Dear President Christina Paxson P’19 and Provost Richard Locke P’17:
We write with some urgency to request that you investigate the possibility of our campus serving as a sanctuary for our students, our staff members and their family members who face imminent deportation.
We have reason to believe that Providence Police officers cannot enter the campus without permission of the University. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers are also subject to similar restrictions based on a 2011 Memo regarding places of worship, schools and hospitals. Given that many students, staff members and their families are directly affected by this issue, we urge the University to immediately work to develop a protocol for the University serving as a sanctuary campus.
Our active support of our most vulnerable members will demonstrate Brown’s commitment to defend our values of inclusion, justice and humanity. It may give comfort to those, especially within the Brown community, who are frightened and unsure about their future and safety.
We thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely yours,
Maria Abascal, Postdoctoral Research Associate in Population Studies
Faiz Ahmed, Assistant Professor of History
Leticia Alvarado, Assistant Professor of American Studies and Ethnic Studies
Emma Amador, Postdoctoral Research Associate in Race and Ethnicity in America
Paul Armstrong, Professor of English
Ariella Azoulay, Professor of Modern Culture and Media and Comparative Literature
Narges Bajoghli, Postdoctoral Research Associate in International and Public Affairs
Sarah Besky, Assistant Professor of Anthropology and International and Public Affairs
Timothy Bewes, Professor of English
Robert Blair, Assistant Professor of Political Science and International and Public Affairs
Stefano Bloch, Postdoctoral Senior Research Associate in Urban Studies
Anthony Bogues, Professor of Humanities and Critical Theory and Africana Studies
Sheila Bonde, Professor of History of Art and Architecture and Chair of History of Art and Architecture
Lundy Braun, Professor of Medical Science and Africana Studies
Nicole Burrowes, Postdoctoral Research Associate in History
Jordan Camp, Postdoctoral Fellow in Race and Ethnicity in American and International and Public Affairs
Jennifer J. Carroll, Research Fellow in Psychiatry Human Behavior
Rebecca Louise Carter, Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Urban Studies
Peggy Chang ’93 AM’13, Assistant Dean of Engaged Learning and Director of the Curricular Resource Center
Ross Cheit, Professor of Political Science
Anne Chen, Visiting Assistant Professor of History of Art and Architecture
Jessica Cho, Program Coordinator of East Asian Studies
Nitsan Chorev, Professor of Sociology and International Studies
Michelle Clayton, Associate Professor of Hispanic Studies and Comparative Literature
Tony Cokes, Professor of Modern Culture and Media
Jeff Colgan, Associate Professor of Political Science and International Studies
R. Douglas Cope, Associate Professor of History
Harold J. Cook, Professor of History
Colleen Kim Daniher, Postdoctoral Research Associate in Theatre Arts and Performance Studies
Joan Copjec, Professor of Modern Culture and Media
Bathsheba Demuth, Assistant Professor of History and Environmental Studies
Christina Downs, Manager of Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America
Beshara Doumani, Professor of History, Director of Middle East Studies
Jim Egan, Professor of English
Kevin Escudero, Postdoctoral Research Associate in American Studies and Ethnic Studies
Rebecca Stephens Falcasantos, Visiting Scholar in Religious Studies
Linford D. Fisher, Associate Professor of History
Andrea Flores, Assistant Professor of Education
Rodrigo Fonseca, Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Caroline Frank, Visiting Associate Professor of American Studies
Eva Gómez García, Lecturer in Hispanic Studies
Olakunle George, Associate Professor of English and Africana Studies
Alma Gottlieb, Visiting Scholar in Anthropology
Dana Graef, Postdoctoral Fellow in International Humanities
James N. Green, Professor of History and Portuguese and Brazilian Studies
