Editor's Note: A delegation of signatories hand delivered this petition to the administration office Febuary 6. Signatures are still being collected online, and the list of signatories on this article will change to reflect that.
Dear President Robert J. Zimmer and Provost Daniel Diermeier,
We, the undersigned members of the University of Chicago academic community, call on you to take a clear and unambiguous stance against President Donald Trump’s executive order (EO) entitled “Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry to the United States” signed on Friday, January 28, 2017. This EO denies immigration to individuals from the seven Muslim-majority countries of Iran, Iraq, Syria, Sudan, Somalia, Libya, and Yemen. This EO targets any person who is a citizen of one of these countries, including holders of valid visas. The EO also indefinitely bans Syrian refugee entry. We agree with the more than 14,000 American academics, including 50 Nobel laureates, who have signed the petition Academics Against Immigration Executive Order, that President Trump’s EO will have a devastating effect on U.S. higher education and research.
Freedom of inquiry and freedom of expression, two of the foundational principles of the University of Chicago, are impossible when scholars and their families are unable to travel, collaborate, and pursue critical research opportunities. Scholarship is critically impeded when the families of faculty, staff, and students are torn apart, and when scholars are forced to abandon research projects and students are compelled to stop pursuing their degrees. Already, international students from other U.S. universities have been detained at the border and are scheduled for deportation. On Saturday, January 29, 2017 a prominent Iranian-born Canadian scholar was forced to cancel his invited talk to the Political Theory Workshop as a direct result of this EO. On Tuesday, January 31, 2017, The Chicago Maroon reported that due to the EO an Iranian graduate student in sociology at the University of Chicago fears she may not be able to return to teach her Core class in spring 2017. These are only initial examples of the intellectual losses we can expect to see under the EO. Beyond the University’s immediate academic interests, these policies are destructive and contrary to the very core of our values as an institution committed to excellence and innovation, a diversity of community and ideas, respect for the dignity of others, and engagement in the economic, civic, cultural, and social development of our state, our nation, and our world.
We ask you to take concrete steps toward providing legal protection to international faculty, students and staff affected by this EO. Recently, you were among more than 600 college and university presidents who signed a letter expressing a commitment to upholding Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and to protecting the diverse scholarly community that makes groundbreaking research possible. We ask you to reaffirm your commitment to the University as a diverse and pluralistic community by making a commitment to protect and support in the following ways:
- We ask that the University of Chicago build on your statement from January 29, “Message Regarding Immigration,” and your January 30 letter to President Trump, by publicly denouncing the EO as discriminatory, unconstitutional, and contrary to the University’s values. The University administration should continue to publicly condemn such restrictions and advocate for the human rights of members of the academic community.
- We ask that the University continue to offer free and confidential legal assistance (in addition to the NIJC “Know Your Rights” workshop) to students, faculty, and staff from the 7 countries listed in the EO, DACA students, and any others who may be directly targeted by the President’s evolving immigration policy. In addition, ongoing legal assistance should include students, faculty and staff who are currently on campus as well as those who are abroad and will not be able to reenter the United States. It should also be extended to immediate family members of students, faculty and staff who are affected by the ban.
- We ask that the University administration, the Office of International Affairs and attorneys and/or legal observers meet with affected faculty, students and staff to develop a plan for them to continue with their employment and degrees. The EO may limit the ability of individuals to comply with University procedures and deadlines as they contend with visa status and entry obstacles. Their affiliation status with the University should be extended so that they can legally remain in the country and access housing in the United States, especially over the summer. We urge administrators to interpret all relevant requirements flexibly to help those affected continue their studies and/or employment.
- In addition to the “Know Your Rights” workshops hosted by the University, we ask that more financial resources and fundraising initiatives be directed to the Center for Identity and Inclusion, Office of International Affairs, and Office of Multicultural Student Affairs to support international faculty and students with the logistical consequences of the ban and to provide financial support to cover the cost of filing fees or inability to work for those affected by the ban. We ask that these resources be made available to faculty, students, and/or staff who are affected by the ban, along with their families. Moreover, since the EO may interfere with the employment eligibility of members of our community, we ask that the University administration set aside funds for financial assistance where this change results in a loss of promised employment, such as GAI teaching requirements for graduate students.
- We ask that you quickly move to fill the vacant director position in Student Support Services within the Center for Identity and Inclusion, tasked with supporting undocumented students and those with DACA, among other vulnerable populations, and ensure that the position has a budget.
