Dear President Fenves,
We, the undersigned faculty and students, call on you to publicly request that charges be dropped against all those arrested on April 25, the morning the Emory University administration called in outside and heavily militarized police forces to disrupt a gathering on the Quadrangle that wasn’t prohibited by Emory’s open expression policy. 28 people were arrested that day, including faculty trying to protect students from being brutally assaulted by the police. Emory faculty have been charged with disorderly conduct or simple battery, and Emory students have been charged with criminal trespass, among other charges. These students include international students who may be afraid to leave the country lest their visas be rescinded. Now, these community members are in legal limbo as they await a court date, a process that could take up to two years.
Given that the majority of arrestees are closely affiliated with Emory, we ask that you do the right thing and call for all charges to be dropped.
Please do so now.
Signed,
Falguni A Sheth, Department of Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies, Emory College of Arts & Sciences
Harshita Mruthinti Kamath, Department of Middle Eastern & South Asian Studies, Emory College of Arts & Sciences
Dilek Huseyinzadegan, Department of Philosophy, Emory College of Arts & Sciences and Laney Graduate School
Patricia Brennan, Department of Psychology, Emory College of Arts & Sciences
Jed Brody, Department of Physics, Emory College of Arts & Sciences
Patricia Cahill, Department of English, Emory College of Arts & Sciences
David Nugent, Department of Anthropology, Emory College of Arts & Sciences
Clifton Crais, Professor of History, Emory College of Arts & Sciences
Jason Francisco, Department of Visual Arts, Emory College of Arts & Sciences
Cathryn Johnson, Department of Sociology, Emory College of Arts & Sciences
Peter Höyng, Department of German Studies, Emory College of Arts & Sciences
Michael Peletz, Department of Anthropology, Emory College of Arts & Sciences
Levi Morran, Department of Biology, Emory College of Arts & Sciences
Emma Davenport, Department of English, Emory College of Arts & Sciences
Lisa Paulsen, Department of Theater and Dance, Emory College of Arts & Sciences
Martine W. Brownley, Department of English, Emory College of Arts & Sciences
Eric Reinhardt, Department of Political Science, Emory College of Arts & Sciences
Tanine Allison, Department of Film and Media, Emory College of Arts & Sciences
Steve Batterson, Professor Emeritus of Mathematics and Computer Science, Emory College of Arts & Sciences
Gregory Catellier, Department of Theater and Dance, Emory College of Arts & Sciences
Judith A. Miller, Department of History, Emory College of Arts & Sciences
Gyanendra Pandey, Department of History, Emory College of Arts & Sciences
Ellen Idler, Department of Sociology, Emory College of Arts & Sciences
Justin C. Burton, Department of Physics, Emory College of Arts & Sciences
Allen Tullos, Department of History, Emory College of Arts & Sciences
Sharon Strocchia, Department of History, Emory College of Arts & Sciences
Julia C. Bullock, REALC, Emory College of Arts & Sciences
James B. Hoesterey, Department of Religion, Emory College of Arts & Sciences
Devaka Premawardhana, Department of Religion, Emory College of Arts & Sciences
Michelle Armstrong-Partida, Department of History, Emory College of Arts & Sciences
Neha Gupta, Department of Mathematics, Emory College of Arts & Sciences
Sean Meighoo, Department of Comparative Literature, Emory College of Arts & Sciences
Craig Perry, Middle Eastern & South Asian Studies & Jewish Studies, Emory College of Arts & Sciences
Lisa Lee, Department of Art History, Emory College of Arts & Sciences
Daniel Bosch, Department of English, Emory College of Arts & Sciences
Jennifer Feldman, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Emory College of Arts & Sciences
Marjorie Pak, Program in Linguistics, Emory College of Arts & Sciences
Peter Little, Department of Anthropology, Emory College of Arts & Sciences
Daniel LaChance, Department of History, Emory College of Arts & Sciences
Leah A Roesch, Department of Neuroscience & Behavioral Biology, Emory College of Arts & Sciences
Stefan Boettcher, Department of Physics, Emory College of Arts & Sciences
Emory College Department of of Russian and East Asian Languages and Cultures
Valerie Loichot, Department of French and Italian, Emory College of Arts & Sciences
Tracy L. Scott, Department of Sociology, Emory College of Arts & Sciences
Kate O'Toole, Department of Biology, Emory College of Arts & Sciences
Lynne Huffer, Department of Philosophy, Emory College of Arts & Sciences
Leah Thomas, Department of Environmental Sciences, Emory College of Arts & Sciences
Andrew J. Mitchell, Department of Philosophy, Emory College of Arts & Sciences
Carolyn Keogh, Department of Environmental Sciences, Emory College of Arts & Sciences
Walter Kalaidjian, Department of English, Emory College of Arts & Sciences
Maria Arbatskaya, Department of Economics, Emory College of Arts & Sciences
Ross Knecht, Department of English, Emory College of Arts & Sciences
Jola Ajibade, Department of Environmental Sciences, Emory College of Arts & Sciences
Subha Xavier, Department of French and Italian, Institute of African Studies, Emory College of Arts & Sciences
Sara McClintock, Department of Religion, Emory College of Arts & Sciences and Graduate Division of Religion, Laney Graduate School
Tara Nancy Doyle, Visiting Research Scholar, Candler School of Theology
Elizabeth W. Corrie, Candler Schoo of Theology
