Petition to the Vanderbilt University Administration for a More Just, Equitable, and Safe Response to COVID-19

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Signatures are updated on an ongoing basis.

Read Vanderbilt AAUP’s Statement on ICE International Student Policy

Dear Chancellor Diermeier:

As members of the Vanderbilt University community, we call for a fundamental rethinking of the University administration's plans for campus re-opening in 2020-2021. Specifically, we ask for a policy of default remote teaching for all Vanderbilt instructors and staff for the remainder of the COVID-19 crisis. Instructors who wish to teach face-to-face may then choose to do so. We define “instructors” as faculty (both tenure-track and non-tenure track), graduate-student instructors of record, and teaching assistants.

We are facing a global pandemic that has killed more than 132,000 people in the US as of this writing, and Nashville has recently returned to Phase 2 of reopening due to a spike in local COVID-19 cases. The university’s current COVID-19-related plans undermine core values that we share as a university community: securing public health and safety; academic freedom for instructors; pedagogical excellence; transparency, accountability and respect for facts; equity and fairness; and future stability. With these values in mind, we call for Vanderbilt’s leadership to follow the increasing number of peer institutions that are making online instruction the default option.^[1]

Protecting our community from life-and-death risks should be the foundation for all decisions about teaching. Current plans, which make online teaching a matter of individual exception, establish unacceptable thresholds of risk and harm. 

We call on the university to provide the following:

1) Remote work as the default for all instructors and staff, unless they choose to work on campus.

2) Meaningful participation in university decision-making by all instructors and staff.

3) Testing on request, equitable access to university-run quarantine facilities, and coverage of all COVID-related medical and mental health costs for all instructors and staff.

4) Transparent and timely data on the status of the virus on campus for the duration of the COVID-19 crisis.

5) Institutional policies that advance non-discrimination and anti-racism during the COVID-19 pandemic.

6) Accommodations for individuals engaged in caregiving, whether child care or elder care.

7) Non-resident instructors (faculty and graduate students) must be permitted to teach and remain in good standing with their programs regardless of their geographic location. Graduate students must continue to receive stipends. They must be allowed to take courses online and engage in research remotely when possible. 

8) Funding and timeline extensions for all graduate students for one academic year.

In pursuit of Vanderbilt’s mission of academic and pedagogic excellence, these proposals offer the following advantages:

1. Remote work as the default for all instructors and staff, unless they choose to teach on-campus. Instructors at all ranks must be allowed to make their own judgments about whether to teach in-person classes without facing repercussions.

1. The best way to reduce public health risk is to minimize levels of in-person teaching. Social distancing significantly reduces the spread and lethality of COVID-19, but is difficult to maintain in university spaces—classrooms, restrooms, hallways and elevators—designed for proximity. As Vanderbilt has acknowledged, despite mitigating precautions, disease spread is inevitable with in-person participation on campus. By using the CDC “high-risk” categories, the disability accommodations process narrows the number of instructors who can receive accommodations, and therefore does not sufficiently address collective risks of harm.^[2] The pandemic puts the entire university community at risk.
2. Making online teaching the default establishes greater certainty regarding plans for the fall. This would benefit all, freeing up resources for effective work. Current policies place resources into contingency planning that could be avoided. 
3. This plan maximizes teacher preparation and effectiveness. Face-to-face teaching is not superior to remote reaching, especially if it requires masks and six-foot distancing between students. Online teaching can be highly effective, using known techniques and best practices. 
4. This plan will greatly diminish the chances of infection for Vanderbilt’s maintenance, food service, and other essential workers. We stand in solidarity with all workers who risk infection due to Vanderbilt’s current plans to reopen the campus.

2. Meaningful participation in university decision-making by all instructors and staff.

1. A single, formalized method of soliciting instructor choice would achieve the university’s value of academic freedom, removing the current uneven, patchwork system across departments. The dissemination of information and the collection of preferences have not been carried out uniformly, despite best efforts.
2. We call on the university to empower all instructors and staff at Vanderbilt in making decisions about campus re-opening policies COVID-19.
3. Non-tenure track faculty, graduate instructors, teaching assistants, and staff must not be compelled to do their work under dangerous conditions to which they have not consented. These instructors, and staff, are particularly likely to be left out of decision-making discussions or to hesitate to assert their need to teach remotely.
4. All pandemic-related planning committees must include subject area experts and instructors of all ranks, including faculty without administrative posts.