- We ask that the University of Chicago commit to restricting governmental access to student records and identifying information (national origin, immigration status, and physical address) above and beyond the level required by FERPA, while retaining students’ ability to elect to send academic documents such as transcripts and confirmation of employment as necessary. We ask that the University of Chicago follow our peer institutions Northwestern University and the University of Michigan by making this commitment public in a campus-wide e-mail.
- We ask that the University administration and the University of Chicago Police Department (UCPD), like our peer institution Northwestern University (in a January 30 e-mail from President Morton Shapiro), reiterate by email to the academic community the UCPD’s stated policy of not inquiring about or recording information about immigration status when performing their duties, and not partnering with federal, state, or local law enforcement agencies to enforce federal immigration law except when required to do so by law.
- We ask that the University of Chicago speak out publicly in support of preserving the current Optional Practical Training (OPT) program. The program has been expanded to give hundreds of thousands of graduates with degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields an additional 24 months of work authorization. This is especially important for University of Chicago STEM students affected by the ban. The Trump administration is taking steps to dismantle the current OPT program.
- We ask that the University of Chicago admissions offices issue a clear statement that national origin and documentation status will not be a factor at any level of admissions, consistent with the University’s non-discrimination policy and admission standards. The University’s concerns for the student welfare under the EO should include a commitment to future applicants, not just current students. Future applicants from Iran, Iraq, Syria, Sudan, Somalia, Libya, and Yemen should be reassured that their applications will be fully and fairly reviewed, and that they need not hesitate to apply. Once students are admitted, the University should be committed to fostering an environment in which each student can flourish, including ensuring students’ ability to remain enrolled and complete their degrees. Furthermore, the University of Chicago must also maintain hiring standards, considering qualified scholars and researchers from the affected countries as candidates in competitive application processes for faculty hiring and selection of postdoctoral scholars.
- We ask for a weekly report from the University administration to the entire academic community as the situation develops as a demonstration of the University’s commitment to our campus community. This support will be crucial to a campus-wide resistance to the EO and any other forthcoming immigration restrictions.
Our academic community expresses who we are as a University and reflects our foundational commitment to inclusion and diversity. Every one of us—regardless of our background or country of origin or immigration status—should feel welcome in our community. We applaud you for articulating to President Trump and the University community the University of Chicago’s commitment to do its utmost to support its students, faculty, and staff, regardless of immigration status. We urge you to continue articulating this commitment and to act concretely to protect and advocate for international students affected by the immigration ban.
Sincerely,
Organizations:
Graduate Students United Organizing Committee
University of Chicago Advocacy Chapter of the American Association of University Professors
University of Chicago Chapter of Amnesty International
Individual Signatories:
- John Padgett, Professor, Political Science
- Martha Feldman, Mabel Greene Myers Professor, Music, Romance Languages and Literatures, and the Humanities in the College
- Charles M. Payne, Frank P. Hixon Distinguished Service Professor, School of Social Service Administration
- Boris Maslov, Associate Professor, Comparative Literature
- Constantine V. Nakassis, Assistant Professor, Anthropology
- Bruce Lincoln, Caroline E. Haskell Distinguished Service Professor, History of Religions
- John P. McCormick, Political Science
- Michael C. Dawson, John D. MacArthur Professor of Political Science
- James Lindley Wilson, Assistant Professor of Political Science
- Alireza Doostdar, Assistant Professor, Divinity School and the College
- Anton Ford, Associate Professor, Philosophy
- Jennifer Cole, Professor, Department of Comparative Human Development
- Dan Arnold, Associate Professor, Divinity School
- Matthew M. Briones, Associate Professor, History
- Travis A. Jackson, Associate Professor, Music
- Michael Dietler, Professor, Anthropology
- Daniel Morgan, Associate Professor, Cinema and Media Studies
- Allyson Nadia Field, Associate Professor, Cinema and Media Studies
- Lisa Wedeen, Mary R. Morton Professor of Political Science
- Julie Saville, Associate Professor of History
- Michael LaBarbera, Emeritus Professor, Organismal Biology
- Denis Hirschfeldt, Professor, Mathematics
