In light of recent reporting in The Plainsman regarding the anti-LGBTQ+ culture that exists at Auburn, we the undersigned wish to express our wholehearted support for LGBTQ+ students, staff, and faculty.
We take to heart the stated goal of Auburn University's Office of Inclusion & Diversity to "create, promote, and encourage a supportive and friendly campus environment that is welcoming and attractive to people of all races, ethnicity, nationalities, religions, gender, sexual orientation, and those with disabilities" [1] and we urge our colleagues and leadership to do the same.
Though this statement cannot undo the patterns of marginalization and exclusion that mar the reputation of our university, it is our hope that it will let our students and coworkers know that they do not stand alone.
[1] http://diversity.auburn.edu/about/
Signed,
Kate M. Craig, Assistant Professor, Department of History
Sarah R. Hamilton, Associate Professor, Department of History
Sunny Stalter-Pace, Hargis Associate Professor of American Literature, Department of English
Leigh Gruwell, Assistant Professor, Department of English
Monique Laney, Associate Professor, Department of History
Kenneth W. Noe, Professor, Department of History
Emily C. Friedman, Associate Professor, Department of English
Melissa Estes Blair, Associate Professor, Department of History
Austin McCoy, Assistant Professor, Department of History
Elijah Gaddis, Assistant Professor, Department of History
Hannah Baggett, Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Foundations, Leadership & Technology
Chase Bringardner, Associate Professor & Chair, Department of Theatre
Kelly Kennington, Associate Professor, Department of History
Stephanie L. Shepherd, Assistant Professor, Department of Geosciences
Charles Lesh, Assistant Professor, Department of English
David Blersch, Associate Professor, Biosystems Engineering Department
Virginia Davis, Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering
Chad Wickman, Associate Professor, Department of English
Darrell Crutchley, Staff, College of Liberal Arts
Wendy Troop-Gordon, Associate Professor, Human Development and Family Studies
Jill Crystal, Professor, Department of Political Science
Crystal Garcia, Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Foundations, Leadership, and Technology
Antonio Duran, Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Foundations, Leadership, and Technology
Sara Wolf, Associate Professor and Graduate Program Officer, Department of Educational Foundations, Leadership, and Technology
Arianne M. Gaetano, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work and Director of Women’s Studies
Kathryn Olsen Wickman, Senior Lecturer, Department of English
Robyn Westbrook, Staff, Department of Educational Foundations, Leadership, and Technology
Marilyn Bradbard, Professor Emerita, Human Development and Family Studies
Robert Gordon, Senior Lecturer, Department of Psychology
Annie B Campbell, Assistant Professor, Dept of Art & Art History
Ashley Aston, Academic Advisor, College of Agriculture
Maiben Beard, Outreach Associate, Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts & Humanities
Sarah Chandler, Assistant Professor of Theatre Management, Department of Theatre
SueAnne Griffith, Alumnae, College of Engineering
Amy Strickland, Program Manager, Office of Sustainability
Chris Schnittka, Professor of Science Education, Department of Curriculum and Teaching
Kelley Young, Instructor, School of Communication & Journalism
Dave Lucsko, Professor and Chair, Department of History
Sara B. Demoiny, Assistant Professor of Elementary Education, Department of Curriculum and Teaching
Sara Speetjens Gilley, PhD candidate, Department of Geosciences
Tracy Witte, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology
Erich Nunn, Associate Professor, Department of English
Wiebke Kuhn, Associate Director, Biggio Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning
Scott Phillips, Associate Professor, Department of Theatre
Katie Shade, Director of Production, Department of Theatre
Vivian Miller, Technology Specialist, Harbert College of Business
Joseph Bardeen, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology
Carey Andrzejewski, Associate Professor, Department of Educational Foundations, Leadership, & Technology
Jean Ashley Butler, Lecturer, Department of Theatre
Ashley Ludewig, Lecturer and Interim Director of Composition, Department of English
Mike Kensler, Director, Office of Sustainability
Ana Grinberg, Lecturer, Department of English
Jennifer Robinson, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology
Matthew Clary, Lecturer, Department of Political Science
Christopher Basgier, Associate Director of University Writing, Office of University Writing
