September 15,2025 Dear President Milliken and Chancellor Lyons, On behalf of California Scholars for Academic Freedom,* an organization of over 200 scholars in higher education in California dedicated to the defense of academic freedom, we condemn your decision to report 160 members of the UC Berkeley faculty, students, and staff to the federal government forContinue reading “Letter to University of California President Milliken and UC Berkeley Chancellor Lyons Condemning Their Decision to Report 160 Members of the UC Berkeley Faculty, Students and Staff to the Federal Government for Investigation on False Accusations of Antisemitism”
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Letter to Dr. Dominico Grasso, President, University of Michigan Expressing Our Deep Concern for Two University of Michigan Ann Arbor Postdoctoral Researchers Xunqing Jian and Chengxuan Han Who Have Been Arrested for Agroterrorism
July 27, 2025 Dr. Dominico Grasso, President University of Michigan Dear President Grasso, On behalf of California Scholars for Academic Freedom,** an organization of over 200 scholars in higher education in California dedicated to the defense of academic freedom, we write to express our deep concern for two UM Ann Arbor postdoctoral researchers, Yunqing JianContinue reading “Letter to Dr. Dominico Grasso, President, University of Michigan Expressing Our Deep Concern for Two University of Michigan Ann Arbor Postdoctoral Researchers Xunqing Jian and Chengxuan Han Who Have Been Arrested for Agroterrorism”
Letter to Cynthia Teniente-Matson, President of San José State University, Provost Del Casino and V.P. Durr in Objection to the Disparate Treatment Accorded to Professor Sang Hea Kil Who is to be Terminated from Her Position Vs the Reinstatement of Professor Jonathan Roth Who Physically Assaulted a Protester but Will Return to Teaching in Fall 2025
July 28, 2025 Cynthia Teniente-Matson President San José State University sjsupres@sjsu.edu Vincent Del Casino Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs San José State University provost@sjsu.edu Jeanne Durr Interim Senior Associate Vice President, University Personnel San José State University jeanne.durr@sjsu.edu President Teniente-Matson, Provost Del Casino, and Vice President Durr: On behalf of California ScholarsContinue reading “Letter to Cynthia Teniente-Matson, President of San José State University, Provost Del Casino and V.P. Durr in Objection to the Disparate Treatment Accorded to Professor Sang Hea Kil Who is to be Terminated from Her Position Vs the Reinstatement of Professor Jonathan Roth Who Physically Assaulted a Protester but Will Return to Teaching in Fall 2025”
Letter to California State, Long Beach President Jane Close Conoley and Vice President Patricia Pérez Condemning the Treatment of Five Faculty Who Were Given Notice of Violating Time Place and Manner Policies (TPM)
September 16th, 2024 Re:CS4AF letter to CSU Long Beach President over TPM and the Selective Targeting of the “CSULB 5” Faculty Dear California State University Long Beach President Jane Close Conoley and Vice President Patricia Pérez; We write as members of California Scholars for Academic Freedom.* We condemn the treatment of five faculty who wereContinue reading “Letter to California State, Long Beach President Jane Close Conoley and Vice President Patricia Pérez Condemning the Treatment of Five Faculty Who Were Given Notice of Violating Time Place and Manner Policies (TPM)”
Letter to California State University Chancellor Mildred Garcia Expressing Deep Alarm Over the New Time, Place and Manner (TPM) Directives Recently Imposed Systemwide by the CSU
September 7, 2024 Re: CS4AF letter about New Interim Time Place Manner Policies at the CSU Dear California State University Chancellor Mildred Garcia, We write as members of California Scholars for Academic Freedom.* We want to express our deep alarm over the new Time, Place and Manner (TPM) directives recently imposed systemwide by the CSU. Continue reading “Letter to California State University Chancellor Mildred Garcia Expressing Deep Alarm Over the New Time, Place and Manner (TPM) Directives Recently Imposed Systemwide by the CSU”
