Dear Chancellor Phyllis Wise, President Robert Easter, and the University of Illinois Board of Trustees:

As members of the "Ford family" of current and past recipients of Ford Foundation fellowships, we write to express our alarm at the rescinding of the University of Illinois's job offer to Professor Steven Salaita.

As Ford Fellows, we are dedicated to creating a more inclusive academy. We judge that this goal is incompatible with the University of Illinois's actions, which have chilled faculty speech on controversial political subjects and which, by failing to involve the American Indian Studies department in any way, have violated the academic integrity of that department and the faculty as a whole.

We the undersigned past and present Ford Foundation fellows will not visit the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus until Professor Salaita is reinstated to the position offered him by the faculty and which he accepted in good faith.

For those of us who are students, faculty, or postdocs at UIUC, we sign in support of our colleagues' pledge not to visit campus until Professor Salaita has been reinstated to his position.

Sincerely,


1. Elizabeth Wrigley-Field (Dissertation Fellow, 2012-2013), Robert Wood Johnson Health and Society Scholar, Columbia University

2. Jerry Flores (Pre-Doctoral Fellow, 2011), Assistant Professor

3. Yolanda Martinez San Miguel (Pre-Doctoral Fellow, Dissertation, Postdoctoral, 1990, 1996, 1999), Professor

4. Sandy Grande (Post-Doctoral Fellow, 2000-2001), Associate Professor

5. T Joel Wade (Post-Doctoral Fellow, 1990), Professor/Department of Psychology

6. Kency Cornejo (Dissertation Fellow, 2013-2014), Assistant Professor, The University of New Mexico

7. Karen Bailey (Pre-Doctoral Fellow, 2014-2017), PhD student, University of Florida

8. Sally Wesley Bonet (Dissertation Fellow, 2014), Doctoral Candidate

9. Naama Lewis (Pre-Dissertation Fellow, 2014), Phd Student

10. Ianna Hawkins Owen (Pre-Doctoral Fellow, 2008), PhD candidate, University of California at Berkeley

11. Claudio Rivera (Pre-Doctoral Fellow), Doctoral Candidate

12. Eric Vazquez (Dissertation Fellow, 2013-2014), PhD Candidate

13. Christopher Pexa (Dissertation Fellow, 2012-13), Mellon Postdoctoral Associate

14. Javier Arbona (Dissertation Fellow, 2011-2012), Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellow, UC Davis

15. Stephanie Nohelani Teves (Dissertation Fellow, 2011; Postdoctoral Fellow, 2013), Assistant Professor of Ethnic Studies and Women's and Gender Studies at the University of Oregon

16. Otto Santa Ana (Post-Doctoral Fellow, 1997), Professor

17. Robin DeLugan (Pre-Dissertation Fellow, 1994-1997), Associate Professor of Anthropology

18. Christina Diaz (Pre-Doctoral Fellowship)

19. Irma Olmedo (Doctoral Fellow, 1976-80), Assoc. Prof. Emerita, University of Illinois at Chicago

20. Rico Kleinstein Chenyek (Pre-Doctoral Fellow, 2014-2017), PhD Candidate, Institute of Communications Research & American Indian Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

21. Ku'ualoha Ho'omanawanui (Dissertation Fellow, 2004-2005) Associate Professor of English, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa

22. Ileana M. Rodriguez-Silva (Post-Doctoral Fellow, 2007-08), Associate Professor, University of Washington

23. Elizabeth Hoover (Dissertation Fellow, 2009-2010; Post-Doctoral Fellow, 2014-2015), Assistant Professor of American Studies and Ethnic Studies, Brown University

24. Luz Calvo (Dissertation Fellow, 1999-2000), California State University East Bay

25. Maile Arvin  (Pre-Doctoral Fellow, 2009-12), UC President's Postdoctoral Fellow, UC Riverside

26. Catriona Rueda Esquibel (Post-Doctoral Fellow, 2001-2002), Associate Professor of Race & Resistance Studies, San Francisco State University

