Solidarity statement

We, the undersigned members of the English Department, stand in solidarity with our Black and Latinx students, and condemn in the strongest possible terms the hateful acts that have occurred over the past several weeks. Perpetrators have attacked students in the street, subjected students to verbal assaults, denigrated students’ dorm placards with racist messages, and vandalized campus landmarks with racist and xenophobic graffiti. Our signatories hail from many constituencies — undergraduate students, graduate students, alumni, staff, lecturers, and tenure-track faculty. As a collective of individuals who study language, rhetoric, and power, we know that racial epithets, violent imagery, and repulsive messages have material and egregious consequences, and we offer our support to those whose safety and bodily well-being have been threatened. These words are not insignificant. These violent overtures are not insignificant. Your lives are not insignificant. As other departments and units (e.g., DAAS, Latina/o Studies) have noted in their solidarity statements, these incidents are but the most recent in a string of hatefully charged events that have transpired over the past year, including incidents that have targeted Muslim and Arab- American students, as well as other students of color. We forcefully reject racism, xenophobia, Islamophobia, anti-semitism, homophobia, transphobia, sexism, ableism, and injustice in all forms. As a collective, we join our students and colleagues in pressing university administration to fast and responsive action.

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Jennifer Catey, Manager, English Undergraduate Office
Nabeel Chollampat, Department of English, Undergraduate Student
Gaurav Desai, Department of English, Professor
Petra Kuppers, Departments of English and Women’s Studies, Professor
Madhumita Lahiri, Department of English, Assistant Professor
Cecilia Morales, Department of English, PhD Candidate
Susan Najita, Departments of English and American Culture, Associate Professor
Olivia Ordoñez, Department of English, PhD Candidate
Simon Rivers, Department of English, Curriculum Coordinator
Antoine Traisnel, Departments of English and Comparative Literature, Assistant Professor
Gillian White, Department of English, Associate Professor
Melanie Yergeau, Department of English, Associate Professor
Douglas Trevor, Department of English, Professor
Aliyah Khan, Departments of English and Afroamerican and African Studies, Asst. Professor
Meg Sweeney, Departments of English and Afroamerican and African Studies, Associate Professor
Ashley Lucas, Depts of Theatre & Drama, Res. College, English, and Art & Design, Associate Professor
Bret Moore, Department of English, PhD Candidate
Laura Romaine, Department of English, PhD student
Merideth Garcia, Joint Program in English and Education, PhD Candidate
Alisse Portnoy, Department of English, Associate Professor
Michael Schoenfeldt, Department of English, Professor
John Buckley, Department of English, Lecturer
Victor Mendoza, Women's Studies and English, Associate Professor
Rebecca Marie Fortes, Helen Zell Writers; Program, Helen Zell Fellow
Aida Levy-Hussen, Department of English, Associate Professor
Laura Finch, Department of English, Assistant Professor
Laurel Billings, Department of English and Women's Studies, PhD student
Amanda Healy, Departments of English & Women's Studies, PhD Candidate
Joshua L. Miller, Department of English, Associate Professor
Dawn Kaczmar, Department of English, PhD Candidate
Amy Argersinger, English Department
John Whittier-Ferguson, Department of English, Professor
Joseph Gamble, Departments of English and Women's Studies, PhD Candidate
William Ingram, Department of English, Professor Emeritus
Samantha Bares, Department of English, Graduate Student
James W. Hammond, Joint Program in English and Education, PhD Candidate
Michael Awkward, Department of English, Gayl Jones Professor
Gerardo Samano, Department of English, MFA Student
Supriya Nair, Department of English, Professor
Karena Huff, Department of English, Administrative Assistant
Senia Vasquez
Theresa Tinkle, Department of English, Professor and Arthur F. Thurnau Professor
Yeshua Tolle, Department of English, PhD Candidate
Gina Brandolino, Department of English and Sweetland Center for Writing, Lecturer
Karla Taylor, Department of English, Associate Professor
Luke Kudryashov, Departments of English and Women's Studies, PhD Student
Aaron J. Stone, Department of English, Graduate Student