3. Testing on request, equitable access to university-run quarantine facilities, and coverage of all COVID-related medical and mental health costs for all instructors and staff.

1. These medical provisions must apply to all employees, even those without university/college health insurance, regardless of their contract type.
2. If a mandated on-campus presence results in a COVID-19 infection of an employee, the institution should make specific provisions for covering health costs, above and beyond what the individual’s current insurance provides, and including mental health support.

4. Transparent and timely data on the status of the virus on campus for the duration of the COVID-19 crisis. Information about testing, positive rates, and hospitalizations should be publicly available on a dashboard updated daily, with outbreaks among particular groups and/or in particular locations on campus reported immediately to the campus and larger community via email. This information can be collected and shared without violating HIPPA privacy.

1. Opacity erodes trust. When administrators resist collecting and sharing data about COVID-19 cases on campus, it undermines the university community’s confidence in their capacity and willingness to take measures necessary to protect the community.
2. Opacity can prove deadly. Failure to collect and share information about COVID-19 infections and deaths has had tragic, lethal consequences, as cases in the U.S. and China, among many others, have demonstrated.

5. Institutional policies that advance non-discrimination and anti-racism during the COVID-19 pandemic.

1. The COVID-19 pandemic has a disproportionate impact on Black and Latinx people, making all aspects of COVID-related planning matters of racial justice.
2. As we are discovering, under conditions of fear and danger, people and institutions are prone to responding in racially discriminatory ways against those perceived as threats. University policies must ensure that enforcement measures do not disproportionately target instructors, staff, and students of color and of lower income.
3. It is likely that instructors of color, female instructors, queer instructors, disabled instructors, and younger instructors will experience pushback when attempting to enforce rules on PPE use and social distancing. Default online instruction will lessen this problem.

6. Accommodations for individuals engaged in caregiving, whether child care or elder care.

1. Due to pandemic-related school closures and lack of access to childcare, instructors and staff face unprecedented and highly burdensome caregiving responsibilities. Vanderbilt must offer the utmost flexibility for instructors, staff, and students in navigating the simultaneous responsibilities of caregiving, healthcare needs, and work responsibilities for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic.
2. Caregiving is a gender equity issue that disproportionately falls upon women. In the spirit of the university’s WAVE councils, Vanderbilt should follow through on its commitments to diversity, equity, and inclusiveness. Any committee making decisions relating to childcare matters should include experts on issues of gender and labor.
3. Performance reviews and teaching evaluations should explicitly take into account the burden caused by pandemic-related caregiving disruptions.

7.  Non-resident instructors (faculty and graduate students) must be permitted to teach and remain in good standing with their programs regardless of their geographic location. Graduate students must continue to receive stipends. They must be allowed to take courses online and engage in research remotely when possible.

1. The United States is currently the global epicenter of COVID-19. Requiring graduate students to travel to the U. S. places their lives at risk.
2. Residency requirements place an undue burden on international students due to rapidly changing entry policies and visa requirements.
3. As instructors and staff, we stand in solidarity with graduate students, and affirm that they should receive all of the supports outlined above. Policies that inhibit their access to employment, coursework and funding undermine their vital contributions to the life of the university.

8. Funding and timeline extensions for all graduate students for one academic year.

1. COVID-19 has incalculably impacted research projects, graduation timelines, and job searches.
2. Vanderbilt has already extended tenure clocks for junior faculty; it must now guarantee one-year funding extensions to graduate students.
3. These extensions would provide graduate students with the time and financial stability to complete high-quality research that will sustain Vanderbilt’s reputation as a world-class institution of higher education.

We want to be proud of our university for its commitment to the health, safety, and well-being of all of its members. To promote these values, we urge the University to adopt this plan and begin discussions about its implementation as soon as possible.

This petition has been authored by the Vanderbilt chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP). All instructors, staff, students, alumnae, and all other members of the Vanderbilt community are welcome to sign.

