Editor’s Note: 350 plus faculty members from more than 19 colleges and universities across North Carolina have signed a statement condemning Israel’s actions against Palestinians and US support for Israel, and standing in solidarity with the Palestinian liberation struggle. The list of signatures include North Carolina faculty from both public and private institutions of higher education, including research universities, liberal arts colleges, HBCU’s, community colleges, and Christian institutions. A press release that accompanied the statement said, “This is an unprecedented coalition in the history of this state, and points to widespread U.S. opposition to Israel’s treatment of Palestinians and Biden’s Middle East policy.” You can follow the most recent list of signatories here.
Statement on Palestine from North Carolina Academics
#AcademicsNC4Palestine
May 19, 2021
We, faculty from 19 colleges and universities across North Carolina, are writing to strongly condemn Israeli attacks on historic Palestine, from the bombing of the Gaza Strip to the forced evictions in East Jerusalem, and to express our solidarity with the Palestinian people in their just struggle for liberation. We condemn all violence against civilians and mourn all loss of life, but reject the prevalent “two-sides” narrative that ignores differences between one of the most heavily militarized states in the world and a stateless population resisting oppression.
We view the Palestinian struggle for liberation as closely entwined with many struggles for racial and Indigenous justice in America, from Ferguson to Standing Rock.
As academics based in the United States, we acknowledge our complicity in Israel’s oppression of the Palestinians, made possible through the unconditional political and material support of the U.S., continuing with the current administration. We view the Palestinian struggle for liberation as closely entwined with many struggles for racial and Indigenous justice in America, from Ferguson to Standing Rock. In joining our voices to those of the people of Palestine, we reaffirm our commitment to combating racism in all its forms, including anti-Blackness, antisemitism, Islamophobia, and anti-Asian racism.
Signatures:
| Nadia Yaqub | UNC Chapel Hill | ||
| Rebecca L Stein | Duke University | ||
| Anne Allison | Duke University | ||
| Elyse Crystall | UNC Chapel Hill | ||
| Frances S. Hasso | Duke University | ||
| Nancy Kalow | Duke University | ||
| Ralph Litzinger | Duke University | ||
| Sarah Shields | University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill | ||
| Danielle Spurlock | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | ||
| Sean Singh Matharoo | UNC-Chapel Hill | ||
| Erika Weinthal | Duke University | ||
| Anne-Maria Makhulu | Duke University | ||
| Tonia Poteat | UNC Chapel Hill | ||
| Michaelle Browers | Wake Forest University | ||
| Emily Burrill | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | ||
| J. Lorand Matory | Duke University | ||
| Catherine Admay | Duke | ||
| Deborah Stroman | University of North Carolina | ||
| Joseph Winters | Duke University | ||
| Shai Ginsburg | Duke University | ||
| Abdeslam Maghraoui | Duke University | ||
| David Pier | UNC Chapel Hill | ||
| Sherryl Kleinman | University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill | ||
| Patricia Sawin | University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill | ||
| Jay M. Smith | UNC-Chapel Hill | ||
| Ji-Yeon Jo | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | ||
| Trude Bennett | UNC Chapel Hill | ||
| Robin Visser | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | ||