Maya West, Department of English, HZWP Assistant Director
Peter Ho Davies, Dept of English, Professor
Steven Cullinane, Department of English, PhD Candidate
Alan Wald, H. Chandler Davis College Professor Emeritus
Catherine Cassel, Department of English and Sweetland Center for Writing, Lecturer
Nicholas Harp, Department of English, Lecturer
Kayla Grant, Department of English, PhD Candidate
Nicholas Richie, Department of English, PhD Candidate
Mindy Misener, Department of English, Lecturer
David M. Halperin, Depts of English and Women's Studies, Distinguished University Professor
Cody Walker, Department of English, Lecturer IV
Phil Witte, Department of English, PhD Candidate
Steven Mullaney, Department of English, Professor
Rebecca Hixon, Department of English, PhD Student
Amrita Dhar, Department of English, PhD Candidate and GSI
Steven Engel, Department of English, Lecturer
Julie Ellison, Departments of American Culture and English, Professor
Shenika Hankerson, Department of English, Lecturer
Margo Kolenda, Department of English, PhD candidate
Marjorie Levinson, Dept, English, Dept. Comparative Literature, Professor
Laura Kasischke
Rachel Cawkwell, Department of English, PhD Candidate
Katherine Hummel, Department of English, Ph.D. Student
Lauren Eriks Cline, Department of English Language and Literature, PhD Candidate
Scotti Parrish, English and PitE, Professor
A. Van Jordan, Department of English, Collegiate Professor
Stacy Coyle, Department of English and Program in the Environment, Lecturr IV
Benjamin Keating, English and Education, Doctoral Candidate
Dory Fox, Department of English, PhD Candidate
Kathryne Bevilacqua, Department of English, Lecturer
Will Brewbaker, Graduate Student
Kelly L. Wheeler, JPEE PhD student
Matt Bellamy, Department of English, Graduate Student
Sidonie Smith
Crystal Yin Lie, Department of English, PhD Candidate
Molly Dickinson, Department of English, MFA Zell Fellow
K. E. Allen, Comprehensive Studies Program/EDWP, Lecturer II
Thylias Moss, Professor Emerita
Sarah Ensor, Department of English and Program in the Environment, Assistant Professor
Ben Mangrum, Department of English and Michigan Society of Fellows
Annie Bolotin, Department of English, PhD Candidate
Derek Palacio, Department of English, Visiting Professor
Enoch Brater, Departments of English and Theater, Professor
Cassius Adair, Department of English, Postdoctoral Fellow
Augusta Funk, graduate student
Lauren Geiger, Department of English, first-year doctoral student
Sean Silver, Department of English, Associate Professor
Ingrid Diran, Departments of English and Afroamerican and African Studies, Lecturer
Casey Otemuyiwa, Joint Program in English and Education, PhD Student
Ryan McCarty, PhD candidate, JPEE
Tish O'Dowd, Department of English, Lecturer IV
Anita Norich, Department of English and Frankel Center for Judaic Studies, Professor
Matthew Liberti, Department of English, PhD Student
Courtney Taylor, MFA Creative Writing
Jeremiah Chamberlin, Department of English, Lecturer IV
Linda Gregerson, Department of English, Professor
Ali Shapiro, English Department Writing Program and Sweetland Center for Writing, Lecturer
Daniel Hack, Department of English, Professor
Adelay Elizabeth Witherite, Departments of English and Education, PhD Student
Megan Behrend, Department of English, PhD Student
Naitnaphit Limlamai, Joint Program in English and Education, Doctoral Student
Bonnie Tucker, English and Education, PhD Candidate
Sarah Hughes, Departments of English and Education, PhD Student
Anna V. Knutson, Doctoral Candidate, Joint Program in English and Education
Kyle Grady, English L&L, Postdoctoral Fellow
Valentina Montero Roman, Department of English, PhD Candidate
Jasmine An, Departments of English and Women's Studies, Graduate Student
Nick Cobblah, English, PhD Candidate
LaVelle Ridley, Departments of English and Women's Studies, PhD Student
Elizabeth Harlow, Department of English, PhD Candidate
Tricia Khleif, Lecturer
Lucy Hartley, Department of English, Professor
Walter Cohen, Department of English, Professor
Andrea Zemgulys, Department of English, Associate Professor
Emily Wilson, Joint Program in English and Education, PhD Student
Aran Ruth, PhD Candidate EL&L
Nikita Mungarwadi, Senior
Cydni Seifert, Department of English, Undergraduate Student
Wisteria Deng, Department of English, Undergraduate Student
Jane Johnson, Chief Administrator
Amber Mitchell, Department of English, Student
Evan David, Department of English, Undergraduate Student
Sam Rosenberg, Departments of English and Screen Arts & Cultures, Undergraduate Student
