We write to you with love, indignation, concern, and hope. Specifically, we write in response to President Trump’s Executive Order, “Protecting [sic] the Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry Into the United States,” which went into effect on Jan. 27 2017. This order suspends U.S. admission for refugees and passport holders from 7 countries. At this time there is a court injunction against this order, although the injunction is partial and temporary, and the Department of Homeland Security has not unequivocally committed to obeying it.
We oppose this order and any attempts to betray the injunction. This is our duty not only as human beings, but also as faculty members at DePauw University, which seeks to create a community of belonging and that operates on a principle of non-discrimination. For our current and prospective students, and fellow staff and faculty, upholding our duties as faculty requires resisting unjust decrees that block immigration and restrict movement from certain countries.
In November we voted overwhelmingly to declare DePauw a sanctuary campus. Although the administration informed us they would not make such a declaration, they have stated publicly that they will not share student records with outside agencies unless required to do so by law (and an executive order is not a law).
We affirm our steadfast support for the rights of DePauw University’s international students, faculty, and staff.
The undersigned faculty and staff,
Aaron Dziubinskyj, Professor of Modern Languages (Spanish)
Alejandro Puga, Associate Professor, (Modern Languages)
Alexandra Chamberlain, Assistant Curator of Exhibitions and Education
Allison Roehling, Assistant Professor of Economics and Management
Amanda Halfacre, Director of Community Standards
Andra Alvis, Part-Time Assistant Professor of Asian Studies
Andrew Cullison, Director, The Prindle Institute for Ethics
Angela N. Castañeda, Edward Myers Dolan Professor of Anthropology
Anne Harris, Vice President for Academic Affairs
Anthony Baratta, Sustainability Director
Austin Arceo, Coordinator of Communications and Special Projects
Barbara Bean, Emerita Professor of English
Barbara Whitehead, Professor of History
Bob Dewey
Brenden Willey, Assistant Professor of English
Brittany Collins, Internship Coordinator
Bruce Burking, Manager of Safety and Risk Management Services
Bryan Hanson, Prof. of Chemistry & Biochemistry
Cara Setchell
Carrie F. Klaus, Dean of Faculty and Professor of Modern Languages (French)
Chet Fornari, Professor
Chris Wolfe, Communications Manager for Academic Programs
Christiane Wisehart, Assistant Director of Digital Services, Prindle
Cindy Babington, Interim Vice President for Enrollment Management
CJ Gomolka
Clarissa Peterson
Clark Sage, Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Conner Gordon, Graduate Fellow, Prindle Institute for Ethics
Craig Hadley, Director/Curator
Cynthia O'Dell Professor of Art
Dan Gurnon
Dan Solberg Part-Time Assistant Professor of Art and Art History
Dana Dudle, Professor of Biology
David Gellman
David Newman, Professor of Sociology
David Worthington
Derek R. Ford, Assistant Professor of Education
Doug Fellegy
Douglas Harms, Professor of Computer Science and Bonner Faculty Advisor
Dr. Amanda A. Hopson
Elissa Harbert, Assistant Professor of Music History
Eliza Brown, Asst. Prof. of Music
Emelie Russell, Instructor of Art and Art History
Emmitt Y. Riley III, Assistant Professor of Africana Studies
Eric Edberg, Cassel Grubb University Professor of Music
Geoffrey D. Klinger; Professor, Director of Forensics
Gerald Duane Skoog, Technical Director
Gigi Jennewein, Part-time Assistant Professor of Communication and Theatre
Glen David Kuecker, Professor of History
Inge Aures (Prof. of Modern Languages)
Istvan Csicsery-Ronay, Jane Cooling Brady Professor of English
Jackie Roberts, Professor of Biochemistry
James Wells
Jarrod Hunt, Assistant Professor
Jeanne Servais, Asst. to the VP
Jeff Hansen, Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Jeff Kenney, Professor of Religious Studies
Jeffrey Dunn, Associate Professor
Jennifer Everett, Assoc. Professor
Jennifer L. Adams, Associate Professor
John Berry, Assistant Professor of Painting and Drawing
Jonathan Nichols-Pethick, Professor of Media Studies
Julia Bruggemann, History Professor
Julie Reed, Registrar's Office
Karin D. Wimbley, Assistant Professor of English
Kate Smanik, Assistant Dean of Students for Spirituality, Service and Social Justice
Kayla Birt Flegal, Librarian
Kent E Menzel, Professor
Kevin Howley, Professor of Media Studies
Kristina Boerger, Director of Choral Activities, School of Music
LaToshia Everson Associate Director
Laura Brumbaugh, Vocal Coach and Staff Accompanist
Laurent Vesely
Leigh-Anne Goins Assistant Professor
Lexy Halpen. Assistant Director of Multicultural Student Services, Coordinator of LGBTQ Services
Lydia Marshall
Lynn Ishikawa, Assistant Professor of English
Lynn M Bedard
Susan Anthony
Mac Dixon-Fyle, Professor of History
Mandy Brookins Blinn, Assistant Dean of Experiential Learning
Marcelle McVorran, Professor of Education Studies
Maria Hristova, Visiting Assistant Professor
Mark Kannowski, Ian M. Rolland Professor of Mathematics
Mark McCoy, President
Martha Rainbolt, Emerita Professor of English
Marthe Chandler, Professor Emeritus
Melanie Finney, Professor, Communication & Theatre
Melissa Petreaca, Assistant Professor of Biology
Melissa Petreaca, Assistant Professor of Biology
Meryl Altman, Professor of English and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Michael Chavez, Campus Living and Community Development Coordinator
Michael Mackenzie, Professor of Art History
Michael Roberts, Associate Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience
Misti Scott, Secretary Department of Art and Art History, Galleries, Muse
Manickam, Professor and Chair, Dept of Math
Naima Shifa
Natalia Rachford,part-time assistant professor
Natalie Lugg, Admission Counselor
Nathan Kober, Associate Director of Admission
Neal McKinney, Assistant Director, Off-Campus Programs
Nicholas Reynolds, D.M.A.
Nicole Lobdell, Assistant Professor of English
Pam Propsom, Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience
Paul Michael Johnson, Assistant Professor of Modern Languages
Pauline Ota, Associate Professor
Pedar Foss, Professor of Classical Studies
Professor Alicia Suarez
Professor Vanessa Dickerson
Rachel Goldberg
Rebecca Alexander
Rebecca Bordt, Otto L. Sonders Jr. Professor of Sociology and Anthropology
Rebecca L. Upton, Professor of Sociology & Anthropology and Co-Director of Global Health
Rick Provine, Dean of Libraries
Ruth Szpunar
Salil Benegal
Scott A. Hamilton
Scott Spiegelberg
Sharon Crary, Associate Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry
Sherry Mou, Associate Professor
Sujung, Assistant Professor in Religious Studies
Tamara Beauboeuf, Professor of WGSS
Theresa Noble, Music Library Manager (staff)
Thomas King
Tiffany Hebb
Tim Good
Tineke D'Haeseleer, Assistant Professor of East Asian History
Toni M. Robinson, Associate Director of Music Admission
Tony Weinstein, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music
Veronica Pejril
Wade Hazel
William Smith M.Ed LMHC
Yug Gill (Assistant Director of International Student Services)