| Emil’ Keme | UNC-CH | ||
| Charles Wilkins | Wake Forest University | ||
| Michaeline Crichlow | Duke University | ||
| Nathan Kalman-Lamb | Duke University | ||
| Catherine Zimmer | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | ||
| Beth Moracco | UNC Chapel Hill | ||
| Tanya L Shields | UNC Chapel Hill | ||
| Sara Smith | UNC Chapel Hill | ||
| Liliana Paredes | Duke University | ||
| Yaron Shemer | UNC Chapel Hill | ||
| Omid Safi | Duke University | ||
| Sharon L. James | UNC Chapel Hill | ||
| Akram Khater | North Carolina State University | ||
| Mustafa Tuna | Duke University | ||
| Cemil Aydin | UNC Chapel Hill | ||
| Mark Anthony Neal | Duke University | ||
| Michael Canute Lambert | UNC Chapel Hill | ||
| Michael Palm | UNC-Chapel Hill | ||
| Mohsen Kadivar | Duke University | ||
| Darlene R. May | Wake Forest University | ||
| Karen Booth | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | ||
| Charles Piot | Duke University | ||
| Fredric Jameson | Duke | ||
| Deepanjan Mukhopadhyay | UNC Chapel Hill | ||
| Mark Katz | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | ||
| Walter Mignolo | Duke | ||
| Mark Driscoll | UNC Chapel Hill | ||
| Priscilla Wald | Duke University | ||
| Gabriela Valdivia | UNC Chapel Hill | ||
| Ana Vinea | UNC Chapel Hill | ||
| Tsitsi Jaji | Duke University | ||
| Diane Nelson | Duke University | ||
| Karla FC Holloway | Duke University | ||
| Wesley C Hogan | Duke University | ||
| Allison De Marco | UNC Chapel Hill | ||
| Arturo Escobar | University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill | ||
| Andrea Pitts | University of North Carolina, Charlotte | ||
| Misha Becker | UNC Chapel Hill | ||
| Christopher T. Nelson | UNC Chapel Hill | ||
| Morgan Pitelka | UNC Chapel Hill | ||
| Lisa Lindsay | UNC Chapel Hill | ||
| Barry Trachtenberg | Wake Forest University | ||
| Margaret Wiener | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | ||
| Leo Ching | Duke University | ||
| Brian Billman | UNC Chapel Hill | ||
| Banu Gokariksel | UNC Chapel HIll | ||
| Ariana Vigil | UNC Chapel Hill | ||
| Marion Quirici | Duke University | ||
| Carole Crumley | UNC Chapel Hill | ||
| Dwayne Dixon | UNC Chapel Hill | ||
| Don Nonini | UNC Chapel Hill | ||
| Omaar Hena | Wake Forest University | ||
| John Cox | UNC Charlotte | ||
| David Mora-Marín | UNC Chapel Hill | ||
| Diya Abdo | Guilford College | ||
| Emek Ergun | UNC Charlotte | ||
| Steve Folmar | Wake Forest University | ||
| Jessica Namakkal | Duke University | ||
| Mark Rifkin | UNC Greensboro | ||
| Glenn Hinson | University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill | ||
| Youssef J Carter | UNC-Chapel Hill | ||
| Daniel B. Coleman | UNC Greensboro | ||
| Kristen Alff | North Carolina State University | ||
| Tabitha Wood | University of North Carolina Charlotte | ||
| Nicole D Peterson | UNC Charlotte | ||
| Nancy MacLean | Duke University | ||
| Sarah Jane Cervenak | UNC Greensboro | ||
| Juliane Hammer | UNC Chapel Hill | ||
| Dr Huma Ibrahim | UNC Charlotte | ||
| Silvia Serrano | Duke University | ||
| Mark Justad | Guilford College | ||
| Pedro Lasch | Duke University | ||
| Jocelyn Olcott | Duke University | ||
| George Dimock | UNC Greensboro | ||
| Adam Rosenblatt | Duke University | ||
| Raquel Salvatella de Prada | Duke University | ||
| Shambhavi Kaul | Duke University | ||
| Neil DeVotta | Wake Forest University | ||
| Kathryn Mathers | Duke University | ||
| David Auerbach | North Carolina State University | ||
| Lisa Levenstein | UNC Greensboro | ||
| Tad Skotnicki | UNC Greensboro | ||
| David Ambaras | North Carolina State University | ||
