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Spring 2020 Vacancy Election

Your union is holding its April Vacancy Elections to fill vacant Executive Board and Joint Council positions. The election will take place on April 2-3, 2020.

An invitation to a secret and secure ballot will be sent to you from a secure online voting platform, Simply Voting (vote@simplyvoting.com), on Thursday April 2nd, 2020. Voting will close at 11:59 PM on Friday April 3rd, 2020. Due to conditions around COVID-19 and the state-mandated shelter-in-place, this election will be held entirely online. You can view a list of those who have accepted nominations for contested elections, candidate statements, as well as the results of uncontested elections, below or here.

We understand that there are questions about how the electronic voting system will work, since this we are adapting to COVID-19 conditions. Our Elections Committee has created a guide to our online election process here.

Some members have opted out of union communications by unsubscribing from our email list. In order for us to send them a ballot, they need to re-subscribe to our communications. They can do so using this form (https://forms.gle/kDZSeKqhj5FHFTkL8). We will be making efforts to spread this information as widely as we can through social media. Please share this with your fellow academic workers.

If you encounter issues during the election i.e. you did not get an invitation to your ballot or you have trouble logging into the ballot—please call our phone hotline. Our Elections Committee and UAW 2865 data team will staff an elections hotline between 9 AM and 6 PM, Pacific Daylight Time (GMT -7) on April 2nd and 3rd, 2020. This hotline replicates the in-person elections process that would normally take place.

The hotline will be hosted on Zoom:

Meeting ID 667-422-9308.

https://berkeley.zoom.us/j/6674229308.

On one tap mobile,

+16699006833,,6674229308# US (San Jose)

+13462487799,,6674229308# US (Houston)

Find your local number: https://berkeley.zoom.us/u/abisCWk2IW

The Elections Committee is not permitted to provide any advice on who to vote for and will only assist in the logistics of ensuring members’ access to vote.

If you have any questions, please contact the Elections Committee at elections@uaw2865.org.

The following is a list of contested positions and the candidates for each position.

Statewide Executive Board: Sergeant-at-Arms

CandidateCampus and DepartmentLink to Candidate Statement
Daniel CollisterRiverside – MathematicsLink
Sarah ManskiSanta Barbara – Global StudiesLink

Berkeley Head Stewards
7 vacant positions; on the ballot you will be able to select up to 7 candidates.

CandidateDepartmentLink to Candidate Statement
Abby LawlorLawLink
Kai Yui Samuel ChanPolitical ScienceLink
Kenzo EsquivelESPMLink
Schuyler LaparleLinguisticsLink
Kelly FanAsian StudiesLink
Zachary HicksSlavic Languages and LiteratureLink
Tyler HaddowPhilosophyLink
Leo HamerlynckChemistryLink

Davis Head Stewards
3 vacant positions; on the ballot you will be able to select up to 3 candidates.

CandidateDepartmentLink to Candidate Statement
Jesse KoklasHuman EcologyLink
Josh ShahryarStudy of ReligionLink
Neetha IyerAnthropologyLink
Ryan Chris Moreno-VasquezMathematicsLink
Wes WesterfieldChemistryLink

Irvine Head Stewards
2 vacant positions; on the ballot you will be able to select up to 2 candidates.

CandidateDepartmentLink to Candidate Statement
Semassa BokoSociologyLink
Ian BaranUrban and Environmental Planning and Public PolicyLink
Samantha CarterVisual StudiesLink
Youjin B. KimUrban Planning and Public PolicyLink

Los Angeles – No Contested Positions

Merced – No Contested Positions

Riverside – No Contested Positions

San Diego Unit Chair

CandidateDepartmentLink to Candidate Statement
Muhammad YousufEthnic StudiesLink
Dillon TravisBiological ScienceLink


San Diego Campus Recording Secretary

CandidateDepartmentLink to Candidate Statement
Dhananjay JagtapElectrical and Computer EngineeringLink
Eleanor CastracaneChemistry & BiochemistryLink


San Diego Head Stewards
3 vacant positions; on the ballot you will be able to select up to 3 candidates.

CandidateDepartmentLink to Candidate Statement
Avaneesh NarlaPhysicsLink
Adriana TosunLiteratureLink
Zach HillLiteratureLink
John RennerCSELink
Douglas OsmunMusicLink

Santa Barbara Head Stewards
4 vacant positions; on the ballot you will be able to select up to 4 candidates.

CandidateDepartmentLink to Candidate Statement
Aaron BagheriMathematicsLink
Alex MirelesFeminist StudiesLink
Emma JohnHistoryLink
Micah PedrickMathematicsLink
Emily FoxSociologyLink
Adrian Tasistro-HartDepartment of Earth ScienceLink

The officers below were elected by acclamation following the close of nominations:

Statewide Executive Board:

Southern Vice President: Rafael Jaime, UCLA English

Recording Secretary: Haley McInnis, UCSD Sociology

Trustee: Donghyung (K-Dan) Lee, UCSD Biological Science

Los Angeles Unit Joint Council Members:

Head Stewards: Shota Vashakmadze, Architecture and Urban Design; Michael Stenovec, Political Science

Merced Unit Joint Council Members:

Head Steward: Nick Cruz, Political Science

Riverside Unit Joint Council Members:

Head Stewards: Mari West, Entomology; Mai Nguyen Do, Political Science

Santa Barbara Unit Joint Council:

Unit Chair: Dylan Kupsh

Santa Cruz Unit Joint Council Members:

Recording Secretary: Sarah Mason, Sociology

Head Stewards: Ksenia Firsova, Film and Digital Media; Stefan Yong, History of Consciousness; Kiley McLaughlin, Literature; M. James Becker, Digital Arts and New Media; Nathan Xavier Osorio, Literature

Congratulations to the newly elected officers!

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