our Stewards
To learn more about our stewards and district layout click here​​.

Postdocs

Currently there are no stewards who are Postdocs. If you need to talk to a Union representative, email us or a member of the GEU executive board!

District 1A
Physical Sciences
​and Mathematics

Claire Nieder 
​Elizabeth Scheuermann 
​Hoang-Phuc Pham 
Scott Blazer 

District 1B
Engineering and
​Computer Science

Atta Seck 
Ayah Abdallah 
Matthew Bizer 
​Salem Smith 

District 2
Social Sciences

Benjamin Stumpf 
Esam Boraey 
Justin Theodra

District 3
Health and Life Sciences

Jillian Lewis 
John Briseno 
​Mohammad Alboom 
Steven Presley 

District 4
Arts and Humanities

​Afra Hassan Pour 
Dalu Okoli
Jason Tosta 
Lincoln Hirn
Mckenzie Bergan 

District 5
Hartford Campus

Patrick Muro 

District 6
Avery Point Campus

Anne Gilewski 

Birth of the Union

Bylaws

Bylaws are the rules by which our union operates and can be modified or amended with the approval of the union membership. Submission of our bylaws to our parent union, the UAW, is required to ensure compliance with current bylaws and constitutional provision. 

Read our current bylaws here