Signed by the following, including 67 anonymous signers,

Maddie Geller, Student and Alumna, Reading Education, Peabody

Karen Ng, Instructor, Philosophy

Jessie Hock, Instructor, English

Aimi Hamraie, Instructor, A&S

Celia Applegate, Instructor, History Department

Matthew Congdon, Instructor, Philosophy

alejandro t. acierto, Instructor, Art / CMA

Candice Amich, Instructor, English

Allison Schachter, Instructor, Jewish Studies/English

Carwil Bjork-James, Instructor, Anthropology

Alex Dubilet, Instructor, Department of English

Colin Dayan, Instructor, Arts & Sciences; The Law School

Haley Yaremych, Instructor, Student, Psychology, Peabody College

David Wasserstein, Instructor, History

Mark Schoenfield, Instructor, English

Natalie Pak, Student, Special Education

Cassandra Standish, Student, Peabody

Samira Sheikh, Instructor, Department of History, A&S

Katherine Crawford, Instructor, GSS/History

Laura Stark, Instructor, Department of Medicine, Health & Society

Ari Bryen, Faculty, History

Tony Stewart, Instructor, Religious Studies

Marshall Eakin, Instructor, History Department

Daniel Sharfstein, Instructor, Law

Amy Cooter, Instructor, Alumnae, Sociology

Anand Taneja, Instructor, Religious Studies

Kelly Oliver, Instructor, Philosophy

Mark Wollaeger, Instructor, English

Daniel Usner, Instructor, History

Lorraine Lopez, Instructor, Department of English

Teresa Goddu, Instructor, English

Eeshan Hasan, Instructor, Student, Psychology

Jennifer Fay, Instructor, Arts and Science

Andy Zhu, Alumnae, A+S

Adeana McNicholl, Instructor, Religious Studies

Marzia Milazzo, Instructor, English

Ken MacLeish, Instructor, Medicine, Health & Society

Audrey Peters, Alumnae, 04, Arts and Sciences

Lauren Mitchell, Alumnae, Medical Education, TCU/UNT school of medicine

Sarah Grove, Alumnae, Divinity School

Vineet Gupta, Student, Graduate Department of Religion

Nathalie Debrauwere-Miller, Instructor, French & Italian Department

Beth A. Conklin, Instructor, Chair, Anthropology

Ari Joskowicz, Instructor, Jewish Studies / European Studies

Kelly Swope, Instructor, PhD Candidate, Philosophy Department

Meghan McGinley, Instructor, French and Italian

Christin Essin, Instructor, Theatre

Sarah Arvidson, Instructor, French & Italian

Dominique Behague, Instructor, Medicine, Health and Society

Isaac West, Instructor, Communication Studies

Sara Safransky, Instructor, Department of Human & Organizational Development

Paul Kramer, Instructor, History

Shashwat Dhar, Student, Political Science

Laura Janakiefski, Instructor, Student, Psychology and Human Development

Yvonne Chen, Student, Sociology

Leah Roberts, Student, Human & Organizational Development

Ben Tran, Instructor, Asian Studies and English

Kevin Leander, Instructor, Department of Teaching and Learning

Amanda Brockman, Instructor, Student, Sociology

Krista Haapanen, Student, HOD

Nancy Reisman, Instructor, English

Julia Cohen, Instructor, History/Jewish Studies

Peter Rebeiro, Instructor, Medicine (Infectious Diseases & Epidemiology); Biostatistics

Joseph Gutierrez, Student, Vanderbilt Divinity

Emilia Cardenas, Student, Psychology and Human Development

Rachel Teukolsky, Instructor, English

Anna Wright, Student, Psychology and Human Development

Richard McGregor, Instructor, Religious Studies

Nathan H. Dize, Instructor, Student, French and Italian

Kalina Hajec, Student, Human Development Counseling

Sailee Karkhanis, Student, HOD

Lynn Enterline, Instructor, English

Kristen Navarro, Instructor, Gender and Sexuality Studies

Ilana Horn, Instructor, Department of Teaching and Learning

Jane Landers, Instructor, History

Clara Leonard, Student, Teaching and Learning

Lynn Ramey, Instructor, French and Italian

AJ Levine, Instructor, Divinity and Jewish Studies

Daniel Morrison, Alum, Sociology

Katherine Schneeberger McGugan, Student, Teaching and Learning

Scott Juengel, Instructor, English

Jay Geller, Instructor, Divinity School/Jewish Studies

Megan Jordan, Student, Sociology

Maggie Mang, Alum, Department of Medicine, Health, and Society

Hortense Spillers, Instructor, Englush

Mireille Lee, Instructor, History of Art

Joerg Rieger, Instructor, Graduate Department of Religion and Divinity School

Lauren Gaydosh, Instructor, MHS

Clara Leonard, Student, Teaching and Learning

Julia Fesmire, Instructor, English

Carlyn Mueller, Alum, Human & Organizational Development; Learning, Diversity & Urban Studies

