Stewards and Staff

Nick Silcox, English

Responsible for the following departments:
Anthropology
Linguistics
English
Environmental Studies & Environmental Health Sciences
Museum Studies

I am a 2nd year PhD student in English. I became involved with GSOC, and eventually a steward, because unions are critical infrastructure in building community that is based around collective power and dignity.

Luke Bowe, Spanish and Portuguese

Responsible for the following departments:
Music
East Asian Studies
Euro and Mediterranean Studies
CLACS
Spanish and Portuguese
Creative Writing
Center for Experimental Humanities/Interdisciplinary Studies

I am a PhD student in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese. I became a GSOC Steward in 2020 and am looking forward to horizontal organizing amongst departments to push for a better NYU.

Colin Vanderburg, English

Responsible for the following departments:
Institute of Fine Arts (IFA)
Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (ISAW)

Hadas Binyamini, History and Hebrew and Judaic Studies

Responsible for the following departments:
History
Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies (MEIS)
Social and Cultural Analysis (SCA)/American Studies
Africana Studies
Hebrew and Judaic Studies
Russian and Slavic Studies
Near Eastern Studies

I am a PhD student in the Department of History and the Department of Hebrew & Judaic Studies.

Virgilio Lazardi, Sociology

Responsible for the following departments:
Sociology
Politics

I am PhD candidate in the Department of Sociology. I am proud to serve as a steward for GSOC starting in 2019, and am excited to deepen its internal democracy and organizing reach. I believe that a union that is as attentive to base-building as it is to community support is the only kind of union that will have the latent power necessary to shape the university that we all wish NYU could be.

Shayan Momin, Anthropology

Responsible for the following departments:
Admin Depts

Camille Rullán, Center for Neural Science

Responsible for the following departments:
Psychology
Neural Science

Daryl Meador, Cinema Studies

Responsible for the following departments:
Art & Public Policy
Cinema Studies
Film and Television
Performance Studies
Graduate Acting
Graduate Musical Theater Writing
Games Center

Jay Simpson, Gallatin

Responsible for the following departments:
Gallatin
Journalism

Meg Wiessner, Media, Culture and Communication

Responsible for the following departments:
Media, Culture, and Communication (MCC)
Teaching and Learning
Nutrition and Food Studies

I am excited to carry on a long tradition of union organizing at NYU, and to make sure that tradition is passed on to future grad workers by building collective power before upcoming contract negotiations.        

Sandy Abu El Adas, Communicative Sciences and Disorders

Responsible for the following departments:
Communicative Sciences and Disorders
Art & Art Profession

Marwan Shalaby, Chem & Biomolecular Engineering & Biotech

Responsible for the following departments:
Applied Physics
Chem & Biomolecular Engineering & Biotech
Civil and Urban Engineering

 I am a 2nd year, international PhD student in Chemical Engineering and a steward for the 3rd term. My involvement in GSOC stems from the belief that power lies in the hand of workers, as we are the most exposed to the conditions that shape our lives. By coming together and sharing our experiences, we can force NYU to pay us a living wage, cover our healthcare and cut ties with the NYPD, which terrorizes poor, Black and Indigenous workers inside and outside of NYU. I believe that through worker democracy, we can stand our ground when bargaining with our employer, and hopefully build long-standing coalitions across geographies and different vectors of oppression. 

Ajith Hegde, Management of Technology at the Department of Technology, Management & Innovation, Tandon

Responsible for the following departments:
Tech Management & Innovation
Center for Urban Science and Progress
Tech, Culture, and Society

I am highly energetic and willing to improve and solve real-life problems at the workplace that arise due to various reasons including. I have a wide range of academic and professional experiences from Mysore to New York in different fields.