The Minnesota Student Association Executive Board has partnered with faculty to deliver the following message to University Administration. We urge the University to demonstrate proactively its support for students facing uncertainty with DACA, TPS, and the Travel Ban.

In Solidarity,

The Minnesota Student Association Executive Board

The Council of Graduate Students General Assembly^[1]

The Professional Student Government Executive Board^[2]

President Kaler, Provost Hanson, & the University Community, 

In the event that students at the University of Minnesota find themselves with uncertain residential status, and – as a result of the termination of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), reversal of Temporary Protected Status (TPS), or the Travel Ban – are not able to physically attend the University of Minnesota due to deportation or denied entry into the United States, we, as faculty, stand willing to assist students in the successful completion of their degrees. We urge the University’s leadership to take the steps necessary to remove barriers by allowing faculty to implement flexible learning plans and enable students to meet their academic goals to complete their degrees.

In solidarity,  

Barbara Frey, Director, Human Rights Program

Klaas van der Sanden, Global studies, CLA

Professor Michael Goldman, Sociology and Global Studies, College of Liberal Arts

Professor Gopinath, Music, College of Liberal Arts

Senior Teaching Specialist Lopez, Spanish and Portuguese Department, College of Liberal Arts

Assistant Professor Hennefeld, Cultural Studies & Comparative Literature, College of Liberal Arts

Assistant Professor Serra Hakyemez, Anthropology, CLA

Professor Ana Paula Ferreira, Spanish and Portuguese, College of Liberal Arts

Professor Emeritus David Hollister, School of Social Work

Professor Mortimer, Department of Sociology, College of Liberal Arts

Professor Jigna Desai, Department of Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies, College of Liberal Arts

Professor Ana Forcinito, Spanish and Portuguese Studies, College of Liberal Arts

Professor Hilbink, Political Science, College of Liberal Arts

Professor Emerita, Katherine Fennelly, Humphrey School of Public Affairs

Professor August Nimtz, Political Science, College of Liberal Arts

Professor Daniel Kelliher, Political Science, College of Liberal Arts

Professor Savelsberg, Sociology, College of Liberal Arts

Associate Professor Shakhsari, GWSS, CLA

Andrew Elfenbein, English, CLA

Professor Toscano, Environ. Health Sciences, School of Public Health

Professor Ruth Shaw, Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, College of Biological Sciences

Assistant Professor Wrigley-Field, Sociology, College of Liberal Arts

Professor Braun, Geography, Environment and Society, College of Liberal Arts.

Shaden M. Tageldin, Associate Professor, Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature, College of Liberal Arts

Professor Ronald Aminzade, Sociology, College of Liberal Arts

Professor Caraway, Political Science, College of Liberal Arts

Professor Christopher Federico, Psychology and Political Science, College of Liberal Arts

Visiting Associate Professor Catherine Guisan, Political Science, College of Liberal Arts

V.V. Ganeshananthan, English & Creative Writing, College of Liberal Arts

Professor Sumner, Political Science, College of Liberal Arts

Associate Professor Luxon, Political Science, College of Liberal Arts

Professor C. Daniel Myers, Political Science, College of Liberal Arts

Robert Nichols, Assistant Professor, Political Science, CLA

Professor Fazal, Political Science, College of Liberal Arts

Mary Pogatshnik, Senior Teaching Specialist, Department of Spanish and Portuguese

Stephanie Anderson, Senior Teaching Specialist, Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies, College of Liberal Arts

Professor Christina Ewig, Humphrey School of Public Affairs

Associate Professor Robertson, Chair, Population Health and Systems, School of Nursing

Professor Georgiana May, EEB, CBS

Professor Erika Lee, Immigration History Research Center, History, Asian American Studies

Professor Susan Craddock, GWSS/IGS/Center for Bioethics, CLA/AHC

Associate Professor Kathleen Hull, Sociology, College of Liberal Arts

Alejandro Baer, Assoc. Professor, Sociology, College of Liberal Arts

Professor Carol Klee, Spanish and Portuguese Studies, College of Liberal Arts

Assistant Professor, Zobeida Bonilla, Epidemiology & Community Health, School of Public Health

Professor Schurman, Global Studies, College of Liberal Arts

Evelyn Davidheiser, Director, Institute for Global Studies

Scott Abernathy, Associate Professor and University Distinguished Teaching Professor, Political Science, College of Liberal Arts