LJ Zwiebel, Instructor, Biological Sciences

Leor Halevi, Instructor, History

Tracy Sharpley-Whiting, Instructor, AADS-FRIT

Sarah Burriss, Instructor, Student, Department of Teaching and Learning

Amanda Lehr, Alum, English

Cara Wilson, Instructor, French & Italian

Samantha Marshall Pham, Student, Teaching, Learning, & Diversity

Daniel Patte, Instructor, Religious Studies

Lesley Gill, Instructor, Anthropology

Tamar Alexanian, Alum, English, Gender Studies

James McFarland, Instructor, German Russian East European Studies/Cinema and Media Arts

Maya Krause, Student, Anthropology

Raunak Pillai, Student, Alum, Psychology

Benjamin Legg, Instructor, Spanish and Portuguese

Tara McKay, Instructor, Medicine Health and Society

Ann kaiser, Instructor, Special Education

Joy Calico, Instructor, Musicology and Ethnomusicology

Avery Dickins de Giron, Instructor, Latin American Studies

Vera Kutzinski, Instructor, English

Alexis Wells-Oghoghomeh, Instructor, Religious Studies

Sydney Silberman, Student, Alum, Community Development and Action

Rebecca Epstein-Levi, Instructor, Jewish Studies and Gender and Sexuality Studies

Sarah Igo, Instructor, History, American Studies

Anonymous, Student

Jordan Pittman, Alum, Grad

Katerina Traut, Instructor, Student, Political Science

Christina Karageorgou-Bastea, Instructor, Spanish and Portuguese

Arleen Tuchman, Instructor, History

Chelsea Novello, Instructor, Student, English

Sebastian Ramirez, Student, Philosophy

Laurel Schneider, Instructor, Religious Studies

Norbert Ross, Instructor, Anthropology

Brandan Gillespie, Alum, engineering science

Sara Starr, Alum, Women’s and Gender Studies and Political Science

Grace Chen, Student, Department of Teaching and Learning

Amy Sweeney, Alum, Ecology BA

Leah Lowe, Instructor, Theatre

Elizabeth Barna, Staff, Alum, Sociology

Rachel Hanebutt, Student, Human Organization and Development

Grace Adcox, Instructor, Student, Alum, Political Science

Anonymous, Student

Elliott McCarter, Instructor, Asian Studies

Jennifer Barnes, Student, Political Science

Paul Bielaczyc, Alum, Computer Science

Ruth Rogaski, Instructor, History and Asian Studies

Odie Lindsey, Instructor, Medicine, Health, and Society

Lanesa Mahon, Alum, Chemistry

Sarah DiMaggio, Instructor, Student, Philosophy

Anonymous, Instructor, Department of Teaching and Learning

Jacob Gambrell, Student, Divinity School

Shelby House, Alum, Political Science ‘17

Anonymous, Instructor

Emma Reimers, Student, Alum, Teaching and Learning

Holland White, Student, Department of Teaching, Learning, and Diversity

Anonymous, Student

Rebecca Cutler, Student, Psychology

Brooke Redman, Alum, Political Science, English, and WGS alumna

Sabeen Ahmed, Student, Philosophy

Tim Vogus, Instructor, Owen Graduate School of Management

Paul Stob, Instructor, Communication Studies and American Studies

Anonymous, Student

Rachel Chiguluri, Instructor, Department of Spanish and Portuguese

Idit Dobbs-Weinstein, Instructor, Philosophy

Derek Price, Instructor, Student, German

Sara Jones, Instructor, Student, Department of Teaching and Learning

Benjamin Stark, Alum, Political Science

Anonymous, Instructor

Ellie Campbell, Alum, Theater

Robyn Du, Alum, MHS

Lisa Owens, Student, Communication

Brooke Ackerly, Instructor, Political Science

Kai Yearwood, Student, Medicine Health and Society

Anonymous, Student

Tiffany Ruby Patterson, Instructor, African American and Diaspora Studies Department