| Christina V Carter | Appalachian State University | ||
| Ella Fratantuono | UNC Charlotte | ||
| Saskia Cornes | Duke University | ||
| Kristine Stiles | Duke University | ||
| Sandy Marshall | Elon University | ||
| Altha Cravey | UNC Chapel Hill | ||
| Claudia Koonz | Duke | ||
| Dr. Barbara Sostaita | UNC Chapel Hill | ||
| Annabel Wharton | Duke University | ||
| Marame Gueye | East Carolina University | ||
| Hassan Melehy | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | ||
| Dana Logan | UNC Greensboro | ||
| Gary Comstock | NC State | ||
| Michal Osterweil | UNC Chapel Hill | ||
| Antonia Randolph | University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill | ||
| Lynda Stone | UNC Chapel Hill | ||
| Corey D. B. Walker | Wake Forest University | ||
| Denise Soufi | UNC Chapel Hill | ||
| Maria Carla Sanchez | UNC Greensboro | ||
| Sahan Karatasli | UNC Greensboro | ||
| Daniele Armaleo | Duke University | ||
| Michael Schwalbe | North Carolina State University | ||
| Esther O. Ohito | UNC-Chapel Hill | ||
| Todd Madigan | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | ||
| Cynthia Torres | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | ||
| Danielle Bouchard | UNC Greensboro | ||
| Levi McLaughlin | North Carolina State University | ||
| Asa Eger | UNC Greensboro | ||
| Tom Reinert | University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill | ||
| Greg O’Brien | UNC Greensboro | ||
| Janine Jones | UNC Greensboro | ||
| Emilia Phillips | UNC Greensboro | ||
| Meghan McDowell | Winston-Salem State University | ||
| Genna Rae McNeil | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | ||
| Taylor Hargrove | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | ||
| Neelofer Qadir | UNC Greensboro | ||
| Leigh Campoamor | Duke University | ||
| Sara Basti | UNC Greensboro | ||
| Harris Solomon | Duke University | ||
| Kearsley Stewart | Duke University | ||
| Kia Caldwell | UNC-Chapel Hill | ||
| Ellen Welch | UNC Chapel Hill | ||
| Nima Bassiri | Duke University | ||
| Fadi A. Bardawil | Duke University | ||
| Muhammed Musab Akbay | UNC Greensboro | ||
| Michael Pendlebury | North Carolina State University | ||
| Jehanne Gheith | Duke University | ||
| Jessica Wolfe | UNC Chapel Hill | ||
| Maxine Eichner | UNC Chapel Hill | ||
| Sky Kihuwa-Mani | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | ||
| Shereen Elgamal | Elon University | ||
| William Darity, Jr. | Duke University | ||
| Hong-An Truong | University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill | ||
| Jehangir Malegam | Duke University | ||
| Madhusudan Katti | NC State University | ||
| Haleema Welji | Duke University | ||
| Kimberly Wortmann | Wake Forest | ||
| Melika Osareh | University of North Carolina Greensboro | ||
| Brenda Baletti | Duke University | ||
| Paolo Bocci | Duke University | ||
| Evan Hepler-Smith | Duke University | ||
| Patrick Kay | Wake Tech Community College | ||
| Adriana de Souza e Silva | NC State University | ||
| Samson Goodrich | East Carolina University | ||
| Ariane Cox | UNC Greensboro | ||
| Michael Matthews | Elon University | ||
| Zachary Levenson | University of North Carolina, Greensboro | ||
| James Pope | Winston-Salem State University | ||
| Hadia Mubarak | Queens University of Charlotte | ||
| Mona L. Russell | East Carolina University | ||
| Baiyina W. Muhammad | North Carolina Central University | ||
| Tasneem Siddiqui | Winston Salem State University | ||
| Judith Ferser | North Carolina State University | ||
| Gabriel Katul | Duke University | ||
| Patrice D. Douglass | Duke University | ||
| Irene Silverblatt | Duke University | ||