Professor Gloria Goodwin Raheja, Anthropology,  CLA

Joanne Peltonen, Language Center, College of Liberal Arts

Dr. Wendy K. Z. Anderson, Communication Studies, College of Liberal Arts

Professor Ron Krebs, Political Science, College of Liberal Arts

Professor Elizabeth Boyle, Sociology, College of Liberal Arts

Manuel A. Sanchez, Dunham Jackson Assistant Professor, School of Mathematics

Associate Professor Sarah Holtman, Philosophy, CLA

Peter Campion, Associate Professor, English, College of Liberal Arts

Danielle Dadras, Coordinator of Curriculum and Advising, Global Studies, CLA

Assistant Professor Creamer, Political Science, College of Liberal Arts & School of Law

Deena Wassenberg Teaching Associate Professor, College of Biological Sciences

Associate Professor Rosella Selmina, Department of Sociology

Nathan Whittaker, Social Justice Minor, Social Work, College of Education & Human Development

Joy Collman, Senior Teaching Specialist, Spanish, Dept. of Spanish and Portuguese Studies, College of Liberal Arts

Professor Todd Arnold, Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology, CFANS

John Fieberg, Associate Professor, Department of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology, College of Food, Agriculture and Natural Resource Sciences

Christophe Wall-Romana, Associate Professor, French and Italian, College of Liberal Arts

Professor Susan Noakes, French and Italian, College of Liberal Arts

Betsy Kerr, French and Italian, College of Liberal Arts

Juliette Cherbuliez, French and Italian, College of Liberal Arts

Professor Andrew Simons, Bell Museum & Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology, CFANS

Professor Richa Nagar, Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies, CLA

Professor Lee Penn, Chemistry, CSE

Associate Professor Patrick McNamara, Department of History, CLA

Professor Donald Liu, Applied Economics, CFANS

Nate Hagens UHP

Kristin Beamish-Brown, Teaching Specialist, Department of Spanish & Portuguese Studies

Associate Professor, Cawo Abdi, Department of Sociology, CLA

Professor John Phillips, Astronomy, College of Science and Engineering

M.J.Fitzgerald, Associate Professor, English Department, CLA

Associate Professor Joshua Page, Sociology, College of Liberal Arts

Kirsten Jamsen, Director, Center for Writing

Professor Anna Clark, History, College of Liberal Arts

Professor Greg Anderson, Mathematics, College of Science and Engineering

Professor Deborah Levison, Humphrey School of Public Affairs

Leigh Payne, Senior Research Fellow, Human Rights Program

Professor Michael Minta, Political Science, College of Liberal Arts

J. Adrian Castrejon, Department of Chicanx and Latinx Studies, College of Liberal Arts

Principal Office & Administrative Specialist, American Indian Studies and Chicano & Latino Studies, College of Liberal Arts

Post Doctoral Associate, Jessica Lopez Lyman, Chicano and Latino Studies

Professor Josephine Lee, Department of English and Asian American Studies Program

Giancarlo Casale, Associate Prof., History, College of Liberal Arts

Professor Nicholas Jordan, Agronomy & Plant Genetics, CFANS

Vichet Chhuon, Associate Professor, Curriculum & Instruction, College of Education and Human Development; Interim Department Chair, Chicano and Latino Studies

Assistant Professor Gabriela Spears-Rico, Chicano and Latino Studies

Kathleen, Ganley, Senior Teaching Specialist, Spanish and Portuguese, College of Liberal Arts

Sarah Hoffman, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing

Karen Mary Davalos, Professor, Chicano and Latino Studies, CLA

Christine Marran, Professor, ALL

Professor Vinay Gidwani, Dept. of Geography, Environment & Society and Institute for Global Studies