27. Angela R. Aguilar (Pre-Doctoral Fellow, 2013-2016), Doctoral Student, University of California, Berkeley

28. Maureen Allwood (Dissertation Fellow, 2003), Associate Professor, Psychology, John Jay College, City University of New York

29. Lanice Avery (Pre-Doctoral Fellow, 2011-2014) PhD Candidate, University of Michigan

30. Danika Medak-Saltzman (Pre-Doctoral Fellow, 2002-2005; Dissertation Fellow 2005), Assistant Professor, University of Colorado Boulder

31. Leisy Abrego (Dissertation Fellow, 2005; Post-Doctoral Fellow, 2012), University of California Los Angeles

32. Irene Lara (Post-Doctoral Fellow, 2004) San Diego State University

32. David Cruz-Uribe, SFO (Post-Doctoral Fellow, 1998-99), Professor, Trinity College

33. James Whitfield (Post-Doctoral Fellow, 2013-2014), University of Vienna

34. Raúl Coronado (Pre-Doctoral Fellow, 1996; Dissertation Fellow, 2001; Post-Doctoral Fellow, 2009), UC Berkeley

35. Zelideth Maria Rivas (Pre-Doctoral Fellow, 2003; Dissertation Fellow, 2007), Marshall University

36. Rebecca Wanzo (Pre-Doctoral Fellow, 1999; Post-Doctoral Fellow, 2007)

37. P. Kimberleigh Jordan (Post-Doctoral Fellow, 2014-15), Union Theological Seminary

38. Erin Reichenberger (Pre-Doctoral Fellow, 2012-2015), Drexel University

39. Myriam Villalobos (Post-Doctoral Fellow, 2014) Teachers College, Columbia

40.  Carmen Rabell (Post-Doctoral Fellow, 1992-93), University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras

41.  Sonja Lanehart (Post-Doctoral Fellow, 1999-2000), University of Texas at San Antonio

42.  Lance McCready (Post-Doctoral Fellow 2006-2007), Associate Professor of Urban Education, OISE/University of Toronto

43. Reena Goldthree (Dissertation Fellow), Assistant Professor, Dartmouth College

44. Ashley Bulseco-McKim (Pre-Doctoral Fellow, 2014-2017), Ph.D. Student, University of Massachusetts Boston

45. Monica A. Jimenez (Pre-Dissertation Fellow, 2012), PhD Candidate, University of Texas at Austin; Visiting Lecturer, University of Illinois, Chicago

46. Joseph Jay Sosa (Dissertation Fellow, 2014), PhD Candidate, University of Chicago

47. Sylvia Chan-Malik (Dissertation Fellow, 2006-2007), Assistant Professor, Rutgers University

48. Kimberly Kay Hoang (Dissertation Fellow, 2010), Assistant Professor, Sociology, Boston College

49. Noelani Goodyear-Kaopua (Pre-Doctoral Fellow, 1999-2002), Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Hawai'i at Manoa

50.  Shannon Speed (Dissertation Fellow 2000--2001; Post-Doctoral Fellow, 2005-2006) University of Texas at Austin

51. Adriana Estill (Pre-Doctoral Fellow, 1992-1995) Associate Professor, American Studies, Carleton College

52. Cristina Cielo (Pre-Doctoral Fellow 2005-2008) Professor-Researcher, Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales - Ecuador

53. Laura Enriquez (Pre-Doctoral Fellow, 2008-2010; Dissertation Fellow, 2013) Post-doctoral Fellow, University of California at Irvine

54. Enrique Aleman, Jr. (Post-Doctoral Fellow, 2010), Associate Professor of Educational Leadership & Policy, University of Utah

55. Kahlil Chaar-Pérez (Dissertation Fellow, 2009-2010), University of Pittsburgh

56. Maria E. Montoya (Post-Doctoral Fellow, 2005-2006), New York University

57. Simon Eduardo Weffer (Pre-Doctoral Fellow, 1997-1999), Northern Illinois University

58. Megan Dunn (Pre-Doctoral Fellow, 2014-2017), PhD Candidate, University of Michigan

59. San Juanita García (Dissertation Fellow, 2013-2014), SBS Diversity Postdoctoral Fellow, Sociology, Ohio State University