| Twayla Eason | Shaw University | ||
| Claudia Yaghoobi | UNC-Chapel Hill | ||
| Alyx Beckwith | North Carolina Central University | ||
| Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | ||
| Annette M. Rodríguez | UNC- Chapel Hill | ||
| Carmen Hsu | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | ||
| Ashlee Andrews | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | ||
| Suzanne Watts Henderson | Queens University | ||
| Elin o’Hara Slavick | UNC, Chapel Hill | ||
| Silvia Bettez | UNC Greensboro | ||
| Christian C. Lentz | UNC Chapel Hill | ||
| Michael Lambert | UNC Chapel Hill | ||
| Tanya Jisa | UNC Chapel Hill | ||
| Jeremy Rinker, PhD | UNC Greensboro | ||
| Brian Hsu | UNC Chapel Hill | ||
| Kathryn Burns | UNC Chapel Hill | ||
| Carmen Soliz | UNC Charlotte | ||
| Malinda Maynor Lowery | UNC-Chapel Hill | ||
| Michael Frierson | UNC Greensboro | ||
| Terence McIntosh | UNC Chapel Hill | ||
| Deborah M. Weissman | UNC Chapel Hill | ||
| Kristina Gupta | Wake Forest | ||
| Joseph A Soares | Wake Forest University | ||
| Ari Davidson | Wake Forest University | ||
| Dirk Moses | UNC Chapel Hill | ||
| Sabina Gesell PhD | Wake Forest School of Medicine | ||
| Colin Post | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | ||
| Dean Franco | Wake Forest University | ||
| Tanya Zanish-Belcher | Wake Forest University | ||
| Krista Craven | Guilford College | ||
| Hollyce C. Giles | Guilford College | ||
| Stephen Murphy | Wake Forest University | ||
| Anne Boyle | Wake Forest University | ||
| Rachel Corbman | Wake Forest University | ||
| Judith Madera | Wake Forest | ||
| Jennifer Park | UNC Greensboro | ||
| Alexandra Brewer | Wake Forest University | ||
| Daniel Rhodes | UNC Greensboro | ||
| Andrea Gomez Cervantes | Wake Forest University | ||
| Zhihong Chen | Guilford College | ||
| Doria Elkerdany | UNC Chapel Hill | ||
| T. H. M. Gellar-Goad | Wake Forest University | ||
| Dr. Tiffany Judy | Wake Forest University | ||
| Mary Beth Lock | Wake Forest University | ||
| Aimee Lents | Wake Forest University | ||
| Gabriel Rosenberg | Duke University | ||
| Alessandra Von Burg | Wake Forest University | ||
| Stephen Sills | UNC Greensboro | ||
| RJ Boutelle | UNC Greensboro | ||
| Kathryn Shields | Guilford College | ||
| Jim Carmichael | UNC Greensboro | ||
| Elisabeth Paquette | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | ||
| Michele Clark | North Carolina Central University | ||
| Karin Friederic | Wake Forest University | ||
| Justin Harmon | UNC Greensboro | ||
| Brenna M. Casey | Wake Forest University | ||
| Lynn Harris | East Carolina University | ||
| Maya Berry | UNC Chapel Hill | ||
| Susan C. Pearce | East Carolina University | ||
| Richie Zweigenhaft | Guilford College | ||
| Katherine Charron | NC State University | ||
| Jennifer Greiman | Wake Forest University | ||
| Jayati Lal | Wake Forest University | ||
| Eric Ekstrand | Wake Forest University | ||
| Heather Hayton | Guilford College | ||
| Lucy Alford | Wake Forest University | ||
| Caroline Robinson | UNC Chapel Hill | ||
| Sonia Archer-Capuzzo | University of North Carolina Greensboro | ||
| Derek Krueger | UNC Greensboro | ||
| Charles Kennedy | Wake Forest University | ||
| Nancy Milio | UNC-CH School of Public Health | ||
| Joe Cole | UNC Greensboro | ||
| John Caldwell | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | ||
| Jieun Lee | Wake Forest University | ||
| Christian Matheis | Guilford College | ||
| Julie Winterich | Guilford College | ||
| Jill Peterfeso | Guilford College | ||
| Collie Fulford | North Carolina Central University | ||