Jennifer Greenburg, Postdoctoral Research Associate in International and Public Affairs
Amy Greenwald, Associate Professor of Computer Science
Matthew Guterl, Professor of Africana Studies, Chair of American Studies
Matthew Gutmann, Professor of Anthropology
Sherine Hamdy, Associate Professor of Anthropology
Yannis Hamilakis, Professor of Archaeology and Modern Greek Studies
Françoise N. Hamlin, Associate Professor of History and Africana Studies
Ed Hardy, Visiting Lecturer in English
Beverly Haviland, Senior Lecturer and Visiting Associate Professor of American Studies
Patrick Heller, Professor of Social Sciences, Sociology and International and Public Affairs
Daniel Hirschman, Assistant Professor of Sociology
Diane Hoffman-Kim, Associate Professor of Medical Science and Engineering
Joseph Hogan, Professor of Biostatistics
Benjamin Holtzman, Visiting Assistant Professor of History
Bonnie Honig, Professor of Modern Culture and Media and Political Science
Elizabeth Hoover, Assistant Professor of American Studies and Ethnic Studies
Saori Hoshi, Visiting Lecturer in Japanese and East Asian Studies
Mariaelena Huambachano, Postdoctoral Research Associate in American and Ethnic Studies
Evelyn Hu-DeHart, Professor of History, American Studies and Ethnic Studies
José Itzigsohn, Professor of Sociology
Nancy Jacob, Professor of History
Lynne Joyrich, Professor of Modern Culture and Media
Seny Kamara, Associate Professor of Computer Science
Tamar Katz, Associate Professor of English
Julie Kauer, Professor of Medical Science and Neuroscience
Adrienne Keene, Assistant Professor of American Studies and Ethnic Studies
Michael D. Kennedy, Professor of Sociology and International and Public Affairs
Nancy Khalek, Associate Professor of Religious Studies
Daniel Kim, Associate Professor of English and American Studies
Dawn King, Lecturer in Environment and Society
Jill S. Kuhnheim, Visiting Professor of Hispanic Studies
Caroline Kuo, Assistant Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
David Laidlaw, Professor of Computer Science
Andrew Laird, Professor of Classics and Humanities, Professor of Hispanic Studies
Jennifer Lambe, Assistant Professor of History
Robert Lee, Associate Professor of American Studies
Jessaca Leinaweaver, Associate Professor of Anthropology
Patsy Lewis, Visiting Professor of International and Public Affairs
Zhuqing Li, Adjunct Associate Professor of East Asian Studies
Catherine Lutz, Professor of Anthropology and International Studies
Amanda Lynch, Professor of Environmental Studies and Earth, Environmental and Planetary Studies, Director of the Institute at Brown for Environment and Society
Richard M. Mariita, Postdoctoral Research Associate in Chemistry
John Mazza, Manager of Web and Multimedia Technology
Monica Muñoz Martinez, Assistant Professor of American Studies and Ethnic Studies
Felipe Martínez-Pinzón, Assistant Professor of Hispanic Studies
Yalidy Matos, Postdoctoral Research Associate in Race and Ethnicity in America
Sara Matthiesen, Postdoctoral Research Associate in American Studies
Stephen T. McGarvey, Professor of Epidemiology
Jim McGrath, Postdoctoral Fellow in Public Humanities
Brian Meeks, Professor and Chair of Africana Studies
Stephanie Merrim, Professor of Comparative Literature and Hispanic Studies
Casey Miller, Postdoctoral Fellow in Population Studies
Nicholas Miller, Assistant Professor of Political Science and International and Public Affairs
Sreemati Mitter, Assistant Professor of History and International and Public Affairs
Jennifer Montgomery, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Modern Culture and Media
Kym Moore, Associate Professor of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies
Gregory Duff Morton, Postdoctoral Research Associate in International and Public Affairs
Jeremy Mumford, Assistant Professor of History
Paul E. Nahme, Assistant Professor of Judaic Studies and Religious Studies
Yusuf Neggers, Postdoctoral Research Associate in International and Public Affairs
Rebecca Nedostup, Associate Professor of History
Tara Nummedal, Associate Professor of History
Don Operario, Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Itohan Osayimwese, Assistant Professor of History of Art and Architecture
