The San Diego Faculty Association and the undersigned faculty are shocked and outraged by UC San Diego’s decision to send riot police, including off-campus law enforcement, to arrest student protesters on May 6. Today, on the first day of Justice in Palestine week, riot police arrested dozens of student protesters and medical personnel before any evidence of negotiations with student organizers. The militarized response created an unsafe space on campus, going so far as to post snipers atop the Student Health building. We strongly condemn the recent repression of students across the country and express our unmitigated support for the rights of students to engage in protest and dissent on their campuses and beyond. We echo the sentiment of a UC-wide faculty letter that “protest is essential to our democracy and a basic human right” and that retaliation against students who protest is “antithetical to our university’s highest ideals of learning and scholarship.” The militarized response has only chilled free speech, escalated tensions, reduced safety on campus, and destroyed the trust needed for negotiations and shared governance. We invite UCSD faculty to sign this letter. We call on our administration to respect principles of free speech and shared governance.
Specifically, we condemn the retaliatory actions already taken by UC San Diego Administration against student protesters, including arrests, suspension and threats of suspension. This followed a week of intimidating behavior, including threats and lockouts of student spaces by administration, as documented by students and media. These threats and lockdowns make our community less, not more, safe, especially for students with lived experiences of traumatic and punitive systems. We are especially troubled by administration’s repeated turn to "safety," including language in Chancellor Khosla's May 5th email, to justify retaliation against students. His claim that encampment activities are "dangerous" and pose a safety concern stand in contrast to mainstream media descriptions of the campus protest.
We call on Chancellor Pradeep Khosla, AVC of Student Life Patricia Mahaffey, and VC for Student Affairs and Campus Life Alysson Satterlund, to respect the rights of free speech and dissent of the entire UC San Diego community, including and especially our students.
We demand:
Reversal of recent suspensions. UCSD’s administration should immediately reverse their decision to suspend student protesters for exercising their right to free speech. Concerns related to health, safety, space, sanitation, and facilities can be resolved without punitive measures.
No suspensions, no retaliation. Do not academically discipline students or student organizations who participate in protest or exercise their free speech. Do not retaliate against UC graduate students, lecturers, staff, Senate faculty, employees, or community members who participate in protest or exercise their free speech. Drop existing disciplinary cases against student demonstrators.
Drop any charges, no further arrests and, no declarations of orderly demonstrations as unauthorized. Do not mark orderly student demonstrations as targets for vigilante or police violence. Do not arrest students, graduate students, lecturers, staff, Senate faculty, or community members for presence at or participation in campus demonstrations.
Signatories
Lilly Irani Associate Professor Communication
Shelley Streeby Professor Literature and Ethnic Studies
Michelle Lou Asst Professor Music
Lynne Talley Professor Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Kenneth Loh Professor Structural Engineering
Celeste Pilegard Associate Teaching Professor Psychology
David Serlin Professor Communication
Jonathan Cohen professor philosophy
Samuel Elgin Assistant Professor Political Science
Jody Blanco Professor Literature
Christopher Perreira Associate Professor Ethnic Studies
Daniel Mansour Graduate Student MAE
Ana Maria Alvarez Associate Faculty, Head of the Dance Area Theatre + Dance Department
Krisztina Buti Rady School of Management
Javier Duarte Associate Professor Physics
Karen Kovaka Assistant Professor Philosophy
Khela Singer Academic Advisor TMC
Morana Alac Professor Communication
Tom Vogl Associate Professor Economics
Christo Sims Associate Professor Communication
Grant Kester Professor of Art History Visual Arts Department
Lizzy Gomez Student Care & Accountability Specialist Thurgood Marshall College