Diana R. Samek, Associate Professor, Department of Human Development and Family Studies
Josh R. Novak, Assistant Professor, Department of Human Development and Family Studies, & Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
Konrad Patkowski, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Daydrie Hague, Professor of Theatre
Gilad Sorek, Associate Professor, Department of Economics
Nancy Thacker, Assistant Professor, Department of Special Education, Rehabilitation, and Counseling
Megan Haskins, Program Administrator, Office of University Writing
Matthew Hoch, Associate Professor, Department of Music
Lauren M. Ruhlmann, Assistant Professor, Department of Human Development and Family Studies, & Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
Megan Burton, Associate Professor, Department of Curriculum and Teaching
Katrina Akande, Assistant Professor, Department of Human Development and Family Studies
Jamie Harrison, Associate Professor, Department of Curriculum and Teaching
Stephen Erath, Professor, Department of Human Development and Family Studies
Mary Jane McIlwain, Assistant Professor, Department of Curriculum and Teaching
Natalia Ruiz-Junco, Assistant Professor, Sociology Undergraduate Program Director, Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work
Cathleen M. Giustino, Professor, Department of History
Mike Cook, Assistant Professor, Department of Curriculum and Teaching
Jennifer E. Brooks, Associate Professor of History
Lisa A. W. Kensler, Professor, Department of Educational Foundations, Leadership, and Technology
Lynne Patrick, Director, Truman Pierce Institute, College of Education; Associate Clinical Professor for Educational Leadership, Department of Educational Foundations, Leadership, and Technology
Andrew Pendola, Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Foundations, Leadership, and Technology
Karley A. Riffe, Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Foundations, Leadership, and Technology
Cissy J. Ballen, Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences
Kamden K. Strunk, Associate Professor, Department of Educational Foundations, Leadership, and Technology
Lucretia O Tripp Associate Professor Department of Curriculum Teaching
Katherine M Buckley, Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences
Rita M. Graze, Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences
Laurie Stevison, Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences
Geoffrey Silvera, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science
Paul Harris, Professor and Chair, Department of Political Science
Marie Strader, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences
Alicia Carroll, Associate Professor, Department of English
Paul Cobine, Professor, Department of Biological Sciences
Nate B Hardy, Associate Professor, Department of Entomology
Francesca Adler-Baeder, Professor, Department of Human Development and Family Studies
Scott Simkins, Senior Lecturer, Dept. of English
Susan Teubner-Rhodes, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
Marcelo A. Kuroda, Assistant Professor, Physics
Holly E. Dunlap, Instructor, Department of English
Svetlana Chesser, Assistant Clinical Professor Department of Educational Foundations, Leadership, & Technology
Xaq Frohlich, Assistant Professor, Department of History
T. Randolph Beard, Professor of Economics
Bevin Roue, Assistant Clinical Professor, Educational Foundations, Leadership, & Technology
Kelly Alley, Professor of Anthropology, Dept of Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work
Magdalena Garmaz, Associate Professor, Architecture
Matt Gist, Staff, Department of Theatre
Elif Dede Yildirim, Assistant Professor, Department of Human Development and Family Studies
Susan A. Youngblood, Associate Professor, Department of English
Jim Ellis, Staff, College of Education
Vicky Cardullo, Associate Professor, Department of Curriculum and Teaching
Asim Ali, Director, Auburn Online
Elena Aydarova, Assistant Professor, Educational Foundations, Leadership, and Technology
Cari Dunn, Humana-Germany-Sherman Distinguished Professor, Special Education, Rehabilitation and Counseling
Lauren Beckingham, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering Wendy R Hood, Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences
Bryan Beckingham, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering
Brian L. Connelly, Professor, Department of Management
Jack Montgomery, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering
Debra Armstrong-Wright, Coordinator, Pre-Law Programs, Department of Political Science
Bob Pantazes, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering
Mallory Lucier-Greer, Associate Professor, Human Development and Family Studies