Hector Myers, Instructor, Medicine, Health & Society; Psychology

Kelly Stewart, Instructor, Student, Graduate Department of Religion

Anonymous, Instructor

Meredith Gray, Alum, English

Kate Schaller, Student, German

Jillian Fuller, Student, Gender and Sexuality Studies

Amanda Clayton, Instructor, Political Science

Emily Greble, Instructor, German, Russian, and East European Studies

Anonymous, Instructor

Tyler Kennedy, Staff, CDB

Anonymous, Student, Biology

Phyllis Johnson, Student, Anthropology

Jamie Joseph, Student, Biostatistics

Cait Kirby, Instructor, Student, Biological Sciences

Colette Abah, Student, Mechanical Engineering

Tiange ZHANG, Student, Mechanical Engineering

Anthony Rossi, Student, Cell and Developmental Biology

Zachary Williams, Student, Medical Scientist Training Program

Kathleen Larson, Student, Biomedical Engineering

Ben Yett, Student, EECE

Gregory Berumen, Student, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Emerson Bodde, Instructor, Student, Philosophy

Elvira Aballi Morell, Student, Spanish and Portuguese

Emma Gautney, Student, Divinity School

Jordan J, Instructor, Student, Chemistry

Takunda Matose, Instructor, Student, Philosophy

Zach Feldman, Instructor, Student, German, Russian and East European Studies

Anonymous, Student, LPO

Jacob Abell, Instructor, Student, French and Italian

Nicholas Craven, Student, Materials Science

Cheikh Sene, Student, Spanish and Portuguese

Soumyajit Chakraborty, Student, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Ashley Jones, Student, Leadership, Policy & Organizations

Kelly Cunningham, Instructor, Student, Philosophy

Trevor Voss, Student, BME

Jennifer Alexander, Student, Staff, Religion

Julia , Student, Biostatistics

Anonymous, Student, Neuroscience

Diego Manzanas, Student, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

spivey k., Student, MDiv

Dylan DePriest, Student, Community Development & Action

Colin Henry, Student, Political Science

Milton Andre Ramos Chacon, Instructor, Student, Spanish and Portuguese

Karin Gegenheimer, Student, LPO

HeeJu Jang, Student, Political Science

Anonymoous, Student, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Anonymous, Student, Religion

Nicole Rodgers, Student, Chemical and Physical Biology

Joel Markus Antson, Student, Master of Theological Studies

Molly Richard, Student, Community Research and Action

Monisola Vaughan, Student, Sociology

Ashwaq Amat, Student, Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering

Mary Bridges, Instructor, Student, History

Anonymous, Student, Data Science

Nicholas Reich, Student, English

Joseph Kuster, Instructor, Student, German

Laura Purtee, Student, Vanderbilt Divinity School

Riley Mcmath, Student, Divinity

Anonymous , Instructor, Student, Psychology

Bárbara Navaza, Alum, Anthropology

Jackson Reimers, Student, Department of Teaching and Learning

Anonymous, Student, Cancer Bio

Danielle Picard, Instructor, Medicine, Health and Society

Yuanzhe Liang, Student, Civil and environmental Engineering

Sarah Nelson, Student, History

Chancey Herbolsheimer, Student, Sociology

Jefferson Cowie, Instructor, History

Sophia Clark, Instructor, Student, German

Madeleine Casad, Instructor, Cinema and Media Arts

Darrian Stacy, Instructor, Student, Political Science

Anonymous, Instructor, Spanish & Portuguese

Francisco Santelli, Student, Leadership, Policy, and Organizations

Anthony Reed, Instructor, English

Anonymous, Student, Cancer Biology

David Michelson, Instructor, Divinity School and Program in Classical and Mediterranean Studies

