Stewards

UE-COGS Stewards: The Backbone of the Union

Stewards are the backbone of UE Local 896 – COGS, serving as the official union representative in departments around campus. All departments should have at least one union steward. If your department steward is not listed below, please contact us at cogs@cogs.org. If you are interested in being a steward or in electing a steward for your department, contact one of the chief stewards below at cogs@cogs.org.

Current area* and campus chief stewards:

Campus Chief Steward: Cathryn Lucas-Carr
Blue Area Chief Steward: Mark Plum
Yellow Area Chief Steward: Kate Kedley
Red Area Chief Steward: Judah Unmuth-Yockey
Green Area Chief Steward: Sarah Eikleberry

Current Departmental Stewards

Department Steward(s) Department Steward(s)
American Studies Craig Eley Journalism & Mass Communication
Anthropology Susanna Donaldson Labor Center
Art & Art History Christopher Pickett Learning Resource Center
Asian Languages Library
Biology Linguistics
Biomedical Engineering Math Mike Fitzpatrick
Chemistry Mechanical Engineering
Cinema & Comp Lit Avi Michael Music
Classics Josh Langseth Nursing
Communications Studies A.C. Hawley Occupational & Environmental Health
Computer Science Pharmaceutics
Creative Writing Philosophy
Curriculum & Instruction Physics & Astronomy Alan Denbleyker
Dance Politcal Science
Economics Psychology
EPLS Psych & Quant Foundations
English Matt Lavin Religious Studies Dustin Eaton
French & Italian Elizabeth Carroll Rhetoric
Geography Douglas Grane Social Work Patrick Rashed
Geoscience Sociology Matt Boswell
German Spanish & Portuguese Raphael Apter
Health & Sport Studies Matt Hodler Statistics & Actuarial Science
History Jake Altman, Jason Whisler Theater Greg Machlin
IIHR Urban & Regional Planning
International Programs Women’s Studies
Iowa Testing Writers Workshop
ITS

*For stewarding purposes, COGS is divided into different areas in order to better deal with issues around the campus. To find out your area, click here

Call COGS

319.337.5074

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