Michael Anderson, Director, English Language Programs
Nevin Dale Young, Plant Pathology, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences
Elisabeth Alderks, Graduate Instructor, English, College of Liberal Arts
Katie Peacock, Assistant Director Center for Community Engaged Learning
Josef Woldense, Assistant Professor, African American & African Studies, College of Liberal Arts
Prof. William Viestenz, Spanish and Global Studies, College of Liberal Arts
Graduate Instructor Aleisha Smith, English, CLA
Abby Conover, Instructor, College of Biological Sciences
Associate Professor Ofelia Ferrán, Spanish and Portuguese Studies, CLA
Prof. B. R. Simon Rosser, EpiCH, School of Public Health
Senior Lecturer, Amy Simon, Carlson School of Management
Professor Gordon J. Alexander, Carlson School of Management
Wendy Lutter, Senior Lecturer, Marketing Department
Amee McDonald, Lecturer, Marketing, Carlson School of Management
Anny Lin, Senior Academic Advisor, Undergraduate Program, Carlson School of Management
Professor Russell Funk, Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship, Carlson School
Anna Mosser, Teaching Assistant Professor, Biology Teaching and Learning, College of Biological Sciences
Joe Rutkiewicz, English, College of Liberal Arts
Madelin Lindahl, Animal Science, College of Food, Agricultural, and Natural Resource Sciences
Ellie Hechter, Ecology Department, College of Biological Sciences
Cynthia Lewis, Professor and Chair, Curriculum and Instruction
Megan R. Gunnar, Professor and Director, Institute of Child Development, CEHD
Dr. Jehanne Beaton Zirps, Coordinator, DirecTrack to Teaching, Curriculum & Instruction, CEHD
Jeanne Schacht Adjunct Faculty School of Journalism
Professor Steven McLoon, Neuroscience, Medical School
Sehoya Cotner, Biology Teaching and Learning, CBS
Professor Liza Meredith, Psychology, College of Liberal Arts
Margaret Werry, Associate Professor, Theatre Arts and Dance, CLA
Elisa Becker-Herby, Adjunct Teaching Specialist, Hubbard School of Journalism and Mass Communication
Robert Nichols, Assistant Professor, Political Science, CLA
Professor Jennifer McComas, Educational Psychology, College of Education and Human Development
Senior Teaching Specialist Diane Odash, Communication Studies, College of Liberal Arts
Assistant Professor Dalay Olson, Integrative Biology and Physiology, College of Liberal Arts
Jontue Austin, Academic Adviser, Carlson School of Management
Associate Professor Lisa Channer Theatre Arts and Dance, CLA
Associate Professor Daniel Keefe, Computer Science & Engineering, College of Science & Engineering
Professor Ingrid Schneider, Department of Forest Resources
Robin Perez/Academic Advisor, CFANS
Associate Professor Luis A. Ramso-Garcia
Margaret Delehanty Kelly, Senior Teaching Specialist, Family Social Science, College of Education and Human Development
Assistant Professor Jessica Gordon-Roth, Philosophy, College of Liberal Arts
J Woods Halley Professor, Physics, College of Science and Engineering
K.C. Harrison, Ph.D., Senior Lecturer, Youth Studies Program, School of Social Work, CEHD
Maria del Pilar Zarate, Spanish Interpreter, CUHCC
Chad P. Giblin/Research Fellow, Forest Resources, CFANS
Professor Rachel Schurman, Global Studies and Sociology, CLA
Eric Daigre, Senior Lecturer, English Department, CLA
Professor Elaine Auyoung, English, College of Liberal Arts
Sinem Casale, Assistant Professor, Art History
Mikkel Vad, Ph.D. Student/Graduate Instructor, CSCL, CLA
Senior Lecturer Cecily Brown, Spanish and Portuguese, College of Liberal Arts
Angela Murray, Coordinator of Diversity Initiatives, Undergraduate Program, Carlson School of Management
Laura Wiesner, Adjunct Instructor, Leadership Minor
Martha Bigelow, Professor, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, CEHD
Dr. Michelle Garvey, Gender, Women, Sexuality Studies, College of Liberal Arts
Chris Kamerbeek, Lecturer, English, CLA
Thomas Wolfe, Associate Professor, History, CLA
Nina Asher, Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education and Human Development
Michael McCarron, Teaching Specialist, Spanish & Portuguese, CLA
Anuradha Gopalakrishnan, Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education and Human Development
Professor Canan Karatekin, Child Development, CEHD
Keitha-Gail Martin-Kerr, Lecturer, Curriculum and Instruction, CEHD
Professor Kristen C. Nelson, Depts. Forest Resources & Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology, CFANS
Mark Borrello Associate Professor Program in the History of Science, Technology and Medicine Dept of Ecology Evolution and Behavior
Jasper Weinburd, Graduate Instructor, School of Mathematics, College of Liberal Arts

Professor Benjamin Bigelow; German, Scandinavian & Dutch; College of Liberal Arts

Suzanne Gilchrist McCurdy, Grad Asst Instructor, Curriculum & Instruction, College of Education