Emily A. Owens, Assistant Professor of History
Domenico Pacifici, Associate Professor of Engineering
Naomi Parker, Adjunct Lecturer in Portuguese and Brazilian Studies
Tate Paulette, Postdoctoral Research Associate in Archaeology and the Ancient World
Keisha-Khan Perry, Associate Professor of Africana Studies
Samuel Perry, Associate Professor of East Asian Studies
Ethan Pollock, Associate Professor of History and Slavic Studies
Stephen Porder, Associate Professor of Ecology, Evolutionary Biology and Environment and Society
Thangam Ravindranathan, Associate Professor of French Studies
Marc Redfield, Professor of English and Comparative Literature, Chair of Comparative Literature
Ravit Reichman, Associate Professor of English
Lindsay Reynolds, Assistant Professor of Population Studies
Maralie Armstrong Rial, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Modern Culture and Media
Joan L. Richards, Professor of History
Lukas Rieppel, Assistant Professor of History
Timons Roberts, Professor of Environmental Studies and Sociology
Seth Rockman, Associate Professor of History
Ralph E. Rodriguez, Associate Professor of American Studies, Ethnic Studies and English
Daniel Arturo Rodriguez, Assistant Professor of History
Tricia Rose, Professor of Africana Studies, Associate Dean of the Faculty for Special Initiatives, Director of the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America
Philip Rosen, Professor of Modern Culture and Media
James Russell, Associate Professor of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences
Kenneth Sacks, Professor of History and Classics
Felicia Salinas-Moniz, Assistant Director of the Sarah Doyle Women’s Center
Kate Schapira, Lecturer in English
Andrew Scherer, Associate Professor of Anthropology
Rebecca Schneider, Professor of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies and History of Art and Architecture
Robyn S. Schneider, Professor of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies
Nidia Schuhmacher, Senior Lecturer in Hispanic Studies
Robert Self, Professor of American History, Chair of the History Department
Naoko Shibusawa, Associate Professor of History and American Studies
Elena Shih, Assistant Professor of American Studies and Ethnic Studies
Kerry Smith, Associate Professor of History
Victoria Smith, Senior Lecturer in Hispanic Studies
Susan Smulyan, Professor of American Studies, Director of the John Nicholas Brown Center
Patricial Sobral, Senior Lecturer of Portuguese and Brazilian Studies
Silvia Sobral, Senior Lecturer of Hispanic Studies
Alexander Starre, Visiting Assistant Professor of American Studies
Sydney Skybetter, Lecturer of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies
Tracy Steffes, Associate Professor of Education and History
Sarah Thomas, Assistant Professor of Hispanic Studies
Hsin-I Tseng, Lecturer of East Asian Studies
Daniel Vaca, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies
Leah VanWey, Professor of Sociology and Environment and Society
Mercedes Vaquero, Professor of Hispanic Studies, Medieval Studies
Siri Veland, Assistant Professor of Environment and Society
Germán Vergara, Postdoctoral Fellow in Environment and Society
Yang Wang, Senior Lecturer of East Asian Studies
Kate Weinberg, Postdoctoral Research Associate in Environmental Studies
Deborah Weinstein, Assistant Professor of American Studies
Gregory Wellenius, Associate Professor of Epidemiology
Esther Whitfield, Associate Professor of Comparative Literature and Hispanic Studies
Annie Wiart, Senior Lecturer of French Studies
Andre C. Willis, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies
John-Eng Wong, Special Advisor for American Studies MA Program
Patricia Ybarra, Associate Professor of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies
Vazira Zamindar, Associate Professor of History
Alex Zaslavsky, Professor of Engineering and Physics
Samuel Zipp, Associate Professor of American Studies and Urban Studies
This list reflects the faculty members who signed the petition by 6:15 p.m. Nov. 13. The letter was originally sent Nov. 11. Faculty members can still add their names to the letter. Undergraduates can also add their names to the same letter.