Sheba Karim, Instructor, English

Divya Chaudhry, Instructor, Asian Studies

Christine Dickason, Student, LPO

Abigail Pine, Student, Psychology & Human Development

Anonymous, Student, Epidemiology

Tianyi Sun, Student, Biostatistics

Shengxin Tu, Student, Department of Biostatistics

Andrea Burgess, Student, Neuroscience Graduate Program

Anna Young, Student, History

Patrick Reilly, Student, History

Anonymous, Alum, LHS

Anonymous, Student, Neuroscience

Steven Rodriguez, Instructor, Student, History

Vladislav Lilic, Instructor, Student, History, PhD Candidate

Mellissa Meisels, Student, Political Science

Sara Kirshbaum, Student, Political Science

Greyson Young, Student, Interdisciplinary Materials Science

Emre Kanli, Alum, Electrical Engineering

Anonymous, Student, Electrical Engineering

Anonymous, Student, Neuroscience

Kate Schaller, Instructor, Student, German

Christian Jung, Alum, Biochemistry

Fatou Waggeh, Student, Undergraduate

Joey Callahan, Student, Data Science MS

Rashid Brown Jr, Alum, Law, History and Society

Pietra Bruni, Instructor, Student, Alum, Department of Psychology

Anonymous, Student, Spanish and Portuguese

Alexis Jameson, Student, Neuroscience

Bryce Beddard, Alum, Bachelor of Science

Anonymous, Student, Neuroscience

Hermela Gebremariam, Student, Medicine, Health and Society

Adriana Norris, Student, Biological Sciences Department

William Caferro, Instructor, History/Classical and Mediterranean Studies

Lénie Torregrossa, Student, Psychology

Joanna Huh, Instructor, Student, Engilsh

LaTonya Trotter, Instructor, Sociology

Sangeun Kim, Student, Political Science

Sophie Bjork-James, Instructor, Anthropology

Benjamin Schwartz, Student, English

Anonymous, Student, Pharmacology

Christy Erving, Instructor, Sociology

William McGehee, Student, English

Joshua Cho, Student, Economics

Anonymous, Student, Political Science

Alex Lawhorne, Student, Political Science

Hasina Mohyuddin, Staff, Alum, HOD

Natalie Wallace, Student, Biological Sciences

Nnenna Nwaezeapu, Student, Biology

Nicole Kendrick, Student, Biochemistry

Trinity Gore, Student, Public Policy and MHS

Anonymous, Student, Psychology

Chanteria Milner, Student, Undergraduate

Kristy Walsh, Student, Biomedical Engineering

Jennifer Darling-Aduana, Student, LPO

Jesse Montgomery, Alum, English

Stephanie Pearlman, Student, Biomedical Engineering

James Held, Student, Biological Sciences

Danielle Stubbe, Student, Department of History

Walter Ecton, Student, Leadership, Policy, and Organizations

Adam Schoenbachler, Student, Sociology

We Jung Yi, Instructor, Asian Studies

Chunzhu Song, Student, Biological Sciences

Anonymous, Student, Spanish and Portuguese

Madison Wagener, Instructor, Student, Alum, Department of Psychology

Katie Mccormack, Student, Anthropology

Anonymous, Student, Spanish and Portuguese

Joel Harrington, Instructor, History

Chad M Attenborough, Instructor, Student, History

Elsa Mercado, Instructor, Student, Spanish and Portuguese

Anonymous, Student, Spanish and Portuguese

Lauren Clay, Instructor, History

Michael Bess, Instructor, History

Remy Styers, Student, M. Divinity

Anonymous, Student, Spanish and Portuguese

Lauren Harmon, Student, Undergraduate

Anon Anon, Student, Spanish and Portuguese

Maria Carlos, Instructor, Student, MFA Creative Writing

Anonymous, Student, Spanish and Portuguese

Victor Toliver, Student, Economics

Sneha Lingam, Student, School of Medicine

Cameron Clark, Instructor, English

Kelly Morgan, Student, English and Mathematics

Abigail Trozenski, Instructor, Student, German

Halie Petrich, Student, Teaching and Learning—Reading Education

Mecca Shabazz, Alum, AADS

Parker Rundstrom, Student, Biological Sciences

Marissa Schoedel, Instructor, Student, German

Bethany Gardner, Student, Psychology & Human Development

Anonymous, Student, Spanish and Portuguese

Alexis Gwynn, Alum, Neuroscience

Courtney B., Student, Divinity

William Caferro, Instructor, History/Classical and Mediterranean Studies

Koryn Guile, Student, Environmental Sociology

Cyan Baker, Alum, Civil Engineering

Erin Hardnett, Student, Undergraduate

Hermella Kassaye, Student, -

Trinity Gore, Student, Public Policy and MHS

Emily Conder, Student, Psychology & Human Development

Anonymous, Instructor

Jingyi Liu, Student, Department of Human Development and Psychology

Akshya Saxena, Instructor, English

Meike Werner, Instructor, German, Russian & East European Studies

Helmut Smith, Instructor, History

Elizabeth Balderston, Student, Sociology

Ivana Lazaroska, Student, History Department

Haerin Shin, Instructor, English

John Melick, Alum, Divinity School

Francis Wcislo, Instructor, History

David Price, Instructor, Jewish Studies, Religious Studies, History, History of Art

