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Our Goal: A Stronger Contract in 2027 Our Candidates

Our Goal:
A Stronger Contract in 2027

Our contract with Stanford expires in 2027. During our first contract fight in 2024, we secured historic wins including strong non-discrimination language, agency shop, and the five-year funding guarantee side letter. Yet Stanford sidesteps their responsibility to ensure secure working and living conditions for all graduate workers by (1) cowering in the face of the Trump administration’s threats to graduate research and reckless deployment of ICE nationwide, (2) raising out-of-pocket healthcare costs, causing some graduate workers to fall through the cracks, and (3) skirting the five-year funding guarantee through their own dubious, ever-changing definition of “good academic standing.” We must push for more to hold Stanford accountable for these shortcomings. It is time to build toward an even stronger contract next year.

Stanford will not make the fight to fix these issues in the next contract easy. We worked hard last contract fight, and we need to work even harder in this one if we want to achieve our aims. Although the work is challenging, the path forward is clear. We need to organize every department. We need a vibrant network of stewards in every lab. We need workers to be willing to fight together to raise each other up. We need to be strike ready by 2027.

Meeting the Moment

Graduate workers, especially international workers, are under attack. Our campus and our peers across the country face heightened aggression at the hands of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the federal government. We’ve seen that “academic freedom” means very little when funding can be arbitrarily rescinded. We’ve seen a culture of fear and compliance-in-advance grip the Stanford administration. We’ve seen graduate students—such as Mahmoud Khalil, Rümeysa Öztürk, and Momodou Taal—imprisoned by masked police as direct retaliation for their public speech. We must use our collective power as graduate workers to compel Stanford to act and protect us.

We cannot overstate how outrageous and disturbing we find these events. Nevertheless, they are not without historical precedent. Just as there is a long history of militarized police violence in this country, especially against Black and Brown people, there is also a history of organized labor as a tool to resist this violence. We aim to follow in that history by organizing around the issues that matter most to Stanford graduate workers.

We saw the potential we have as an organized body on January 30th, 2026, when hundreds of graduate workers rallied together in White Plaza. We collectively denounced state-sanctioned terror and stood in solidarity with workers across the nation. We aim to continue building this collective power. We will advocate for the right to research without threatening intervention from the federal government. We will organize for a sanctuary campus. This means both demanding Stanford defend us right now and building to win specific contract language in 2027.

In the face of the onslaught of attacks on higher ed, especially against LGBTQ+ and international graduate workers, it is critical we stand shoulder-to-shoulder with one another and mobilize for better working conditions together.

Healthcare, Wages, and Housing

During the 2024 contract fight, Stanford battled hard to keep our wages as low as possible. Only under extreme pressure from thousands of workers pledging to strike did Stanford agree to a raise that outpaced campus housing prices. We know that these raises were insufficient: approximately 90% of graduate workers pay more than ⅓ of their stipend on Stanford-imposed rent, and costs—especially healthcare—have only gotten worse.

The rising costs and falling quality of our healthcare make it evident that we need considerable economic wins in our next contract fight. Last year, we saw copays and deductibles rise by 40% and 50%, respectively. Graduate workers have had their care interrupted by changes in coverage and an obstructionist Vaden referral scheme. One worker reported catastrophic costs exceeding 60% of their stipend for previously covered specialty treatment.

Wage increases, too, have been insufficient. Housing costs continue to rise in the Bay area, and Stanford has undercut the spirit of publishing housing rates by imposing additional charges, including the mail fee, that serve as de facto rent increases.

As your Local Executive Board, we will record, catalogue, and anonymously share (with permission) reports of unacceptable healthcare costs. We will continue tracking Emergency Grant-in-Aid (EGIA) cases to hold Stanford accountable for the reasons they disburse funds and advocate for workers whose EGIA requests were denied. We will expand mutual aid programs including food pantries and union cafeterias. We will strengthen our ability to hear from the membership by restructuring general membership meetings (GMM) and hosting union drop-in hours. We intend these actions to coalesce leading up to the 2027 contract fight where we, the graduate workers, will fight for a continued quality of healthcare clause and higher wages. Together, we will show Stanford that while our power lies in our labor and collective anger, our worth stems from our lives as dignified human beings in community.

Job Security and the 5-Year Funding Guarantee

In light of the recent budget cuts faced by academia, our job security is a pressing concern. Graduate workers across campus have had grants cancelled, post-doc opportunities are vanishing, and professors are tightening their budgets. The Graduate School of Education (GSE) tried to get out of funding their students for the summer of 2025, and professors are pressuring students to graduate early.