Assistant Professor Lana Yarosh, Computer Science & Engineering, College of Science & Engineering

Professor Kent Kirkby, Earth Sciences, College of Science and Engineering

Wei Wang, Instructor, Department of Work and Organizations, Carlson School of Management

Emily Matson, Instructor, Rothenberger Institute, School of Public Health

Lecturer Erin Trapp, Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature, College of Liberal Arts

Associate Professor Kim Todd, English, College of Liberal Arts

Dr. Eileen Weber, Clinical Assistant Professor, School of Nursing

Professor Loren Terveen, Computer Science & Engineering, College of Science and Engineering

Associate Professor Edén Torres, GWSS, College of Liberal Arts

Professor Enid Logan, Department of Sociology, College of Liberal Arts

Assistant Professor Evan Roberts, Sociology, College of Liberal Arts

Assistant Professor Lisa Carney Anderson, Integrative Biology and Physiology, College of Liberal Arts and School of Medicine

Professor Sakshi Arya, Statistics, College of Liberal Arts

Nissa Parmar, Lecturer, Writing Studies Department, College of Liberal Arts

Associate Professor Sophia Beal, Spanish and Portuguese Studies, College of Liberal Arts

Molly Rojas Collins, Senior Teaching Specialist, Youth Studies School of Social Work

Teaching Specialist Mohammed Hussein, Arabic Language Program, Asian Languages and Literature, College of Liberal Arts.

Associate Professor Teresa Gowan, Sociology, CLA

Tai Mendenhall, Ph.D., LMFT; University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Department of Family Social Science; Couple and Family Therapy Program

Melissa Horning, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing

Ori Shewach, Grad Asst/Section Leader, Department of Psychology, College of Liberal Arts

Tabitha Grier-Reed, Associate Professor, Family Social Science, College of Education and Human Development

Jaime Hanneken, Associate Professor, Spanish and Portuguese Studies, College of Liberal Arts

Megan Mills-Rittmann, Lecturer, Writing Studies, College of Liberal Arts

Professor Jürgen Konczak, Kinesiology, College of Education and Human Development

Dr. Charles Willis, Biology Teaching and Learning, College of Biological Sciences

Erika Prater, Art History Department, College of Liberal Arts

Assistant Professor Charles Doss, Statistics, CLA

Chris Johnstone, Assistant Professor, College of Education and Human Development

Fiona Burnell, Physics and Astronomy, CSE

John Kammeyer-Mueller, Work and Organizations, Carlson School of Management

Barbara Champlin, Clinical Assistant Professor, School of Nursing

Matthew Kaul, Strategic Management & Entrepreneurship, Carlson School of Management

Josh Edgar, Adjunct Instructor, Leadership Minor

Peter Campion, Associate Professor, English, College of Liberal Arts

Thomas Wolfe, Assoc Professor of History, CLA

Julie Grossman, Associate Professor, Department of Horticultural Science, College of Food, Agriculture and Natural Resource Sciences (CFANS)

Jolie Quamme, Graphic Design, College of Design

Adriana Sánchez-Vargas, Spanish and Portuguese Department, College of Liberal Arts

Daheia J. Barr-Anderson, School of Kinesiology, College of Education and Human Development

Christine E Ve Lure Roholt, Assistant Director and Teaching Specialist, Leadership Minor

Chelsea Masteller Warren, Theatre Arts & Dance, College of Liberal Arts

Paul Tilleson, Linguistics, College of Liberal Arts

Jessica Chung, Leadership Minor, Office of Undergraduate Education

Penny Nichol, Psychology, College of Liberal Arts

Fred Williams, Pre-Health Student Resource Center, Academic Health Center

JoAnn Syverson, Senior Lecturer, CSOM Strategic Mgmt and Entrepre

William Harris, English Creative Writing, College of Liberal Arts

Bruno Chaouat, French and Italian, College of Liberal Arts

Irene Durancyzk, Associate Professor, College of Education and Human Development

Yvette Pye, Youth Studies, College of Social Work

Ablavi Epou, Employer Relations Associate, Carlson Undergraduate Business Career Center

Ross VeLure Roholt, School of Social Work, College of Education and Human Development

Dave Wilsey, Development Practice, Humphry School of Public Affairs

Matt Kimlinger, Writing Studies, College of Liberal Arts

Valerie Tiberius, Philosophy