Bruce Barry, Instructor, Organization Studies

Marcie Casey, Instructor, English

Rebecca Townsley, Student, Political Science

Anonymous, Instructor, vanderbilt

Bill Christie, Instructor, OGSM

Colbie Chinowsky, Student, Cell and Developmental Biology

Francisco Garcia, Student, Graduate Department of Religion

Danielle Procope Bell, Instructor, Student, English

Michael Lapre, Instructor, Owen Graduate School of Management

Hayden Jananthan, Instructor, Student, Mathematics

Aaron Stauffer, Staff, Wendland-Cook Program in Religion and Justice

Anonymous, Student, Biomedical Engineering

Ariell Zimran, Instructor, Economics

Caroline Birdrow, Student, Biostatistics

Alex Korsunsky, Student, Anthropology

Karl Hackenbrack, Instructor, OGSM

Laura Carpenter, Instructor, Sociology

Zekun Wang, Student, Data Science

Rachel Zajdel, Student, Sociology

Maria Triana, Instructor, Organization Studies

Ethan Joll, Student, Biomedical Engineering

Nadjali Chung, Student, Chemistry

Dan Cornfield, Instructor, Sociology

samantha turley, Student, anthropology

Emma Banks, Alum, Anthropology

Anonymous, Instructor, History of Art

Kathryn Peters, Student, Anthropology

Brian McCray, Student, Anthropology

Jesse Blocher, Instructor, Finance

Nathan Frisch, Student, Anthropology

Natalie Noll, Student, Biomedical Engineering

Samantha Rogers, Student, History

Rosemary Lieske, Student, Anthropology

James Zimmer-Dauphinee, Student, Anthropology

Jessica Castilho, Instructor, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases

Bridget Hall, Student, Graduate Department of Religion

Guojun Wang, Instructor, Asian Studies

Kellie Cavagnaro, Instructor, Student, Anthropology

Whitney Frierson, Instructor, Student, Sociology

Priyanka Kadari, Alum, MHS

Ricky Sakamoto-Pugh, Student, History

RJ Boutelle, Alum, English

Anonymous, Staff, Purchasing & Payment Services

Yan Shen, Student, Data Science Institute

Tasha Rijke-Epstein, Instructor, History

Adam Burgos, Alum, Philosophy

Becca Huppi, Alum, CDA

Sara Saeed, Student, Mathematics

Leonard Curry, Student, Graduate Department of Religion

Ian Campbell, Instructor, Clinical Medicine

Shreya Karak, Alum, Child Development

Phillip Franck, Instructor, Theatre

Alexis McBride, Instructor, Student, Teaching and Learning

Amaryah Armstrong, Student, Virginia Tech, Religion and Culture (Formerly Vanderbilt GDR)

Chelsea Yarborough, Student, Graduate Department of Religion

Ipek Oguz, Instructor, EECS

Andrew Stone Porter, Student, Religion

Sarah Gorman, Instructor, Alum, American Studies

Ashkan Bahrani, Student, Religion

Jessica Owens, Alum, Interdisciplinary English & History, Theatre

ALI CHEHAB, Instructor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Rick Hilles, Instructor, English

Alyssa Lowery, Student, Philosophy

Julie Sriken, Student, CRA

Anonymous, Student, SPED

Brayan Serratos, Instructor, Student, Spanish and Portuguese

Justine Hong, Alum, Formerly English and History

Lizzie Carsello, Alum, Philosophy

Dustin Tittle, Alum, Graduate, Classics Department

Emily Lordi, Instructor, English

Jessica Oster, Instructor, Earth and Environmental Sciences

Carlos Silvera Batista, Instructor, Chemical Engineering

George Schmidt, Student, Theological Studies

Natalie Reisman, Student, Political Science

Heather Lefkowitz, Instructor, HOD

Laura Hodges, Student, Graduate

Michael Hendricks, Student, Political Science

Molly Williams, Student, Divinity School

Christoph Zeller, Instructor, Department of German, Russian, & East European Studies