Abigail Andrews Associate Professor Urban Studies and Planning
Andrew Devereux Associate Professor History
Nadia Brashier Assistant Professor Psychology
Joseph Hankins Associate Professor Anthropology
Shadi Dayeh Professor Electrical and Computer Engineering
Yael M V Rangel TA LAS
Deborah Stein Associate Professor Theatre & Dance
Aaron J. Rosengren Assistant Professor Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Jade Power-Sotomayor Assistant Prof Theatre and Dance
David FitzGerald Professor Sociology
Jordan Rose Assistant Professor Visual Arts
Yuhwa Lo Professor ECE
Kara Mack Lecturer Theater and Dance
Joo Ok Kim Associate Professor Literature
Mysia Anderson-White Assistant Professor Theatre and Dance
Emily Clem Assistant Professor Linguistics
Simeon Man Associate Professor History
Ariana Ruiz Assistant Professor Literature
Luis Martin-Cabrera Professor Literature/Latin American Studies
Dhananjay Bambah-Mukku Assistant Professor Psychology
Amy Sara Carroll Associate Professor Literature
Erin Suzuki Associate Professor Literature
Sarah Schneewind Professor History
babak Rahimi Associate Professor Department of Literature
Melissa Cabrera Student Biochemistry
Jac Jemc Professor Literature
Gloria E. Chacón Associate Professor Literature
Rishika Mehrishi Assistant Professor Theatre and Dance
Oumelbanine Zhiri Professor Literature
Sara Johnson Professor Literature
Ricardo Dominguez Professor and Chair Visual Arts
Janelle Iglesias Assistant Professor Visual Arts
LaGina Gause Assistant Professor Political Science
Mariana R Wardwell Associate Profesor Visual Arts
Kendall Morris UCSD Undergraduate Student Ethnic Studies
Grace Jun Continuing Lecturee Theatre & Dance
Tage Rai Assistant Professor of Management Rady school of management
Julie Burelle Associate Professor Theatre and Dance
Curtis Marez Professor Ethnic Studies
Amy Non Full Professor Anthropology
Gershon Shafir Professor Sociology
Alexandra Bighouse
Brandon Som Associate Professor Literature
Wael Al-Delaimy Professor Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health
Abigail Ferrales Scripps
Michael Calderon-Zaks Lecturer Sociology
Daunte Nabi Fyall Lecturer, Professor Theatre & Dance
Charles Curtis Professor Music
Bea Laraya
Deboráh Funez Undergraduate, Sociology-International Studies
Suzanne Brenner Associate Professor Anthropology
Mohan Trivedi Distinguished Professor Engineering
Carolyn Kurle Professor Ecology, Behavior, and Evolution Department, School of Biological Sciences
Saiba Varma Associate Professor Anthropology
Tara Javidi Professor Electrical and Computer Engineering
Brett Stalbaum Teaching Professor Visual Arts
Wilfrido Terrazas Associate Professor Music
James Rauch Professor Economics
Page duBois Distinguished Professor Literature
Amro Hamdoun Professor SIO
Hentyle Yapp Associate Professor Theater and Dance
Daunte Nabi Fyall Lecturer Theatre & Dance
Anna Joy Springer Associate Professor Literature
Marcos Duran Lecturer Theatre and Dance
Aysan Celik Assistant Professor Theatre & Dance
Sutanu Sarkar Professor Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Kazim Ali Professor Literature
Jin-kyung Lee Associate professor Literature
Gabriela Caballero Professor Linguistics
Brian Goldfarb Associate Professor Communication
Rihan Yeh Associate Professor Anthropology
Skai Cachapero UCSD Alumni Communication Department
Joseph Corrales Lecturer Theatre and Dance
Raymond Quilario Student
Daniel Vitkus Professor Literature
Behrouz Touri Associate Professor ECE
William Griswold Professor CSE
ignacio carvajal assistant professor literature
Christen Sasaki Associate Professor Ethnic Studies
Sharon Rose Professor Linguistics
Paul Sepuya Associate Professor, MFA Faculty Director Visual Arts
Casandra Lopez Assistant Professor Literature
Wendy Matsumura Associate Professor History
Katie Walkiewicz Associate Professor Literature
holly johnston lecturer Theater Arts and Dance
Rosaura Sanchez Professor Emerita Literature
Ameeth Vijay Associate Professor Literature
Stephanie Richards Professor Music
Rebecca Jo Plant Professor History
Malik Gaines associate professor Visual Arts
Adam Aron Professor Psychology
Lilly Irani Associate Professor Communication
Rebecca Fielding-Miller Associate Professor Herbert Wertheim school of public health
Aram Grigoryan Assistant Teaching Professor Economics
Nancy H. Kwak Associate Professor History, Urban Studies and Planning