60. Elena Lahr-Vivaz (Post-Doctoral Fellow, 2011-2012), Rutgers University, Newark

61. Russell Williams (Pre-Doctoral Fellow, 1991), Chair, Department of Economics, Wheaton College (MA)

62. Kathryn (Post-Doctoral Fellow, 1988-1989), University of Montana

63. Elena Shih (Dissertation Fellow, 2013-2014), Brown University, Postdoctoral Fellow, Watson Institute for International Studies

64. Samer B. Jaber (Fellow, 2009-2011), Dar el-Karma Inc. for Media, Researches and Publication, Palestine

65. Jossianna Arroyo (Dissertation Fellow, 1997; Post-Doctoral Fellow, 2001), Professor Latín American and Caribbean Studies, University of Texas, Austin

66. Anna Salazar (Pre-Doctoral Fellow, 1997-1999), University of California Los Angeles

67. Toussaint G Losier (Pre-Doctoral Fellow, 2008-2010), Assistant Professor, W.E.B. DuBois Department of Afro-American Studies, University of Massachusetts - Amherst

68. Déborah Berman Santana  (Minority Pre-Doctoral Fellow, 1988-1991), Professor, Ethnic Studies, Mills College

69. Ty P. Kāwika Tengan (Pre-Doctoral Fellow, 1998), University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

70. Deb Vargas (Post-Doctoral Fellow, 2007) Associate Professor, Director of Graduate Studies, Dept of Ethnic Studies, University of California, Riverside

71. Chinwendu Enyioha (Pre-Doctoral Fellow, 2008-2010), University of Pennsylvania

72. Sarah Haley (Dissertation Fellow, 2008), University of California at Los Angeles

73. Jessi Quizar (Dissertation Fellow, 2013), Visiting Assistant Professor, Northwestern University

74. Brian Klopotek (Ford Postdoctoral Fellow, 2007-2008), University of Oregon, Department of Ethnic Studies

75. Shirley Thompson (Pre-Doctoral Fellow, 1995-1998), Associate Professor of American Studies and African and African Diaspora Studies, The University of Texas at Austin

76. kihana miraya ross (Dissertation Fellow, 2014), Doctoral Candidate, University of California at Berkeley

77. Stephanie J. Fitzgerald (Pre-Doctoral Fellow, 2000-2003), Associate Professor, University of Kansas

78. Rich A. Sandoval (Pre-Doctoral Fellow, 2009-2012), PhD Candidate, University of Colorado, Boulder

79. Lissette Olivares (Pre-doctoral Fellow, 2001), History of Consciousness

80. Gloria E. Chacon (Dissertation Fellow, 2005), University of California at San Diego

81. Johanna Quinn (Pre-Doctoral Fellow, 2012-2015), PhD Candidate, University of Wisconsin-Madison

82. Sandy Placido (Pre-Doctoral Fellow, 2010-present), Harvard University

83. Analena Hope (Pre-Doctoral Fellow, 2009-2012; Dissertation Fellow, 2014), University of Southern California

84. Belinda Linn Rincon (Post-Doctoral Fellow, 2014-2015), Assistant Professor, John Jay College, CUNY

85. Treva C. Ellison (Dissertation Fellow, 2014), University of Southern California

86. Armando García (Pre-Doctoral Fellow, 2006-2009), Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh

87. Yvette Martínez-Vu (Dissertation Fellow, 2014-2015), PhD Candidate, University of California, Los Angeles

88. Maricela Correa-Chavez (Pre-Doctoral, 2005-2008), Assistant Professor, Long Beach State University

89. Daniel Hernandez (Post-Doctoral Fellow, 2011), University of Utah

90. Josh Reid (Pre-Doctoral Fellow, 2005-08; Dissertation Fellow, 2008-09; Post-Doctoral Fellow, 2010-11), Assistant Professor & Director of Native American & Indigenous Studies Program, UMass Boston