None of this should be happening. The five-year funding guarantee side letter was intended to be a safeguard for graduate workers whose funding lapsed through no fault of their own. Discussions in contract bargaining made it clear the guarantee was expected to include transitional funding when switching advisors. This assurance from the Provost’s Office is both published Stanford policy and was affirmed in the 2024 contract fight.

Since the contract’s implementation, Stanford has made it clear they have no intention of honoring the spirit of the guarantee. The guarantee is only afforded to workers in “good academic standing,” but Stanford defines this phrase in whatever way is necessary to deny graduate workers’ job security—such as by threatening dismissal to a stellar student who had been awarded multiple fellowships solely because they had to leave a previous advisor due to abusive conditions. In some instances, “good academic standing” means having an advisor willing to financially support you. By nullifying the main point of the guarantee this way, graduate students become extremely vulnerable to advisor abuse. Over the past year alone we’ve seen at least five cases of grad workers stuck with abusive advisors because leaving the group would mean losing funding. Similarly, advisors are telling students they will not fund them for five years, illegally forcing them to overwork in a race to finish, and denying them the training they were promised.

First-year students are hit particularly hard by this erosion of the guarantee. Stanford’s own policy states that pre-qualifying exams, the degree program is responsible to help students find advisors (§3.3.1 & §3.3.2 Graduate Academic Policies and Procedures). In practice, however, we see students who are still rotating being pushed to master out and/or face dismissal. Some advisors are reducing the number of students they are willing to take because of the loss of external grants. As such, students are being admitted and then having a harder time securing funding once admitted. We will organize to hold Stanford to their word and secure continuous and transition funding for all graduate workers.

Our Candidates

The past year has shown us that Stanford's polished public statements, expensive consultants, and even contractual obligations mean nothing if we as graduate workers do not organize to force them to keep their commitments to us.

As members of the RISE (Resist, Inform, Strengthen, Empower) slate, we have a shared belief that Stanford's graduate workers will not stand by while our fellow students' and workers' livelihoods are under threat, be it from masked ICE agents or thoughtless Stanford administrators. We believe that by organizing we can bring about a better life, better work, and better university for all of us.

President, Liam Sherman

Constitutional Duties
The President of the Local shall:
  1. Preside at all regular and special general membership meetings of the Local, and all meetings of the Local Executive Board.
  2. Be a member of the Local Executive Board.
  3. Preserve order and enforce the Constitution of the Local.
  4. Be an ex-officio member of all committees.
  5. They shall have no vote at the meetings at which they preside, except in the case of a tie.
  6. Appoint, subject to the approval of the membership, all special committees, when an election of the same is not called for.
  7. Sign per capita reports jointly with the Financial Secretary.
  8. Sign checks jointly with the Treasurer.
  9. Have bonding insurance in the amount required by the National Union.
  10. Be at all times accountable to the Executive Board.
  11. Be a delegate to any National Convention or Regional Council meeting to which the Local sends delegates, unless extenuating circumstances prevents them from attending.
  12. Be a member of the Bargaining and Grievance Committee.

Hi y’all. My name is Liam Sherman and I’m a third year PhD Candidate in Physics. I started organizing during our first contract fight after being inspired by the efforts of grad workers to unionize at my undergraduate institution, Indiana University. I was previously a co-chair of organizing in the sciences, helped run the Contract Action Team in the buildup to our strike threat in 2024, and worked on the team who helped develop our strike plan. I served on the committee that wrote our Union Constitution and am currently our Vice President for Membership. In this role, I have seen that while we were able to make great strides in bettering our lives and the lives of our co-workers with our first contract, there is still much to be done.

I’m running on the SGWU RISE slate because we share a recognition that we need to mobilize and organize to win big in our 2027 contract fight. We could achieve so much if we work together. From a continued quality of healthcare clause in our contract to language to wage increases and language actually enforcing the 5 year funding guarantee. As your President, I would work to ensure that next year we have the strength and unity to achieve these goals. By expanding the steward network and encouraging membership mass participation, we can show Stanford that we will fight for the contract that we deserve. Solidarity Forever!