Emily Hunt
Cari Griffin, English and History, Undergraduate Student
Jessica Krawczyk, Department of English, Undergraduate Student
Emily Courcy, Departments of English and Communications, Undergraduate Student
Edwin Mayes, Department of English, Undergraduate Student
Maddie Tenebaum, Department of English, Undergraduate Student
Jake Meyers, undergraduate
Abraham Lofy, Undergraduate Student
Zachary Gelfand, Undergraduate Senior
Rebecca Lerner, Department of English, Undergraduate Student
Kariana Alvarado, Undergraduate Student
Nitya Gupta (English student)
Alexandra K. Bootz, LSA Program, Undergraduate Student
Taylor Mitchell
Alison Alkire, Department of English, Undergraduate Student
Arya Naidu, Undergraduate Student
Angela Berkley, Department of English and Sweetland Center for Writing, Lecturer II
Annie Pellegrini, Undergraduate Student
Max Michalsky, Undergraduate Student
Katelyn Carroll, Undergrad Student
Danielle Colburn, Department of English, Peer Advisor
Kimberley Hew-Low, Senior in English Language/Literature
Austin Teholiz, Undergraduate
Bridget Cook, senior in the undergraduate english department
Carly Snider, Department of English, Undergraduate Student
Anna Horton, Department of English, Undergraduate Student
Jenna Barlage, English Language and Literature Student, Sophomore
Marialaura Garcia, LSA student
Alyse Geiger, undergraduate English student
Sarah Kurfess, Creative Writing minor Alumna
Isabel Saville, English/BCN double-major, sophomore
Sophie Schanck, alumni
Summer LaPointe, Department of English, Undergraduate
Jenny Ghose, Department of English, undergraduate student
Michael Kaler, Department of English, Undergraduate
Angela Lin
Margaret Fischer, Student
Karly Carson, Senior
Sarah Sisk, undergraduate English Major at University of Michigan
Tierra Shannon, Department of English and Sociolgy, Undergraduate Student
Kaleb A. Brown
Kathryn Condon, Department of English Undergrad, Student
Julia Triezenberg, Student
Alex Worth, Freshman Undergrad
Sebastien Butler, student, undergradute
Akosua Afiriyie-Hwedie, Department of English, MFA Candidate
Nikhil Tase, Department of English, Undergraduate Student
Rachel Moloney, LSA Freshman
Daphna Atias, Department of English, PhD Candidate
Aditya Manjusha Shylesh, Freshman
Stephen Satarino
Claire Griffin, Department of English, alumni
Lars Johnson, Department of English, Undergraduate Student
Julia Hansen, Department of English, Postdoctoral Fellow
Kate Velguth, undergrad
Bailey Kadian, undergraduate student
Franchion Jefferson, Student
Ivy Augustine, Department of English, Undergraduate Student
Helena Korner, undergraduate student
Lazarus Belle, Department of English, PhD Candidate
David Porter, Departments of English and Comparative Literature, Professor
Shelby Alston, Undergraduate LSA Student
Anna Billiard, undergraduate
Alexandra Rammacher, Department of English, Undergraduate Student
Kathryn Schubert, Department of English, Undergraduate Student
Chloe Alberta, Undergraduate
Melissa Hernandez, undergrad
Jessica Maharaj, alumna
Brianne VanDyke, LSA, Freshman
Elizabeth Pratt, Department of English and History, English Department Peer Advisor, Undergraduate Student
Allison Sparpana
Rachel Arone
Sarah Lawrence
Rebeka Rooks
Jennifer Alzate Gonzalez, Department of English, PhD Candidate
Varna Kodoth, undergraduate student
Sarah Jane Kerwin, Department of English, Graduate Student
Graduate Staff Member
Zoya Gurm, Undergraduate Student
Natalie Steers
Maddie Mustion, student
Alex Winks, Student
Sofia Fall, English Undergraduate
Mitchell Salley, Student, LSA Freshman
Sofia Squatriti, Department of English, Undergraduate Student
Arthur F. Thurnau Professor Emeritus of English
Emma Planet, English major
Erinn Promo
Julian Levinson, Departments of English and Judaic Studies, Associate Professor
Lisa Hermine Makman, Department of English, Lecturer
Melina Glusac, Department of English, Undergraduate Student
Madeleine Gaudin, Department of English, Undergraduate Student
Jocelyn Aptowitz, Department of English, Undergraduate Student
Natalie Shabahang, Departments of English and Biology, Student
Amena Khan, BA in Psychology, Alumni
Kyle Frisina, Department of American Culture, EDWP Graduate Student Mentor
Josie Oren, Undergraduate Student
Sarah Chauhdry, Undergraduate Student
Tung-Hui Hu, Department of English, Assistant Professor
Bree Peilen, English major, senior
Megan Carlson, Department of English and Education, PhD Student
Catherine Sanok, Associate Professor
Anne Gere, Arthur R. Thurnau Professor and Gertrude Buck Collegiate Professor