Audrey Lowry, Staff, College of Education
Amy Cicchino, Associate Director, Office of University Writing
Paris Strom, Professor, Department of Educational Foundations, Leadership, and Technology
Marian Carcache, Instructor (retired), Department of English
Laura Nan Fairley, Associate Professor, School of Communication and Journalism
Allison Vandenberg, Instructor of Women's Studies, College of Liberal Arts
Jason Upton, Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences
David Shannon, Educational Foundations, Leadership and Technology
Jamie Oaks, Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences
Keren Gorodeisky, Jane Dickson Lanier Professor, Philosophy Department
Eden McLean, Associate Professor, Department of History
Carrie Spell, Senior Lecturer, Department of English
Brennan van Alderwerelt, Lecturer, Department of Geoscience
Robert B. Ekelund, Professor and Eminent Scholar Emeritus, Department of Economics
Haruka Wada, Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences
Jaime Miller, Director, Student Academic Support
Lisa Simmons, Assistant Research Professor, Department of Educational Foundations, Leadership, and Technology
Bertram Zinner, Associate Professor Emeritus, Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Elizabeth Ann Benson, Assistant Professor, Department of Theatre
Duha T. Altindag, Associate Professor, Department of Economics
Jennifer Wood, Instructor, Human Development & Family Studies
Aditi Sengupta, Associate Professor and Graduate Program officer, Department of Economics
Kathryn Floyd, Associate Professor, Department of Art & Art History
Frances O’Donnell, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering
Jonathan Hallford, Academic Advisor, College of Liberal Arts
Anton DiSclafani, Assistant Professor and Alumni Writer in Residence, Department of English
William Murrah, Assistant Professor, Educational Foundations, Leadership and Technology
Anya Riehl Bertolet, Associate Professor and Director of Core Literature, Department of English
Keith Hebert, Associate Professor and Public History Program Officer, Department of History
Jong Hyun Chung, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics
Sydney Provence, Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Physics
Ellen Campbell, Lecturer, Department of English
Hyeongwoo Kim, Professor and Chair, Department of Economics
Lindsay Doukopoulos, Assistant Director, Biggio Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning
Tal Peretz, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work
Laura Bilenker, Assistant Professor, Department of Geosciences
Jamie Carney, Professor & Dept Head Special Education, Rehabilitation and Counseling
Tonia Schwartz, Department of Biological Sciences
Jeremy M. Downes, Professor & Chair, Department of English
Angela Love, Associate Professor & Early Childhood Education Program Coordinator, DEPT. Of Curriculum & Teaching
Craig E. Bertolet, Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies, Department of English
Carmen Rossell, Spanish Instructor, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures
Amy Childress, Instructor, Department of English
Deborah Solomon, Assistant Professor, Department of English
Guillaume Salze, School of Fisheries and Aquaculture
Ross R. Blair, Academic Advisor, College of Liberal Arts
Alan D. Meyer, Associate Professor, Department of History
Sarah Ferguson, Coordinator, Auburn University Bands
Amy Brock, Director of Advising, College of Agriculture
Jonathon Brock, University Libraries
Heidi Hausse, Assistant Professor, Department of History
Jennifer Salter, Costume Coordinator, Department of Theatre
Christopher Ferguson, Associate Professor, Department of History
Courtney Leisner, Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences
Kelly Ann Krawczyk, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science
Jada Kohlmeier, Professor, Secondary Social Studies Education
Chris Qualls, Associate Professor, Department of Theatre
Stephanie Rogers, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Geosciences
Miriam Marty Clark, Associate Professor, Department of English
Matt Malczycki, Associate Professor, Department of History
Ryan Schey, Assistant Professor, Department of Curriculum and Teaching
Derek G. Ross, Associate Professor, Department of English
Sarit Dhar, Associate Professor, Department of Physics
Moisés A. Bernal, Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences
Maryam Ali, Alumna, Department of Chemical Engineering
Susan Bannon, Associate Professor and Director, Learning Resources Center
Cynthia Bowling, Professor and Associate Dean, College of Liberal Arts
Mona El-Sheikh, Professor, Human Development and Family Studies
[Sent to Spectrum and The Plainsman, 11/5/2019]