Faye Stewart

Candidate statement

I am an Associate Professor of German and cross-appointed faculty in the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies program at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. I joined the GSA as a graduate student in 2002, since which time I have participated in 16 conferences and served on the GSA’s Program Committee (2016–2018). As a co-coordinator and founding member of the GSA’s Queer and Trans Studies Network, I enjoy working with colleagues to increase the visibility of queer and trans* scholars and scholarship. I thrive when working in a collective and am passionate about collaborative service, activism, teaching, and research. Feminist and antiracist frameworks inform both my research and my commitment to inclusivity, accessibility, and equity in the workplace, the classroom, and professional organizations. I want to learn more about how the GSA can support and mentor graduate students, emerging scholars, and precariously employed or unemployed colleagues. If elected to the Board, I will listen to the needs of members, amplify the voices of underrepresented colleagues, and help build coalitions to bring about meaningful change. Faculty union work is also important to me and, as part of my university’s AAUP strategizing team, I bring organizing experience to the table.