91. Monica Gallegos (Pre-Doctoral Fellow, 2010-2013), Northern Kentucky University

92. Carol Anderson (Post-Doctoral Fellow, 1999-2000), Associate Professor, African American Studies and History, Emory University

93. Alexis S. Wells (Dissertation Fellow, 2013-2014), Ph.D. Candidate, Emory University

94. W. Chris Johnson (Pre-Doctoral Fellow, 2009-2012), University of Memphis

95. Adriane Lentz-Smith (Dissertation Fellow, 2003-2004), Associate Professor of History, Duke University

96. Miriam Melton-Villanueva (Postdoctoral Fellow, 2014-2015; Dissertation Fellow 2009-2010) University of Nevada, Las Vegas

97. Rebeca Burciaga (Dissertation Fellow), Assistant Professor, San José State

98. Judith Wilson-Pates (Dissertation Fellowship, 1986-87), retired from University of California, Irvine

99. Felicia Bevel (Pre-Doctoral Fellow, 2013-Present), Brown University

100. Danny C. Martinez (Dissertation Fellow, 2011-2012), Assistant Professor, University of California, Davis

101. Julian Vasquez Heilig (Dissertation Fellow, 2004), California State University Sacramento

102. David Ikard (Post-Doctoral Fellow, 2007), Professor, University of Miami

103. Teresa Montoya (Pre-Doctoral Fellow, 2012 - present), PhD candidate, New York University

104. Danielle Purifoy (Pre-Doctoral Fellow, 2012-present), PhD student, Duke University

105. Mary E Mendoza (Dissertation Fellow, 2013-14), University of California at Davis

106. Yasmiyn Irizarry (Dissertation Fellow, 2010-2011), Assistant Professor of African and African Diaspora Studies, The University of Texas at Austin

