Chapman faculty speak out
On December 9, 2020, Chapman University Law Professor John Eastman filed a brief before the U.S. Supreme Court arguing that the votes of 20,728,841 Americans be nullified so that his client – President Donald J. Trump – might claim a victory in the presidential election.
The justices declined to hear the case, which was founded on bizarre legal theories and misinformation.
In response, the following 159 members of the Chapman University faculty put forward the following statement:
We are Chapman's faculty, and we've had enough.
"John Eastman's brief asking the Supreme Court to overturn the 2020 election in multiple states is a disgraceful attack on American democracy and must be regarded as such. This filing of errors and outright falsehoods -- in which Eastman has used his Chapman email and phone number -- is contrary to the core values of this university and should be regarded as an embarrassment. This is not who we are."
Signed on December 13, 2020.
Signed by 159 faculty:
Lori Cox Han, Political Science
Fred Smoller, Political Science
Robert Slayton, History
John Compton, Political Science
Crystal Murphy, Political Science
Shira Klein, History
Gordon Babst, Political Science
Tom Zoellner, English
Bill Cumiford, History
Charissa Threat, History
Lisa Leitz, Peace Studies
Alex Bay, History
Carolyn Larmore, Law
Polly Hodge, World Languages
Mu-Xuan Lin, Music
Tony Mosconi, Physical Therapy
Steven Schandler, Psychology
Jo Armour Smith, Physical Therapy
Vincent Berardi, Psychology
Mary Kennedy, Communication Studies and Disorders
Stephen Coker, Music
Jeff Cogan, Music
Peter Atherton, Music
Heather Enriquez, Music
Tom Bradac, Theatre
John Benitz, Theatre
Jill Dunham, Mathematics
Martin Nakell, English
Richard Ruppel, English
Jennifer Bevan, Communications
Brenna Gormally, Biological Sciences
David Fouser, History
Nancy Martin, Religious Studies
Walter Piper, Biological Sciences
Lindsay Waldrop, Education
Stephanie Bailey, Physics
Michael Pace, Philosophy
Kenjiro Quides, Biological Sciences
Art Blaser, Political Science
Claudine Jaenichen, Art
Patrick Fuery, Creative and Cultural Industries
Morgan Read-Davidson, English
Andrea Molle, Political Science
Richard Bausch, English
Roselee Hellberg, Food Science
Lauren Dudley, Chemistry
Peter Simi, Sociology
Tekle Woldemikail, Sociology
James Brown, Peace Studies
Victoria Carty, Sociology
Rachel Goldberg, Film
Jeffrey Koerber, History
John Miklavcic, Food Science
Zachary Thammavongsy, Chemistry
Joanna Levin, English
Mark Axelrod, English
Jan Osborn, English
Julye Bidmead, Religious Studies
Micol Hebron, Art
Bobby Dexter, Law
Amy Buono, Art
Jennifer Villoria, Chemistry
Michael Kowalski, Film
Paul Gulino, Film
Bill Wright, Biological Sciences
Jay Boylan, Film
Anna Leahy, English
David Kost, Film
Sam Risak, English
Susan Isaacs, Film
Rei Magosaki, English
Don Cardinal, Education
Barbara Doyle, Film
Jim Fredrick, Film
Lia Halloran, Art
Joseph Rosenberg, Film
Stephen Galloway, Film
Madeline Warren, Film
Nam Lee, Film
Andrew Lane, Film
Ian Barnard, English
Barry Blaustein, Film
Mort Nathan, Film
Pavel Jech, Film
Whitney McIntyre Miller, Education
Stephen Hirsen, Film
Bill Rosenthal, Film
John Badham, Film
John Chichester, Film
Travis Knox, Film
Francesca Paduano, World Languages
Jillian Wood, Education
Brian Hoover, Biological Sciences
Bernard McGrane, Sociology
Lynn Horton, Sociology
Amy Graziano, Music
Samantha Dressel, English
Justine Van Meter, English
Jerry LaRue, Chemistry
Joe Matthews, Music
Fred Caporaso, Food Science
James Blaylock, English
Cathy Lesnick, Physical Therapy
Gail Stearns, Chapel
Rozell Prexy Nesbitt, Peace Studies
Jason Thornberry, English
Bill Rosenthal, Film
Kathryn Thibault, Public Relations and Advertising
Lynda Hall, English
Roberta Lessor, Sociology
Georgiana Bostean, Sociology
Andrew Manson, Political Science
Andrew Shalat, Art
Michael Wood, World Languages
Lemuel Day, Sociology
Anuradha Prakash, Food Science
Gil Bettman, Film
Bill Dill, Film
David Ward, Film
Bret Marcus, Film
Emily Carman, Film
Gregory Warren, Education
Paul Seydor, Film
Alexandra Rose, Film
Kelli Fuery, Film
James Dutcher, Film
Travis Knox, Film
Meghan Kemp-Gee, English
Karina Trejo Melendez, English
Tammi Yi, Music
Michael Fahy, Engineering
Kevin O'Brien, English
Junji Yoshida, World Languages
Sean Heim, Music
James Hirsch, World Languages
Julie Shafer, Art
Danielle Shorr, English
Jeff Swimmer, Film
Roy Finch, Film
Eileen Jankowski, English
Mark Harrison, Engineering
Barry W Blaustein, Film
Julia Boehm, Psychology
Katrina Prow, English
Matthew Leifer, Physics
Douglas Cooney, English
Jill Condon, Film
Susan Paterno, English
Alexander Kurz, Engineering
Anna Abdou, Psychology
Mark Maier, Education
Derrick Ortega, English
Tiffany Monroe, English
Megan McMurtrey, English
Ariel Banavan, English
Paige Welsh, English
Daniel Miess, English
John Koshak, Music
Jessica Sternfeld, Music