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