Arelis Benítez, Student, Graduate Department of Religion

Miriam Mars, Student, Political Science and Jewish Studies

Gavin Price, Instructor, Psychology & Human Development

Shawn Reilly, Student, Alum, Vanderbilt Divinity School

Ashley Carse, Instructor, Human and Organizational Development

Ken Pence, Instructor, Alum, General Engineering

Serena Pao, Student, Education

Natalie Martinez-White, Student, Bachelors

Iris Kim, Student, MHS and Neuroscience

Jessica P, Student, English

Anonymous, Student, Economics

Elissa Koh, Student, Child Development & Cognitive Studies

Patrick Jeon, Alum, Medicine, Health, and Society

Lily Xie, Student, Human and Organizational Development

Joon Kim, Student, Medicine, Health and Society

Abhi Nathan, Student, BA

Anonymous, Student, Music performance

Natalie Elliott, Student, Earth and Environmental Science

Wesley Wei, Student, Human and Organizational Development

Yuna Jeon, Student, Human and Organizational Development, Latin American Studies

Erin Cho, Student, Computer Science

Zakariyya Al-Quran, Student, Computer Engineering

Anonymous, Student, Computer Science

Ivey Li, Student, HOD

Anonymous, Alum

Laurie Lapp, Alum, Neuroscience

Ruth Hill, Instructor, Spanish & Portuguese

Jesse Pullen, Alum, Neuroscience; Medicine, Health, and Society

Anonymous, Student, Neuroscience

Deborah Park, Student, BS in Computer Science

Anna Zhang, Student, Economics

Anonymous, Student, Sociology, MHS

Emily Hong, Student, Special Education

Anonymous, Instructor, HOD

Douglas Perkins, Instructor, HOD

Anonymous, Student, Mechanical Engineering

David Weintraub, Instructor, Physics & Astronomy, Communication of Science & Technology, History

Anna Kuo, Student, MHS and Computer Science

Amy Gallagher, Parent of VU student, Sociology

Kymberly Horth, Staff, Special Education

Adrienne Golden, Student, Special Education

Chiwon Oh, Student, Civil Engineering

Christopher Loss, Instructor, Education & History

Anonymous, Instructor, Alum, LPO

Anonymous, Student, Undergrad

Yiorgos Kostoulas, Instructor, General Engineering

James Blackwell Phelan, Instructor, English

Jana Harper, Instructor, Art

Holly McCammon, Instructor, Sociology

Ethan Calof, Student, English

Anonymous, Staff, Special Education

Joe Rodgers, Instructor, Psychology and Human Development

Anonymous, Instructor, School of Nursing

Anonymous, Instructor, Psychology and Human Development

Alicia Beeghly-Fadiel, Instructor, Department of Medicine, Division of Epidemiology

Stacy Clifford Simplican, Instructor, Gender & Sexuality Studies

Anonymous, Instructor

Anonymous, Student, Music Education

Diana Heney, Instructor, Philosophy

Anonymous, Instructor, School of Nursing

Loren Lipworth, Instructor, Medicine

Don Rubin, Staff, Medicine

Marjan Rafat, Instructor, ChBE

Bruce Morrill, Instructor, Divinity

Maithilee Kunda, Instructor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Monica Park, Instructor, Classics

Terren Proctor, Instructor, Student, Anthropology

Iggy Cortez, Instructor, Cinema and Media Arts

Anonymous, Instructor,

Kalen Scott, Student, Engineering

Anonymous, Student, Sociology and English

Anonymous, Instructor, School of Nursing

Anonymous, Student, Data Science

Levi Sledd, Instructor, Student, Mathematics

Anonymous, Staff, OHSE

Mimi Brown, Student, GDR/Jewish Studies

Anonymous, Parent of VU student

Anonymous, Instructor, Economics

Claire Sisco King, Instructor, Communication Studies

Terrell Taylor, Student, English

Sammy Mangin, Student, Medicine, Health, and Society

Carl Pearlman, Parent of VU student, Biomedical Engineering

Patricia Pearlman, Parent of VU student, Biomedical Engineering

Jonathan Waters, Instructor, Cinema & Media Arts

David Parsley, Instructor, Owen School of Management

Anonymous, Student, Music

Alex Brown, Staff, Pharmacology

Anonymous, Instructor, Sociology

Aileen Wu, Student, English, Computer Science

John Warmath, Student, Undergraduate Student

Anonymous, Student, Political Science

Andrew Haygood, Alum, Sociology and Political Science

Anonymous, Student, Masters of Accountancy

Joshua Salazar, Instructor, Music tech

Anonymous, Instructor, Earth and Environmental Sciences

Anonymous, Instructor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Mitchell Faulk, Instructor, Mathematics

Megan Aumann, Student, Neuroscience

Anonymous, Student, NGP

Tedra Walden, Instructor, Psychology and Human Development

Anonymous, Student, Neuroscience

Veronika Kondev, Student, Neuroscience Graduate Program

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