Faculty Statement on the Student Occupation

As NYU faculty, we call on the Administration to reinstate those students who have been summarily suspended for their recent protest at Kimmel, pending proper hearings by NYU's disciplinary board. If there is disciplinary action, it should follow—not precede—fair hearings, in which both sides are represented and the faculty consulted.
The Administration's statement on the Kimmel occupation focused only on student misconduct, thereby failing to acknowledge that the protest took place in response to the Administration's conduct of university business. We therefore call on the Administration to address the serious policy issues that the protest has now raised, by working with the faculty, students, and staff to establish a university-wide fiscal accountability committee. In these hard times, candor and transparency are essential, if NYU's economic policies are not to cause more friction, misunderstanding, and civil disobedience.
Allegations of excessive use of force against the protesters should be investigated promptly by an independent university committee.
We view the Kimmel occupation as symptomatic of a deeper malady afflicting NYU: a lack of educational community. In such a community, students would not find it necessary to take over buildings to make their voices heard and their ideas respected.

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Elaine Freedgood, Professor/English

Mona Jimenez, Cinema Studies

Thomas Abercrombie, Anthropology

Rodolfo Aiello, Spanish and Portuguese

Gwendolyn Alker, Drama

Awam Amkpa, Social and Cultural Analysis

Emily Apter, French and Comparative Literature

John Archer, English

Caron Atlas, Art and Public Policy

Adam Becker, Classics and Religious Studies

Thomas Bender, History

Amy Bentley, Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health

Howard Besser, Cinema Studies

JungBong Choi, Cinema Studies

Jan Clausen, Draper Program

Joy Connolly, Classics

Manthia Diawara, Institute for African American Affairs

Ana Maria Dopico, Comparative Literature/Spanish and Portuguese

Georgina Dopico Black, Spanish and Portuguese

Neil Brenner, Sociology and Social and Cultural Analysis

Herrick Chapman, History and Institute of French Studies

Gene Cittadino, Gallatin

Robby Cohen, Teaching and Learning

Catherine Coray, Drama

Patricia Crain, English

Suzanne Cusick, Music

Arlene Davila, Anthropology and Social and Cultural Analysis

Patrick Deer, English

David Dent, Journalism and Social and Cultural Analysis

Mark Dery, Journalism

Hasia Diner, Hebrew and Judaic Studies and History

Carolyn Dinshaw, English and Social and Cultural Analysis

E. L. Doctorow, English

Lisa Duggan, Social and Cultural Analysis

Stephen Duncombe, Gallatin

Troy Duster, Sociology

Tamer el-Leithy, Middle Eastern Studies

Julie Elman, Social and Cultural Analysis

Henry Em, East Asian Studies

Kathy Engel, Gallatin

Khaled Fahmy, Middle Eastern Studies

Ada Ferrer, History

Hartry Field, Philosophy

Karen Finley, Art and Public Policy

Sibylle Fischer, Spanish & Portuguese

JoEllen Fisherkeller, Media, Culture, and Communication

Paul Fleming, German

Juan Flores, Social and Cultural Analysis

Luis Francia, Social and Cultural Analysis

Miriam Frank, Liberal Studies

Sharon Friedman, Gallatin

Brett Gary, Media, Culture, and Communication

Gabriel Giorgi, Spanish and Portuguese

Michael Gilsenan, Middle Eastern Studies

Faye Ginsburg, Anthropology

Gayatri Gopinath, Social and Cultural Analysis

Alfonso Gonzales, Social and Cultural Analysis

Linda Gordon, History

Manu Goswami, History

Greg Grandin, History

Jean Graybeal, Gallatin

Jeffrey Goodwin, Sociology

Ed Guerrero, Cinema Studies and Social and Cultural Analysis

Sally Guttmacher, Public Health

Hala Halim, Comparative Literature & Middle Eastern Studies

Yukiko Hanawa, East Asian Studies

Lynne Haney, Sociology