Vice President, Nick Snyder

Constitutional Duties
The Vice President for Membership of the Local shall:
  1. Assist the President in the performance of all their duties and act in the President’s absence. In the case of vacancy in the President role, the Vice President for Membership shall serve as President until the vacancy is filled by an election.
  2. Be a member of the Local Executive Board.
  3. Be a member of the Bargaining and Grievance Committee.
  4. Be a back-up signer of checks if either the President or Treasurer is unable.
  5. Have bonding insurance in the amount required by the National Union.
  6. Lead efforts to recruit eligible members to full membership of the Local.
  7. With Recording Secretary, oversee database membership management, including but not limited to consistent cleaning of membership rolls and facilitating new card calls on at least a quarterly basis.
  8. Liaison with the University to ensure that membership lists are up to date and in accordance with contract requirements.
  9. Ensure that all attendees of a closed meeting are members in good standing with the Local and ensure those not in good standing are not permitted to remain at said meeting. The Vice President may appoint another member of the Local Executive Board to fulfill this duty if unable to attend a specific meeting.

I want Stanford to recognize us, the graduate workers, as human beings, not merely cogs in a research machine. When I arrived at Stanford in 2024, the budding Stanford Graduate Workers Union went to battle with the university at the bargaining table, and I listened with disappointment as the university fought to keep our wages as low as possible.

Today, the university acts cowardly in the face of pressure from the Trump administration and does little to assuage the rightful fears of international workers. Our healthcare costs substantially increase, and some graduate workers fall through the cracks. Stanford skirts the agreed upon 5-year funding guarantee by moving the goalposts on what is considered “good academic standing.” With this evidence in hand, it is clear Stanford does not have our best interest in mind.

I’m a second year Ph.D. candidate in Chemical Engineering running on the RISE slate to address these issues. In the short term, I want to build the union up as an organization where graduate workers look out for each other, filling the gaps Stanford has left behind. The continuation of union cafeterias where we offer free meals, the creation of a food pantry, and the implementation of union drop-in hours for open discussion of workers’ issues with the university are high on my to-do list. Through this community, we will build the long-term strength necessary to win continued quality of healthcare, a true 5-year funding guarantee, and higher wages in the 2027 contract fight.

Recording Secretary, Colin Unger

Constitutional Duties
The Recording Secretary of the Local shall:
  1. Keep all records of the regular and special general membership meetings of the Local and of all meetings of the Local Executive Board.
  2. Oversee all official external correspondence of the Local, and of the Local Executive Board, unless otherwise directed by the Local Executive Board or as otherwise provided herein.
  3. With the Vice President for Membership, oversee database membership management, including but not limited to consistent cleaning of membership rolls and facilitating new card calls on at least a quarterly basis.
  4. Maintain and organize accounts owned by the Local, including but not limited to document storage and email.
  5. Be a member of the Local Executive Board.
  6. Perform such other duties with the approval of the Local Executive Board as may be necessary to the proper and effective administration of the Local.

I am a 6th-year PhD student in Computer Science and am running for Recording Secretary as part of the RISE slate. During the past year I have worked with the outgoing recording secretary, Emi Soroka, as part of SGWU's Data & Tech committee to become familiar with and improve the union's technical infrastructure.

As this will be the first time a new recording secretary takes over the position, my initial priority is to consolidate and document the systems and procedures behind the union's operation to ease future transitions. Over the next year I also hope to work with other members of the LEB to automate some of the more time-consuming administrative processes so leadership can focus on building our union and not on manual data entry.

Outside of the technical aspects of the role, my goal is to make it easier to get involved in supporting and running the union. Even though the various union committees are incredibly welcoming, I know from personal experience that it can still be intimidating to take the step from signing a union card to getting actively involved. If you are interested in supporting the union but feel more comfortable with technical than political work, have ideas for how to improve the experience of interacting with union systems, or are just interested in learning how to keep an organization like the union running behind the scenes, please reach out—I'd love to talk with you!

Communications Secretary, Victoria Varlack

Constitutional Duties
The Communications Secretary of the Local shall:
  1. Conduct or oversee all official internal correspondence of the Local, and of the Local Executive Board, unless otherwise directed by the Local Executive Board or as otherwise provided herein, including but not limited to newsletters, social media posts, flyers, posters, graphics, and emails.
  2. Be a member of the Local Executive Board.
  3. Perform such other duties with the approval of the Local Executive Board as may be necessary to the proper and effective communication of the Local with Membership.

