We, the undersigned faculty wish to communicate to the student body, and in particular to those who participated in the student occupation of Faculty Assembly to protest racism in and beyond the classroom at Emerson, that we applaud your courage in taking over faculty space, disrupting business as usual, and confronting us with the truth of your experiences. We want you to know that we listened to you carefully; we heard your pain, your anger, your exhaustion, and your demands; we support your efforts; and we pledge to move from conversation to effective action in the fight against racism at Emerson.
Nancy Allen
John Anderson
Claire Andrade-Watkins
Paul Anskat
Jabari Asim
Emily Avery-Miller
Elizabeth Baeten
Miranda Banks
Claude Bartholomew
Manuel Basanese
Lindsey Beck
Melia Bensussen
Samuel Binkley
Dae Bogan
Israela Brill-Cass
Claudia Castañeda
Jena Castro-Casbon
Yu-jin Chang
Frank Chindamo
Sharmistha Roy Chowdhury
Joanne Ciccarello
Robert Colby
Martie Cook
Tom Cooper
Cristina Kotz Cornejo
Catherine D’Ignazio
Kathleen Donohue
Robert Dulgarian
Cathryn Edelstein
Ken Feil
Maria Flook
John Craig Freeman
Indira Ganesan
Mneesha Gellman
John Gianvito
Nigel Gibson
Eric Gordon
Michelle Graham
Bianca Janssen Groesbeek
June Guertin
Julie Gustafson
Paul Hackett
Lise Haines
Jackie Hall
Kathy Hassinger
Christopher Hennessy
Stephanie Heroux
Richard Hoffman
Jon Honea
Jennie Israel
Cheryl Knight
Janet Kolodzy
Mary Kovaleski
Daniela Kukrechtova
Jerry Lanson
Jamie Rosenblum Lichtenstein
Kristin Lieb
Theodore Life
Gian Lombardo
Christina Marin
Gail Mazur
Charles McCarry
Thomas McNeely
Paul Mihailidis
Amissa Miller
Cynthia Miller
Cara Moyer-Duncan
Pablo Muchnik
Mary Mulderig
Yasser Munif
Amy Vashlishan Murray
Paula Musegades
Bethany Nelson
Bob Nesson
Russell Newman
Pamela Painter
Elizabeth Parfitt
Nejem Raheem
Kathryn Ramey
Lu Ann Reeb
Linda Reisman
Tim Riley
Melinda Robins
Cindy Rodríguez
Jane Pierce Saulnier
Lauren Shaw
Maureen Shea
Allyson Sherlock
Carole Simpson
John Skoyles
Tulasi Srinivas
Jean Stawarz
Mirta Tocci
John Trimbur
Paul Turano
Daniel Viafore
Meta Wagner
Jerald Walker
Wendy Walters
Shujen Wang
Claudia Ward-de Leon
Cathy Waters
Michael Weiler
Eric Weiss
Douglass Whynott
Erika Williams
Marlena Yannetti
Steve Yarbough
Note: Given that the semester is rapidly drawing to an end, this letter was sent to all full and part time faculty with a short response time. The list of signatories is therefore potentially incomplete. An updated list will be compiled and made public at the beginning of the fall term.