Lisa Cartwright Professor Visual Arts
Kelly Gates Associate Professor Communication
Garrison Cottrell Professor of Computer Science and Engineering Computer Science and Engineering
Memo Akten Assistant Professor Visual Arts
Cher Anabo Lecturer Dance
Jennifer Rose Carr Associate Professor Department of Philosophy
Adam Burgasser Professor Astronomy & Astrophysics
Megan Wesling Associate Professor Literature
Vanessa Stalling Associate Professor of Directing Theatre and Dance
Ben Cowan Professor History
Ivano Caponigro Professor Linguistics
Jade d'Alpoim Guedes Adjunct Professor Anthropology
Nadir Weibel Professor Computer Science and Engineering
Lora Powell Assistant Teaching Professor T & D
Hasan Kayali Professor History
April Lukowski Assistant Professor SIO
Xuanting Hao Assistant Professor MAE/SIO
Brandon Seward Associate Professor Mathematics
Amy Cimini Associate Professor Music
Robert Edelman Professor Emeritus History
Manuel Shvartzberg Carrió Assistant Professor Urban Studies and Planning
Carolina Montejo Lecturer Muir College
Jeremy Prestholdt Professor History
Stanley Lo Teaching Professor Cell and Developmental Biology
Alex Fattal Associate Professor Communication
Jocelyn Zepeda
Verónica Martínez-Matsuda Associate Professor History
Isabella Restrepo Postdoctoral Fellow Ethnic Studies
Gary Fields Professor Department of Communication
Lorena Mostajo Assistant Professor Visual Arts
Daniel Widener Director Institute of Arts and Himanities
Géraldine Fiss Associate Teaching Professor Literature
Alessandro Marinoni Assistant Professor Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Sarah Stockwell Associate Teaching Professor Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Stuart Geiger Assistant Professor Communication; Data Science
Michael Professor Philosophy
Alison D. Smith Lecturer Theatre and Dance
Vanesa Ribas Associate Professor Sociology
Julia Sloane Lecturer Anthropology, Global Health and Human Developmental Sciences
Camille F. Forbes Associate Professor Literature
LaTisha Hammond Assistant Teaching Professor Ecology, Behavior and Evolution
Claire Meaders Assistant Teaching Professor Cell and Developmental Biology
Bright Gyamfi Assistant Professor History
M. Myrta Leslie Santana Assistant Professor Music
Clinton Tolley Professor Philosophy
Anasofia Vildosola Student Visual Arts
Sofía Moncada-López Urban Studies and Planning
Nayana Trivedi MD Scripps Hospitalist.
Alireza S Golsefidy Professor Mathematics
Karin Sandstrom Associate Professor Astronomy & Astrophysics
Rayan Saab Professor Mathematics and Data Science
Michelle Camaya Temporary Lecturer in Dance Theatre & Dance
Sam Museus Professor Ethnic Studies
Christine Nguyen Alumni Molecular and Cell Biology
Yi-Zhuang You Assistant Professor Physics
Yen Le Espiritu Distinguished Professor Ethnic Studies
Jorge Hirsch Professor Department of Physics
Cory Miller Professor Psychology
Francisco Garfias Associate Professor School of Global Policy and Strategy
Anthony Burr Professor Music
Elana Zilberg Associate Professor Communication
Dredge Kang Assistant Professor Anthropology
Sam Museus Professor Ethnic Studies
Annie Thuy Nguyen Student Psychology
Ross Frank Associate Professor Ethnic Studies
Roy Perez Assistant Professor Ethnic Studies
Andrew Jolivette Professor and Chair Ethnic Studies
Loren Looger Professor Neurosciences
Craig Callender Professor Philosophy
Varykina Thackray Professor Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences
Valerie Soon Assistant Professor Political Science
Juan Carlos Blanco Dance Lecturer Theatre and Dance
Neil Gong Assistant professor Sociology
Claire Edington Associate Professor History
Graham Bishop Lecturer Synthesis Program
Tari Gilbert Nurse practitioner Medicine
Isabel Trevino Associate Professor Economics
Ashley Juavinett Associate Teaching Professor Neurobiology
Carol Arcos H. Assistant Professor Literature
Beatrice Pita Lecturer, Literature, Retired Dept. of Literature
Holly Okonkwo Assistant Professor Ethnic Studies
Kirstyn Hom Lecturer Synthesis, Seventh College
Max Adams Staff/Alumni EDI
Will Styler Associate Teaching Professor Department of Linguistics
Jeff Gagnon Assistant Teaching Professor Warren College
Phoebe Bronstein Associate Teaching Prof
Cat Gunn Lecturer Visual Arts
Jorge Mariscal Professor Emeritus Literature/Former Director, TMC Dimensions of Culture
Sarah Creel Professor Cognitive Science
Julie Çelebi Associate Clinical Professor Family Medicine