Hi! I’m Victoria (Tori), a first-year PhD student in the Graduate School of Education, studying Developmental and Psychological Sciences. I am running for the position of Communications Secretary with the RISE slate. I firmly believe that knowledge is power, and effectively communicating information can help ensure that power is fairly distributed across the graduate working body. Since beginning my journey at Stanford several months ago, as a steward and member of SGWU, I have seen the power we hold when our union members are informed and united around issues that affect our livelihoods as workers.

As Communications Secretary I will prioritize consistent and concise dissemination of information to general membership, in addition to streamlining ways for members to communicate with each other and the LEB. With everyone on the same page, with the tools to accomplish what’s necessary to win a stronger contract for 2027, we can win more protections for a dignified life as Stanford graduate workers.

Financial Secretary, Molly Corr

Constitutional Duties
The Financial Secretary of the Local shall:
  1. Receive, receipt, and account for all dues and fees paid to the Local.
  2. Receive, receipt, and account for all other income of the Local.
  3. In coordination with the Treasurer, furnish a monthly Financial Report to the Local.
  4. In coordination with the Treasurer, furnish a monthly report on per capita to the Regional Council.
  5. In coordination with the Treasurer, furnish a monthly report on per capita to the National Union.
  6. Sign per capita reports jointly with the President.
  7. At least once per year, in coordination with the Treasurer, prepare, and submit for approval of the membership, a budget which can be amended by a vote of the membership at a General Membership Meeting.
  8. In coordination with the Vice President of Membership, ensure that all members of the local are in good standing through the collection of dues.
  9. Have bonding insurance in the amount required by the National Union.
  10. Be a member of the Local Executive Board.
  11. Perform such other duties with the approval of the Local Executive Board as may be necessary to the proper and effective administration of the Local.

My name is Molly and I am a second-year PhD student in Chemistry. I am running for financial secretary on the RISE slate. As a sciences area steward, I have served as a bridge between union leadership and the Stanford graduate community, bringing the issues that matter to you to the forefront of SGWU’s decision making process. As financial secretary, I will guarantee transparency in SGWU’s funding allocation, ensuring that every dollar of dues paid goes toward the security of your position as a graduate worker and the collective power of our union.

Treasurer, Emma Cuddy

Constitutional Duties
The Treasurer of the Local shall:
  1. Pay all bills authorized by the Local.
  2. Furnish all supplies pertaining to the Local.
  3. Give account of all receipts and expenditures.
  4. In coordination with the Financial Secretary, furnish a monthly Financial Report to the Local.
  5. At least once per year, in coordination with the Financial Secretary, prepare, and submit for approval of the membership, a budget which can be amended by a vote of the membership at a General Membership Meeting.
  6. In coordination with the Financial Secretary, furnish a monthly report on per capita to the Regional Council.
  7. In coordination with the Financial Secretary, furnish a monthly report on per capita to the National Union.
  8. Sign checks jointly with the President.
  9. Have bonding insurance in the amount required by the National Union.
  10. Be a member of the Local Executive Board.
  11. Perform such other duties with the approval of the Local Executive Board as may be necessary to the proper and effective administration of the Local.

Hi Everyone! I’m a 5th year PhD candidate in the Materials Science and Engineering department. I’ve been involved in SGWU since 2022 serving on the bargaining committee, the interim grievance committee, and most recently serving as both a steward and trustee. I believe that we as a Stanford community have a responsibility to help support each other and that the union is a critical organization for change. My experience as trustee means that I am already familiar with the union's books and financial policies.

As treasurer, my hope is to get more membership input in the budget design process, and make sure that funds are accessible to support as many graduate workers as possible. I’m running on the RISE slate because I want to help strengthen the union and make sure issues like continuity of healthcare, rent and fees, and job security are at the forefront of the discussion to force the administration to address them come bargaining in 2027.

Campus Chief Steward, Helene Koumans

Constitutional Duties
The Campus Chief Steward of the Local shall:
  1. Oversee, aid, and instruct stewards in the proper handling of their duties.
  2. Keep records of all complaints and grievances, verbal and written, and their outcome for future reference and presentation to the membership.
  3. Be a member of the Local Executive Board.
  4. Chair meetings of Area Chief Stewards.
  5. Be a member of the Bargaining and Grievance Committee.

My name is Helene, and I am a second-year PhD student in chemistry. I got involved with our union in my first quarter on campus during the final months of the first contract fight. As Campus Chief Steward, I have been motivated to build organizing power through a robust steward network, hold Stanford accountable to fulfill the wins of our contract, and improve membership engagement to ensure the Union is something every graduate worker feels a part of. This year, I have led the recruitment of 50+ stewards, organized a Steward Leadership School, and managed 50+ grievance inquiries.

