Division Coordinators
Over the last few of months, the RA Union has built up a base of RA leaders by organizing elections for “Division Coordinators” (DCs). A Division Coordinator is a democratically elected union representative of RAs in a department. Our goal is to have a DC for every department at Stony Brook that has RAs, and 2 DCs for departments with more than 50 RAs. Below you will find a list of the current DCs, and below that you’ll find a job description. If you are an RA from an unrepresented department and are interested in hearing more about the position, please contact us at raunion@sbraunion.org.
Applied Math and Statistics – Vacant
Biochemistry and Structural Biology – Vacant
Biomedical Engineering – Vacant
Chemistry – Bingyin Jiang – ionicbond@yahoo.cn
Computer Science – Yun Zeng – yzeng@cs.stonybrook.edu
Ecology and Evolution – Spencer Koury – skoury@life.bio.sunysb.edu
Electrical Engineering – Zhichao Chen – zhicchen@gmail.com
Geosciences – Caitlin Young – caitlin_young@yahoo.com
Mechanical Engineering – Yan Zhan – zhanyan1983@gmail.com
Physiology and Biophysics – Ana Santa Cruz – anabeacruz@yahoo.com
Physics – Betül Pamuk – pamukbetul@gmail.com
Physics – Yi Gu – ygu023@gmail.com
Pharmacology - Vinal Patel - vinald.patel@gmail.com
Microbiology – Chen Yang – chen.yang9@yahoo.com
Molecular and Cellular Biology – Saj Hossain – saj.hossain@gmail.com
Neurobiology and Behavior – Vacant
Psychology – Vacant
School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences – Vacant
RA Division Coordinator Responsibilities:
(an estimated 5 hours per month.)
1) Eventually recruit the next Division Coordinator (DC) for your department,
2) Attend and turn people out to the monthly RA Union Assemblies,
3) Attend and turn people out to RA Union events,
4) Relay information via email and Facebook to the RAs in your department,
5) Once a month, go door-to-door for an hour in your department to give updates to RAs in your department,
6) Let the other union leaders on campus know if members in your department are experiencing any problems that the union might be able to address,
