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On June 19, Chair of the Faculty Mimi Chapman sent a message addressed to the campus community urging school, departments and individuals to speak out in one voice in favor of academic freedom, especially as it pertains to granting tenure to Nikole Hannah-Jones.

We have collected all of the statements sent to us as well as others that were made available publicly.

Here are school, departmental and other UNC affiliate statements.

Deans or Schools

College of Arts and Sciences dean
Adams School of Dentistry executive committee
School of Education
School of Information and Library Science
Hussman School of Journalism and Media [has released multiple statements]
School of Law faculty
School of Medicine department chairs and center directors
Eshelman School of Pharmacy Executive Committee
Gillings School of Global Public Health dean
School of Social Work

 

Academic departments

College of Arts and Sciences

African, African American and Diaspora Studies
American Studies
Applied Physical Sciences
Art and Art History
Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
Biology
Chemistry
City and Regional Planning
Classics
Communication
Computer Science faculty
English and Comparative Literature
Environment, Ecology and Energy Program Executive Committee
Exercise and Sport Science
Geography
Geological Sciences
Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures chair
Global Studies
History
Linguistics
Marine Sciences
Mathematics tenured faculty
Music
Peace, War, and Defense
Political Science
Psychology and Neuroscience
Public Policy chair
Race, Difference, and Power Concentration, Department of Anthropology
Religious Studies
Romance Studies
Sociology
Statistics and Operations Research
Women’s and Gender Studies
Dramatic Art faculty and Playmakers Repertory Company

 

School of Medicine

Biochemistry and Biophysics
Cell Biology & Physiology
Medicine [Department of]
Social Medicine

 

Gillings School of Global Public Health

Environmental Sciences and Engineering
Epidemiology
Health Behavior
Health Policy and Management
Maternal and Child Health
Nutrition
Public Health Leadership Program

 

Other UNC affiliates

African Studies Center and Center for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies
American Association of University Professors (UNC-CH Chapter)
Appointments, Promotions and Tenure Committee [University-wide]
Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies
Campus Safety Commission
Carolina Asia Center
Carolina Association of Black Journalists and National Association of Hispanic Journalists
Carolina Black Caucus
Carolina Performing Arts
Carolina Population Center
Center for Faculty Excellence
Center for Slavic, Eurasian and East European Studies
Center for the Study of the American South
Chair of the Faculty Mimi Chapman
Committee on the Status of Women
Employee Forum Executive Committee
Faculty of 400
Faculty Executive Committee
Family Journey’s Co-Lab
First-Generation Student Association Executive Board
Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
Institute of Marine Sciences faculty
Library Association at UNC-Chapel Hill
Lineberger Equity Council (SOM)
The Odum Institute for Research in Social Science
Playmakers Repertory Company [with faculty of Dept of Dramatic Art]
Retired Faculty Association Executive Committee
UE 150 The Workers Union at UNC
UNC Commission on History, Race, and a Way Forward
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