I am running for reelection on the RISE slate because I am excited to build off of this foundation and ensure graduate workers in all areas of the University see the contract protections they deserve. Through mass participation, we can build the collective power of the Union and lay the groundwork for a historic second contract in 2027. We have a lot to fight for and a lot to win.

Area Chief Stewards

Area Chief Steward Allocations
A total of twelve (12) Area Chief Stewards shall be elected to represent the following areas:
  • Two (2) for the Sciences,
  • Two (2) for the Biosciences,
  • One (1) for the Humanities,
  • One (1) for the Social Sciences,
  • Two (2) for Engineering, MICE (Management Science and Engineering, Institute for Computational and Mathematical Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering),
  • One (1) for Engineering, MSCE (Material Science and Engineering, Chemical Engineering),
  • One (1) for the Doerr School of Sustainability,
  • One (1) for Engineering, AAME (Aeronautics & Astronautics, Mechanical Engineering),
  • One (1) for the Professional Schools, BEL (Graduate School of Business, Graduate School of Education, Law School).
Constitutional Duties
The Area Chief Stewards shall:
  1. Be members working or enrolled in one of the Schools or programs that they represent.
  2. Oversee, aid, and instruct Stewards in their jurisdiction in the proper handling of their duties.
  3. Work with Assistant Area Chief Stewards to recruit and train new Stewards in their jurisdiction.
  4. Designate the jurisdictions of Assistant Area Chief Stewards and Stewards and conduct special and regular elections of Area Chief Stewards and Stewards.
  5. Be members of the Local Executive Board.
  6. Be members of the Bargaining and Grievance Committee.

Sciences

Ben Alexander

My name is Ben Alexander, and in my year and a half in the Physics PhD program here, I’ve seen that the status quo isn’t working.

I’ve seen slow wage growth, rising rents, and degrading healthcare. I’ve seen just how fragile our funding can be due to federal policy: all while Stanford has the means but lacks motivation to ensure our job security. I’ve seen my international colleagues living in fear of an increasingly fascistic government.

The moment demands that we take our support for one another seriously. I’m running for Sciences Area Chief Steward to organize our area to do just that. It means a union that focuses on important issues and is ready to fight for a better contract in 2027. It means building up participation so the union is accountable to all graduate workers, not just the most engaged. It means holding Stanford accountable to their promises about 5 year funding and protecting our coworkers.

Daniel Howell

I don’t know about you, but I’m kind of pissed off.

I’m pissed off that serial abusers in tenured positions never face consequences; that our friends and colleagues are living in fear of being harassed, detained, or worse by ICE agents; that Stanford administration is so spineless they capitulate to an executive branch that has yet to openly threaten them; that Stanford seems to nickel and dime students with rent and healthcare changes while they elected to their Board of Trustees executives from OpenAI and McKinsey; and so on.

It doesn’t have to be this way. We don’t have to put up with this. If we talked to each other more about what’s pissing us off, we could build a network of anger sufficiently powerful to call Stanford out on its shenanigans and achieve meaningful changes. If you’re pissed off about something in your time here at Stanford, I’d like to hear about it. My name is Daniel Howell, I’m a second-year Chemistry Ph.D. student, and I’m running for Sciences Area Chief Steward on the RISE slate because I’m sick of doing nothing about stuff that pisses me off.

Biosciences

Gisel De La Cerda

My name is Gisel, and I am a second-year PhD student in biology. I became an active union member following SGWU’s historic contract win, after witnessing the power of student worker collectivization and solidarity. As a Biosciences steward, I have worked to build community among students and served as a liaison between union leadership and the broader graduate worker community.

Moving forward, my priorities are to build union membership, strengthen our steward network across departments, and help grad workers feel equipped to become leaders and advocates within their departments. With enough collective engagement, our coalition will be strong enough to win future contract fights and broaden the scope of the issues we can tackle—but it will take all of us to build organizing power.

I am running on the SGWU RISE slate alongside members who share a strong ethos that Stanford should be held accountable to its grad workers and that such an effort will take mass mobilization. While the 2024 contract was a great starting point, much remains to be done to ensure these protections are not eroded and that we win future rights. I look forward to working with you to build a strong grad worker community and grow collective power for the contract fights ahead!

