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Anti-Bullying Statement
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The bullying of faculty, students, and university staff is unacceptable.
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Faculty may exploit power asymmetries in academia – including those created by tenure – to coerce, undermine, marginalize,
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and even humiliate members of the academic community.
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This must end. We, the undersigned, commit to end it.
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We understand academic bullying to include at least the following behavior:
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-Verbal abuse;
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-Public humiliation;
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-Threats, whether implicit or explicit, including threats of retaliation, that undermine advancement toward a degree or within the profession;
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-Engaging in smear campaigns; and
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-Physical assault.
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When we witness such behavior, we promise to act as an ally on behalf of those who have been bullied.
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Silence only allows such behavior to continue; private condemnations may do little to prevent further bullying.
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Signatories to this statement commit to be supportive of victims of bullying.
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Fostering a diverse and inclusive academic community is impossible if bullying continues within that community.
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Please sign your name and institution below. Institutions are for affiliation only and do not indicate institutional endorsement.
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David Edelstein, Georgetown University
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James Goldgeier, American University
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Naazneen Barma, University of Denver
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Joshua Shifrinson, Boston University
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Rory Truex, Princeton University
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Christopher Ankersen, New York University
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Sean Aday, George Washington University
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Deborah Avant, University of Denver
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Katherine Kjellström Elgin, Johns Hopkins SAIS
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Susanna Campbell, American University
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Stacie Goddard, Wellesley College
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Tom Long, University of Warwick
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Richard Maass, Old Dominion University
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Abraham Newman, Georgetown University
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Morgan Kaplan, Harvard Kennedy School
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Kathleen Gallagher Cunningham, University of Maryland
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Michael Weintraub, Universidad de los Andes
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Miles Kahler, American University
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Michael Tierney, William & Mary
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Mariana Kalil, Brazilian War College
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Andrew Yeo, The Catholic University of America
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Carrie Lee, US Army War College
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Susan Shepler, American University
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Kelly Blidook, Memorial University
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James M. Scott, Texas Christian University
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Simon Frankel Pratt, University of Bristol
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Emmanuel Balogun, Skidmore College
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Lindsay P. Cohn, US Naval War College
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Daniel Byman, Georgetown University
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Steven Weber, UC Berkeley
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Helen M. Kinsella University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
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Assaf Moghadam, Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya
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Scott Wolford, University of Texas at Austin
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Rosella Cappella Zielinski, Boston University
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Leslie Vinjamuri , SOAS University of London
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Elizabeth Saunders, Georgetown University
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Virginia Haufler, University of Maryland
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Jeffrey Kopstein, University of California, Irvine
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C. Christine Fair, Georgetown University
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Susan Ariel Aaronson, George Washington University
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Stephen Saideman, Carleton University
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Jeremy Pressman, University of Connecticut
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Bruce W. Jentleson, Duke University
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Jason Lyall, Dartmouth College
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Shibley Telhami, University of Maryland
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Jonathan Kirshner, Boston College
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Deondra Rose, Duke University
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Joel L.Fleishman, Duke University
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John M. Schuessler, Bush School, Texas A&M
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Gunther Peck, Duke University
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Kelebogile Zvobgo, College of William & Mary
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Robert E. Williams, Jr., Pepperdine University
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Kyle Peyton, Yale University
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Hakeem Jefferson, Stanford University
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Jennifer C. Greenfield, University of Denver
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Konstantinos Travlos, Özyeğin University
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Hilde Eliassen Restad, Bjørknes University College
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Jay Pearson, Duke University
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Jordan Tama, American University
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Mary Beth Altier, New York University
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Nina Tannenwald, Brown University
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David A. Siegel, Duke University
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Nori Katagiri, Saint Louis University
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Tom Taylor, Duke University
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David Hoffman, Duke University
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Kenneth Schultz, Stanford University
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Iftikhar Ali, Karakoram International University Gilgit Pakistan
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Michelle Egan, American University
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Steven Rosenzweig, Boston University
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Ken Opalo, Georgetown University
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Mia M Bloom, Georgia State University
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Andrew Bennett, Georgetown University
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Jason Davidson, University of Mary Washington
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Rosalie D Clarke, Independent Scholar/Unaffiliated
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Kathleen McNamara
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Austin C. Doctor, University of Nebraska at Omaha
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Baris Kesgin, Elon University