California Scholars for Academic Freedom Letter to Professor Asher Cohen, President, Hebrew University at Jerusalem Expressing Our Outrage at the Hebrew University at Jerusalem’s Suspension (With Pay) of Professor Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian
CALIFORNIA SCHOLARS FOR ACADEMIC FREEDOM March 15, 2024 Prof Asher Cohen, President, Hebrew University of Jerusalem Prof Tamir Sheafer, Rector, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Asher Ben Arieh, Dean of the Faculty of Social Work, Hebrew University Tomer Broude, Dean of the Faculty of Law, Hebrew University Dear Colleagues, California Scholars for Academic Freedom*(CS4AF) writes toContinue reading “California Scholars for Academic Freedom Letter to Professor Asher Cohen, President, Hebrew University at Jerusalem Expressing Our Outrage at the Hebrew University at Jerusalem’s Suspension (With Pay) of Professor Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian”
California Scholars for Academic Freedom Statement on the Israeli Assault on Palestinian Education
CS4AF Statement on the Israeli Assault on Palestinian Education As an academic organization dedicated to nurturing intellectual inquiry and protecting it from multiple harms, we raise our collective voice in horror at the targeted killing of students, faculty, and staff across Gaza and the West Bank. Professor Mohammad Eid Shubair, a well-respected scholar and presidentContinue reading “California Scholars for Academic Freedom Statement on the Israeli Assault on Palestinian Education”
American Historical Association Releases Statement Opposing Exclusion of LGBTQ+ History in Florida
AHA Releases Statement Opposing Exclusion of LGBTQ+ History in Florida (May 2023) The AHA has released a statement condemning the Florida Department of Education (FLDOE)’s recent ruling banning educators from “provid[ing] classroom instruction to students in grades 4 through 12 on sexual orientation or gender identity unless such instruction is . . . expressly requiredContinue reading “American Historical Association Releases Statement Opposing Exclusion of LGBTQ+ History in Florida”
Endorsement of Resolution Before the American Anthropological Association to Adopt an Institutional Boycott of Israeli Universities
May 15, 2023 CALIFORNIA SCHOLARS FOR ACADEMIC FREEDOM May 15, 2023 To: Dear President Ramona Perez and the AAA Executive Board: <perez@sdsu.edu> Cc: <wbbaptiste@anthro.umass.edu>, <adam@anthrocurious.com>, <acabado@ucla.edu>, <dr.kamelaheywardrotimi@outlook.com>, <jmaskovsky@gc.cuny.edu>, <bameek@umich.edu>, <gvcetina@uady.mx>, <petra@monmouthcollege.edu>, <ksampec@ilstu.edu>, <j.benntor@vanderbilt.edu>, <kslocum@unc.edu>, <grichards@coastal.edu>, <dberiss@gmail.com>, <drldbaker@gmail.com>, <brendanea.tynes@gmail.com>, <avanarsd@wellesley.edu>, <erik.harms@yale.edu> Endorsement of Resolution before the American Anthropological Association to Adopt an Institutional Boycott of IsraeliContinue reading “Endorsement of Resolution Before the American Anthropological Association to Adopt an Institutional Boycott of Israeli Universities”
Letter to President Lynn Mahoney, SFSU and Chancellor Jolene Koester, CSU expressing Depp Concern Re. San Francisco State University Administration Repeated Attempts to Harass, Marginalize and Silence Professor Rabab Abdulhadi
September 5, 2022 To: President Lynn Mahoney, San Francisco State University Cc: Chancellor Jolene Koester, CSU From: California Scholars for Academic Freedom We are writing on behalf of California Scholars for Academic Freedom, a group of over two-hundred scholars from campuses across California, to express deep concern regarding the SFSU administration’s repeated attempts to harass,Continue reading “Letter to President Lynn Mahoney, SFSU and Chancellor Jolene Koester, CSU expressing Depp Concern Re. San Francisco State University Administration Repeated Attempts to Harass, Marginalize and Silence Professor Rabab Abdulhadi”
CALIFORNIA SCHOLARS FOR ACADEMIC FREEDOM 