Harry Harootunian, East Asian Studies

Phil Harper, English and Social and Cultural Analysis

Martin Harries, English

Christine Harrington, Politics and Law & Society

Barbara Heyns, Sociology

Robert Hinton, Social and Cultural Analysis

Martha Hodes, History

Kristin Horton, Gallatin

Allen Hunter, Steinhardt

Katherine Hurbis-Cherrier, Film and Television

Steve Hutkins, Gallatin

John Jost, Psychology

Faranza Kapadia, Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health

Marion Kaplan, Hebrew and Judaic Studies

Rebecca Karl, History

Julia Keydel, Film and Television

David Kirkland, Teaching and Learning

Terry Knickerbocker, Drama

Zoya Kocur, Art and Arts Professions

Michael Landy, Psychology

Andrew Lee, Bobst Library

Zachary Lockman, Middle Eastern Studies

Michele Lowrie, Classics

David Ludden, History

Steven Lukes, Sociology

Randy Martin, Art and Public Policy

Anna McCarthy, Cinema Studies

John Maynard, English

Annette Michelson, Cinema Studies

Mark Crispin Miller, Media, Culture and Communication

Bella Mirabella, Gallatin

Nicolas Mirzoeff, Media, Culture and Communication

Michele Mitchell, History

Sylvia Molloy, Spanish and Portuguese

Jim Morgan, Art History

Jennifer Morgan, History and Social and Cultural Analysis

José Muñoz, Performance Studies

Fred Myers, Anthropology

Michael Nash, Bobst Library

Mary Nolan, History

Paul North, German

Lorie Novak, Photography & Imaging

Tavia Nyong’o, Performance Studies

Bertell Ollman, Politics

Crystal Parikh, Social and Cultural Analysis

Michael Peachin, Department of Classics

Marta Peixoto, Spanish and Portuguese

Ann Pellegrini, Performance Studies & Religious Studies

Denis Pelli, Psychology and Neural Science

Leslie Peirce, History and Middle Eastern Studies

Rene Poitevin, Gallatin

Dana Polan, Cinema Studies

Anne Rademacher, Social and Cultural Analysis and Environmental Studies

Joseph Rafter, Teaching and Learning

Michael Ralph, Social and Cultural Analysis

Maia Ramnath, Draper Program

Nancy Regalado, French

Timothy Reiss, Comparative Literature

Moss Roberts, East Asian Studies

Agnieszka Roginska, Music and Perfoming Arts Professions

Patricia Romandetto, Teaching and Learning

Avital Ronell, German and Comparative Literature

Renato Rosaldo, Social and Cultural Analysis

Andrew Ross, Social and Cultural Analysis

Kristin Ross, Comparative Literature

William Ruddick, Philosophy

Yumary Ruiz, Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health

Aiofe Ryan, Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health

Chris Rzonca, ACT-UAW Local 7902

Josefina Saldaña, Social and Cultural Analysis

Jeff Sammons, History

Andrew Sartori, History

Karen Sharif-Mcleod, Teaching and Learning

Ella Shohat, Arts Politics and Middle Eastern Studies

Sukhdev Sandhu, Social and Cultural Analysis and English

William Serrin, Journalism

Karen Shimakawa, Performance Studies

George Shulman, Gallatin

Nikhil Singh, Social and Cultural Analysis and History

John Singler, Linguistics

Lok Siu, Anthropology and Social and Cultural Analysis

Marita Sturken, Media, Culture and Communication

Constance Sutton, Anthropology

M. Trika Smith-Burke, Educational Psychology

Jeffrey Spear, English

Judith Stacey, Sociology and Social and Cultural Analysis

Robert Stam, Cinema Studies

Connie Sutton, Anthropology

Jack Tchen, Social and Cultural Analysis and Gallatin

Paul Thompson, Film and Television

Sinclair Thomson, History

Thuy Linh Tu, Social and Cultural Analysis

Diana Turk, Teaching and Learning

Jim Uleman, Psychology

Robert Vorlicky, Drama

Daniel Walkowitz, History and Social and Cultural Analysis

Barbara Weinstein, History

Grant Wenaws, Music and Perfoming Arts Professions

Michael Westerman, Psychology

Deb Willis, Photography and Imaging

Marilyn Young, History

Jonathan Zimmerman, Humanities and Social Sciences in the Professions

Angela Zito, Anthropology and Religious Studies