107. Alma Rodenas-Ruano (Post-Doctoral Fellow, 2013), Instructor, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

108. Tiffany Joseph (Pre-Doctoral Fellow, 2006), Assistant Professor, Stony Brook University

109. Suzy Lee (Pre-Doctoral Fellow, 2008-2011), PhD Candidate, New York University

110. Yolanda (Pre-Doctoral, 2014-2017), University of California at Los Angeles

111. William P. Jones (Dissertation Fellow, 1999), Professor of History, University of Wisconsin Madison

112. Clint Carroll (Post-Doctoral Fellow, 2013-14), Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota

113. Robin L. Turner (Pre-Doctoral Fellow, 2001-6), Butler University

114. Katerina Gonzalez Seligman (Dissertation Fellow, 2013-2014), Brown University

115. Crystal Fleming (Pre-Doctoral Fellow, 2004), Assistant Professor, Stony Brook University

116. Christina Knight (Dissertation Fellow, 2012; Post-Doctoral Fellow), Bowdoin College

117. Frances Roberts-Gregory (Pre-Doctoral Fellow, 2014), University of California, Berkeley

118. Ernesto Javier Martinez (Pre-Doctoral Fellow, 1999), Associate Professor, University of Oregon

119. Alvaro Huerta (Pre-Doctoral Fellow, 2006 – 2010), Assistant Professor

120. Marcelle Maese-Cohen (Dissertation Fellow, 2011), University of San Diego

121. John Carlos Garza (Dissertation, 1997), University of California, Santa Cruz

122. Joo Ok Kim (Dissertation Fellow, 2012-13), University of California President's Postdoctoral Fellow, UC Irvine

123. Philip Vieira (Pre-Doctoral Fellow, 2012), University of California

124. Donte Bernard (Doctoral Fellow, 2014-2017), Doctoral Student, University of North Carolina Chapel-Hill

125. Kasey Jernigan (Pre-Doctoral Fellow, 2013-present), University of Massachusetts Amherst

126. Adrian Aguilera (Pre-Doctoral Fellow, 2005-2008), Assistant Professor, University of California, Berkeley

127. Kelli Morgan (Dissertation Fellow, 2014), Ph.D. Candidate University of Massachusetts Amherst

128. Albert Ponce (Dissertation Fellow 2012-13), Lake Tahoe College

129. Mariana Giusti (Doctoral Fellow, 2014-2015), Cornell University

130. Laura Villamil (Dissertation Fellow, 2003), Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

131. Monica Russel y Rodriguez (Dissertation Fellow, 1994-95), Northwestern University

132. Carolina Prado (Predoctoral Fellow, 2011), University of California at Berkeley

133. Silvia Dominguez (Post-Doctoral Fellow, 2012-2013), Northeastern University

134. Talline R Martins (Dissertation Fellow, 2009-2010), Research Assistant Professor, University of Nevada, Reno

135. Alma Granado (Dissertation Fellow, 2011-2012), Postdoctoral Fellows, Williams College

136. Camilo Leslie (Pre-Doctoral Fellow, 2006-09), University of Michigan

137. David Enrique Rangel (Pre-Doctoral Fellow, 2010-2013), PhD Candidate, University of Wisconsin-Madison

138. Heidi Kiiwetinepinesiik Stark (Pre-Doctoral, 2004-2006; Postdoctoral Fellow, 2009-2010), Assistant Professor, Political Science, University of Victoria

139. Noenoe K. Silva (Dissertation Fellow, 1998-1999), Professor, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

140. Gladys M. Jiménez Muñoz (Post-Doctoral Fellow, 1998-99), Binghamton University-SUNY

141. David Blanding (Dissertatoin Fellow, 2012- 2013), McDaniel College

142. Ma Vang (Dissertation Fellow, 2011-12), University of California, Merced

143. Monica A. Coleman (Pre-Doctoral Fellow, 2000-2003), Claremont School of Theology

144. Nikol Alexander-Floyd (Pre-Doctora Fellow, 1995-1998), Rutgers University-New Brunswick

145. Portia K. Maultsby (Post-Doctoral Fellow, 1984-85 ), Indiana University

146. Luna Nájera (Dissertation Fellow, 2007-2008), Assistant Professor at Radboud University, in The Netherlands

147. Antonia Castaneda (1990-1991), Retired

148. William Martinez (Dissertation Fellow, 2013-2014; Post-Doctoral Fellow)

149. Monica De La Torre (Pre-Doctoral Fellow, 2012-2015), University of Washington

150. Leonard Brown, (Post-Doctoral Fellow, 1990), Associate Professor of African American Studies & Music, Northeastern University Boston, MA

151. Lauro Flores (Post-Doctoral Fellow, 1985-86), Professor & Chair, University of Washington

152. Jalondra A. Davis (Pre-Doctoral Fellow, 2013), University of California at Riverside, Ethnic Studies

153. Rodolfo Rosales (Post-Doctoral Fellow, 1992-93), Retired Associate Professor

154. Belisa Gonzalez (Dissertation Fellow, 2005-2006), Ithaca College

155. Alexandra Ornelas (Pre-Doctoral Fellow, 2013-2016), University of California, Santa Barbara

156. Pedro E Nava (Dissertation Fellow, 2010-2011), Assistant Professor, Mills College, School of Education

157. María Ledesma (Dissertation Fellow, 2006-2007; Post-Doctoral Fellow, 2008-2009), University of Utah

158. Claudia Serrato (Pre-Doctoral Fellow, 2013), PhD Candidate, University of Washington

159. Aimee Cox (Ford Post-Doctoral Fellow, 2013-14), Fordham University

160. Melina Pappademos (Dissertation Fellow, 1999-2001; Post-Doctoral Fellow, 2011-2012) Associate Professor, University of Connecticut

161. Kathryn Shanley (Post-Doctoral Fellow, 1988), University of Montana

162. Dylan Rodriguez (Pre-Doctoral Fellow, 1995-1998; Post-Doctoral Fellow, 2003-2004), University of California