Jacobus de Roode, Department of Biology, Emory College of Arts & Sciences
Joonna Smitherman Trapp, Department of English (Retired), Emory College of Arts & Sciences
Susan E. Hylen, Candler School of Theology
Alison Collis Greene, Candler School of Theology
Yanna Yannakakis, Department of History, Emory College of Arts & Sciences
Eric Daniel Villalobos, Graduate Division of Religion, Laney Graduate School, 2nd Year PhD
Shaunna Donaher, Department of Environmental Sciences, Emory College of Arts & Sciences
Matthew Payne, Department of History, Emory College of Arts & Sciences
Shiva Urella, Graduate Division of Religion, Laney Graduate School
Gilha Lee, Graduate Division of Religion, Laney Graduate School
Emilie Casey, Graduate Division of Religion, Laney Graduate School
Anuj Sah, Islamic Civilizations Studies, Laney Graduate School
Jessie Washington, Graduate Division of Religion, Laney Graduate School, PhD Candidate
Noëlle McAfee, Department of Philosophy, Emory College of Arts & Sciences, and Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine
Kristin Giordano, Behavioral, Social, and Health Education Sciences Program, Rollins School of Public Health
Maggie Pustinger, Behavioral, Social, and Health Education Sciences Program, Rollins School of Public Health
Ibrahim Jouja (22Ox, 25B)
Emil’ Keme, Department of English, Emory College of Arts & Sciences
Brittany Fiscus-van Rossum, Graduate Division of Religion, Laney Graduate School
Letitia Campbell, Candler School of Theology
Asia Lerner-Gay, Graduate Division of Religion, Laney Graduate School
David, Religious Studies, Emory
Mujahid Osman, Graduate Division of Religion, Laney Graduate School
Ahana Narayanan (23Ox, 25C)
Timothy J. Dowd, Department of Sociology, Emory College of Arts & Sciences
Kevin Lazarus, Graduate Division of Religion, Laney Graduate School
Rajit Hegde (23Ox, 25C)
Jessie Potts, Behavioral, Social, and Health Education Sciences Program, Rollins School of Public Health
Aanya Sethi (25C)
Anya Fredsell, Graduate Division of Religion, Laney Graduate School
Urvi Vallapareddy (25B)
Daniel Ballon-Garst, Graduate Division of Religion, Laney Graduate School
Shromona Mandal, Women, Gender and Sexuality StudiesSS PhD Student and Graduate Instructor, Laney Graduate School
Jadelynn Zhang, Department of Sociology, Laney Graduate School, PhD Student, Laney Graduate School
Michelle Navarrete, Graduate Division of Religion, Laney Graduate School
Madelyn Carlson, Behavioral, Social, and Health Education Sciences Program, Rollins School of Public Health and Laney Graduate School
Tasfia Jahangir, Behavioral, Social, and Health Education Sciences Program, Rollins School of Public Health
David Meer, Department of Physics, PhD Student, Laney Graduate School
Maggie Jones, Department of Economics, Emory College of Arts & Sciences
Riti Bahl, Department of Mathematics, Laney Graduate School
Prathiksha Srinivasa, Graduate Division of Religion, Laney Graduate School
Elizabeth M. Bounds, Candler School of Theology
Gauge Thacker, Department of Physics, Laney Graduate School
Jacqui Brown, Department of Comparative Literature, Laney Graduate School
Haylen Gerhard, Department of Physics, 2nd Year PhD, Laney Graduate School,
Rachael Orbeta, Department of Comparative Literature, Laney Graduate School
Waad Paliwal Department of Physics , Emory College of Arts & Sciences
Sahand Emamian, Department of Physics, Graduate Student, Laney Graduate Student
Angela Tharpe, Department of English, PhD Student, Laney Graduate School
Dez Miller, Department of Comparative Literature, PhD Student, Laney Graduate School
Margy Adams, Department of English, Laney Graduate School
Alex Vargas, Department of Physics, 3rd Year PhD, Laney Graduate School
Shraddha Bandlamudi (26C)
Aishwarya Ganesh, Department of Physics, Laney Graduate School
Ella Myer, Graduate Division of Religion, Laney Graduate School
Andrew Kaplan, Department of Comparative Literature, Laney Graduate School
Astrid M. Eckert, Department of History , Emory College of Arts & Sciences
Em Nordling, Department of English, PhD Student, Laney Graduate School
Conor McCann, Department of Anthropology (LGS) & Behavioral, Social & Health Education Sciences (RPH), 3rd Year PhD/MPH,
William Boose, Department of Anthropology, Laney Graduate School
Ahmed Elhadi, Department of Anthropology, 3rd Year PhD, Laney Graduate School
AJ Jones (24LGS)
Sameena Mulla, Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Emory College of Arts & Sciences
Walter Rucker, Department of African American Studies and Department of History, Emory College of Arts & Sciences
Chris Suh, Department of History, Emory College of Arts & Sciences
Federico Sanchez, Department of Anthropology, 2nd Year PhD, Laney Graduate School
Aisha Finch, Department of Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Emory College of Arts & Sciences
Thomas Rogers, Department of History, Emory College of Arts & Sciences
Julia Tulke, Institute for the Liberal Arts, Emory College of Arts & Sciences
Bayo Holsey, Department of African American Studies and Department of Anthropology, Emory College of Arts & Sciences
Vani Kannan, Emory Writing Program, Emory College of Arts & Sciences
Umaymah Mohammad, Department of Sociology, MD/PhD candidate, Laney Graduate School and School of Medicine
Elizabeth Egger (25C)
Carolina González(25C)
Megan G. Massa, Department of Neuroscience & Behavioral Biology, Emory College of Arts & Sciences
Isabelle Meyer-Ensass, Department of Comparative Literature, Laney Graduate School
Maria Barreto, Department of English, 3rd Year PhD, Laney Graduate School
Geraldine Higgins, Department of English, Emory College of Arts & Sciences