Cesar Mena

Hello, my name is Cesar Mena, and I am a 3rd-year Biology PhD student. When I chose to pursue my PhD at Stanford, I was drawn to the university's promise to support graduate students through scientific, financial, and cultural investment. However, after more than two years navigating the "Stanford bubble," I have witnessed the university’s repeated unwillingness to fulfill these promises, choosing instead to enact policies designed to restrict student support in favor of protecting their multi-billion dollar endowment. Now, more than ever, we must hold Stanford accountable for its guarantees such as 5-years of funding, graduate student healthcare, affordable housing, adequate mentorship, and the protection of international graduate workers.

If elected as your Area Chief Steward for Biosciences for the 2026/27 term, my goal will be to work directly with students to navigate the challenges created by the university's continued negligence of fulfilling its guarantees. Additionally, I will work to encourage collective participation of graduate workers across all departments to remind the university that our labor, knowledge, and passions are what allow Stanford to function. Finally, I will fight to ensure an improved contract for 2027 which provides additional benefits and protections for every student.

With the national level of unrest and uncertainty caused by our current administration, we as graduate workers must work to Resist, Inform, Strengthen, and Empower one another to make a change at Stanford and prevent these atrocities from destroying our scientific and cultural communities. So please vote for RISE and let's build a better Stanford together!

Humanities

Quinn Monette

Hi, I’m Quinn, running for Area Chief Steward in the School of the Humanities. I’m in my second year of a PhD in Modern Thought & Literature and my third year organizing labor. I was trained as an organizer for public sector employees and have worked union election campaigns in Virginia and Michigan. Before that, I organized my coworkers in the service industry and was involved in antipipeline and anticarceral organizing. I’ve served as a steward in the Humanities since the most recent fall quarter. I bring curious solidarity for my fellow workers and rigorous antipathy for the owners and their friends in power.

My priority is a strong contract in 2027. We’ve already seen the power we have in coming together and winning guarantees in writing. In some important ways, it hasn’t been enough to keep up with Stanford’s political maneuvering. This is a problem: for the upcoming year as for 2027.

In 2027, we’re going to need to be ready. Stanford won’t make it easy. In the interim, we need to continue to build collective resilience to pick our way across a worsening political terrain. My plan is to organize department by department; to build out our network of stewards and organizers; to pinpoint the issues specific to the Humanities and get them in our next contract; and to develop a shared understanding of the way power works at Stanford so that we can move in unity come contract fight.

MSCE
Materials Science & Engineering, Chemical Engineering

Theo Yang

Hi I'm Theo, a 6th year in ChemE! I am excited to build a union that

  • Resists ICE and police abductions in our community
  • Opposes Stanford's role in funding technologies of war and surveillance
  • Unifies organized labor and student activism across campus
If you are interested in achieving these, please reach out!

Doerr
School of Sustainability

Allie Ćemalović

I am a third year PhD candidate in Civil Engineering, but it is my fifth year as a graduate student at Stanford. I have been an active organizer for SGWU since summer 2023. I served as Area Chair for Doerr/CEE during the contract fight, and I’ve previously served on the interim bylaws committee and the constitution committee to help write our union’s constitution.

Through my organizing work, I’ve talked with a lot of strangers, and I take everyone’s concerns seriously and with care. I believe everyone should have a voice in the union. We have a duty to stand up for our international coworkers who fear repercussions for involvement in the union due to our scary political climate. I hope to activate more organizers in the Doerr School so that we can get ready to win more benefits in our next contract.

BEL
Graduate School of Business, Graduate School of Education, Law School

Haley Lepp

I am a fourth-year PhD in Education. I was the first union steward for my area (Business, Education, Law). I have served as a union steward for over a year, supporting many graduate workers as they navigate concerns with their contract rights.

My priority is strengthening the BEL community and collective engagement, so that we can be ready to demand a better contract in 2027. Every graduate student worker has a place in our union and a role to play in supporting each other. Moreover, in BEL, we have a unique chance to make change far beyond Stanford. As many of our students and workers go onto professional careers outside of academia, our alumni can bring a commitment to worker rights and strategies for collective engagement far beyond the farm.

Social Sciences

No candidate for Social Sciences ACS is a member of the RISE slate.

MICE
MSE, ICME, CS, and EE

No candidates for MICE ACS are members of the RISE slate.

AAME
Aeronautics & Astronautics, Mechanical Engineering

No candidate for AAME ACS is a member of the RISE slate.