Shaista Patel Assistant Professor of Critical Muslim Studies Ethnic Studies
Timothy Carr Teacher The Preuss School UCSD
Ryan Scott Teacher The Preuss School
Patricia Marechal Assistant Professor Philosophy
Tricia Gallagher-Geurtsen Lecturer Education Studies
Indira Esparza Galeana The Preuss School UCSD Teacher The Preuss School
Mica Pollock Professor Education Studies
Niall Twohig Lecturer Warren Writing
Janna Dickenson Assistant Teaching Professor Psychology
Gabriel Bámgbóṣé Assistant Professor Literature
Tina Hyland Lecturer Sixth College
Monte Johnson Professor Philosophy
David Fortunato Associate Professor School of Global Policy and Strategy
Haleema Welji Lecturer Warren Writing Program
Sherice Clarke Assistant Professor Education Studies
Adriana Tosun Lecturer Sixth College Writing Program
Dayna Kalleres Associate Professor Literature & Program for the Study of Religion
Karen Dobkins Professor Psychology
Emma Uriarte Lecturer Warren Writing
Akos Rona-Tas Professor Sociology
BT Werner Professor Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Alicia Muñoz Sanchez Lecturer Linguistics
Daphne Taylor-Garcia Associate Professor Ethnic Studies
Sulaiman Morgan Alumnus ERC Econ
Becca Rose Lecturer Sixth College
Leila Whitley Lecturer Critical Gender Studies
Megan Strom Continuing Lecturer Dimensions of Culture
Amy Kennemore Lecturer Latin American Studies
Danielle Raudenbush Associate Professor Sociology
Lily Hoang Full Professor Literature
Amanda Martin Sandino Lecturer Critical Gender Studies
Erin Hill Asst Professor Communication
Matthew Vitz Associate Professor History
April Sutton Assistant Professor Sociology
Andrea Chiba Professor Cognitive Science and Program in Neuroscience
Tage Rai Assistant Professor of Management Rady School of Management
Tala Alrousan Assistant Professor Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health
Stephanie Jed Professor Emerita Literature
Patty Ahn Associate Teaching Professor Communication
Liang Yang Physics Physics
Mary Blair-Loy Professor Department of Sociology
Jacqueline Siapno Continuing Lecturer, UCSD Global South Studies & Environmental Studies Programs, UCSD
Christina Brown Student- AVID Educator Anthropology - Climate Change & Human Solutions
Aranya Lahiri SEW visiting assistant professor Mathematics
Gabi Laske Professor SIO
Julia Ortony Associate Professor Chemistry and Biochemistry
Rosie C. Bermudez Assistant professor History
Juan José Rojo Solis Adjunct lecturer Communication
holly johnston lecturer Dance
Samuel Museus Professor Ethnic Studies
Shishir Agrawal SEW Visiting Assistant Professor Mathematics
Marco Carfagnini Mathematics
Don MacLeod Emeritus Professor Psychology
Nir Shafir Assistant Professor History
Belal Alkhiami Assistant professor of Medicine Medical school
Karl Gerth Professor History
Nydia Pineda de Avila Assistant Professor History
Dr. Fahad Khan Medical Director/Staff Ophthalmologist Ophthalmology
Jacobo Myerston Associate Professor Literature
Adrian Arancibia Professor English
Nadia Heninger Associate Professor Computer Science and Engineering
Kelema Moses Assistant Professor Urban Studies and Planning
Gary Fields Professor Department of Communication
Bonnie Kaiser Associate Professor Anthropology
David Pedersen Assoc. Professor Anthropology
Keith Pezzoli Senior Teaching Professor Urban Studies and Planning
José I. Fusté Assistant Professor Ethnic Studies
Zeinabu Davis Professor Communication
Cathy Gere Professor History
Anthony Harb Assistant Professor Communication
Juan Pablo Pardo Guerra Associate Professor Sociology
Taylor Berg-Kirkpatrick Associate professor Computer Science and Engineering
Peggy Lott Senior Continuing Lecturer & Academic Coordinator Linguistics
Sarah McTague Lecturer Urban Studies and Planning
Alejandro Rodríguez Aispuro Lecturer Linguistics
Robert Castro Professor of Theatre & Dance Director, Chicanx and Latinx Studies
Christian Klevdal Visiting Assistant Professor Mathematics
Zhe Zhang Assistant Professor School of Management
Leslie R Lewis Continuing Lecturer Urban Studies and Planning
Troy Andreas Araiza Kokinis Lecturer Latin American Studies
Lauryn Smith Lecturer Sixth College
Natalie Sweiss Assistant Professor Medicine
Michael Davidson Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Literature
Ramamohan Paturi Professor Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Loren Looger Professor Neurosciences
Bailee Chandler Continuing Lecturer AWP