| Elizabeth Havice | University of North Carolina Chapel Hill | ||
| Jarvis Hargrove | East Carolina University | ||
| Javier Arce | UNC Chapel Hill | ||
| Simone M Caron | Wake Forest University | ||
| Anneke Schwob | UNC-Chapel Hill | ||
| Megan Perry | East Carolina University | ||
| sambuddha banerjee | East Carolina University | ||
| Jamie Browne | Duke University | ||
| Casey Delehanty | Gardner-Webb University | ||
| Sandy Smith-Nonini | University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill | ||
| Shannon Vance | East Carolina University | ||
| Leila Villaverde | UNC Greensboro | ||
| Sharon Andrews | Wake Forest University | ||
| Luoyi Cai | UNC Chapel Hill | ||
| Purificacion Martinez | East Carolina University | ||
| Michael Brewer | East Carolina University | ||
| Lisa J. McLeod | Guilford College | ||
| Emily Baragwanath | UNC Chapel Hill | ||
| Chuck Tryon | Fayetteville State University | ||
| Tracy S Feldman | St. Andrews University | ||
| Stephanie Koscak | Wake Forest University | ||
| Michael J Moore | Appalachian State | ||
| Maria Bobroff | Guilford College | ||
| Cat Warren | North Carolina State University | ||
| Danielle Purifoy | UNC Chapel Hill | ||
| Jacqueline Lawton | UNC Chapel Hill | ||
| Cybelle H. McFadden | UNC Greensboro | ||
| Jay Newhard | East Carolina University | ||
| I Jonathan Kief | UNC Chapel Hill | ||
| Juan Carlos González Espitia | UNC Chapel Hill | ||
| Aaron Harcus | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | ||
| Charlie D. Thompson | Duke | ||
| Evan Gatti | Elon University | ||
| William Sherman | UNC Charlotte | ||
| John D. French | Duke University | ||
| Jeff Popke | East Carolina University | ||
| Cameron Gokee | Appalachian State | ||
| Nancy Daukas | Guilford College | ||
| Sarah Praskievicz | University of North Carolina Greensboro | ||
| Paul Leslie | University of North Carolina | ||
| Karen Flint | University of North Carolina, Charlotte | ||
| Nora Bird | UNC Greensboro | ||
| Burak Erdim | NC State University | ||
| James Chappel | Duke University | ||
| Cynthia Nearman | Guilford College | ||
| Holly Peterson | Guilford College | ||
| Donna Nixon | University of North Carolina Chapel Hill | ||
| Ranjana Khanna | Duke University | ||
| Mir Yarfitz | Wake Forest University | ||
| Robert Trowers | North Carolina Central University | ||
| Luciana Fellin | Duke University | ||
| Didem Havlioglu | Duke Unıversity | ||
| Sarah Mason | Wake Forest University | ||
| Gera S. Miles Jr. | East Carolina University | ||
| Iheoma U. Iruka | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | ||
| Betina Cutaia Wilkinson | Wake Forest University | ||
| Julia Haslett | UNC Chapel Hill | ||
| Kathi Weeks | Duke University | ||
| Joanna Ruocco | Wake Forest University | ||
| Nina Martin | UNC Chapel Hill | ||
| Ghada Rabah | NC State | ||
| Michael A. Figueroa | UNC Chapel Hill |
| Bakarr Kanu | Winston-Salem State University | |
| Angela Stuesse | UNC-Chapel Hill | |
| Dale Smith | UNC Charlotte | |
| Sarah Bloesch | UNC Chapel Hill | |
| Dr. Rebecca Powers | Eastern Carolina University | |
| Elizabeth Saylor | North Carolina State University | |
| Kelly Wisdom | Mitchell Community College | |
| Beth Bee | East Carolina University | |
| William Sturkey | UNC Chapel Hill | |
| Cynthia Radding | University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill | |
| Miguel La Serna | UNC Chapel Hill | |
| Louise McReynolds | University of North Carolina | |
| Harry L. Watson | UNC Chapel Hill | |
| Beth Holmgren | Duke University | |
| Janine Jones | UNC-Greensboro |
Kenneth Surin Duke University
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