- Fred M. Donner, Professor of Near Eastern History, The Oriental Institute and Department of Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations
- Zach Samalin, Assistant Professor, English
- Matthias Staisch, Instructor, Committee on International Relations
- Sonali Thakkar, Assistant Professor, English
- Seth Brodsky, Assistant Professor, Music
- Richard Neer, William B. Ogden Distinguished Service Professor in Art History, Cinema & Media Studies and the College
- A. Holly Shissler, Associate Professor, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
- Salikoko S. Mufwene, The Frank J. McLoraine Distinguished Service Professor of Linguistics
- Demetra Kasimis, Assistant Professor, Political Science
- Howard Stein, Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Philosophy and Committee on Conceptual and Historical Studies of Science
- Julie Orlemanski, Assistant Professor, English
- Matthew W. Stolper, John A.Wilson Professor Emeritus of Oriental Studies, The Oriental Institute, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Classics (Program on the Ancient Mediterranean World), and the College
- Andrew Yale, Lecturer, Humanities
- Marshall Sahlins, Charles F. Grey Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Anthropology and of Social Sciences in the College
- Paola Iovene, Associate Professor, Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations
- Lawrence Rothfield, Associate Professor, English and Comparative Literature
- James F. Lastra, Associate Professor, Cinema and Media Studies and English
- Mario Santana, Associate Professor, Romance Languages and Literatures
- Angie Heo, Assistant Professor, Divinity School
- William Schweiker, Edward L. Ryerson Professor of Theological Ethics, Divinity School and College
- François Richard, Associate Professor, Anthropology
- Kristen Schilt, Associate Professor, Sociology
- W. Clark Gilpin, Margaret E. Burton Professor, Emeritus, The Divinity School
- Trevor Price, Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolution
- Karlos Arregi, Associate Professor, Department of Linguistics
- Patrick Jagoda, Associate Professor, English and Cinema & Media Studies
- Judy Hoffman, Professor of Practice in the Arts, Cinema and Media Studies
- Rachel Galvin, Assistant Professor, English
- Colleen Grogan, Professor, School of Social Service Administration
- Susan Lambert, Associate Professor, School of Social Service Administration
- Robert L. Kendrick, Professor, Music
- Norma Field, Robert S. Ingersoll Distinguished Service Professor Emerita, East Asian Languages and Civilizations
- Leora Auslander, Arthur and Joann Rasmussen Professor of Western Civilization in the College and History Department
- Lauren Berlant, George M. Pullman Distinguished Service Professor of English
- Amy Dru Stanley, History Department and Law School
- Andreas Glaeser, Professor of Sociology
- Linda M. G. Zerilli, Charles E. Merriam Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science, Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality
- Janet H. Johnson, Morton D. Hull Distinguished Service Professor of Egyptology, Oriental Institute, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, and Department of Classics (PAMW)
- Samuel Refetoff, MD, Professor Emeritus of Medicine and Pediatrics. Director, Endocrinology Laboratory
- Wendy Doniger, Mircea Eliade Distinguished Service Professor of the History of Religions
- William W. Tait, Professor Emeritus, Department of Philosophy
- Jennifer Pitts, Associate Professor, Political Science
- Loren Kruger, Professor, Comparative Literature, English, African Studies
- Deborah Nelson, Associate Professor, English
- Kyeong-Hee Choi, Associate Professor, East Asian Languages and Civilizations
- Manuela Carneiro da Cunha, Professor emerita, Department of Anthropology
- Adrienne Brown, Assistant Professor, English
- Joseph Masco, Professor, Department of Anthropology
- Rochona Majumdar, Associate Professor, SALC/CMS
- Whitney Cox, Associate Professor, SALC
- Leah Feldman, Assistant Professor, Comparative Literature
- Rebecca West, William R. Kenan, Jr. Distinguished Service Professor Emerita, depts. of Romance Langs. and Lits. and Cinema and Media Studies
- Agnes Lugo-Ortiz, Associate Professor, Department of Romance Languages and Literatures
- Hussein Ali Agrama, Associate Professor, Anthropology
- Hakan Karateke, Professor, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
- Na’ama Rokem, Associate Professor, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations and Comparative Literature
- Michael Geyer, Samuel N. Harper Professor of History Emeritus
- Cornell H. Fleischer, Kanuni Suleyman Professor of Ottoman and Modern Turkish Studies, Departments of History and Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
- Gabriel Moreno, Post-Graduate Fellow, Department of Visual Arts
- Amber Ginsburg, Lecturer, Department of Visual Arts
- Angela S. Garcia, Assistant Professor, School of Social Service Administration
- Anna S. Mueller, Assistant Professor, Department of Comparative Human Development
- Lauren Beck, Lecturer, Department of Visual Arts
- Jessica H Darrow, Lecturer, School of Social Service Administration
- Itamar Francez, Assistant Professor, Department of Linguistics
- Shannon Lee Dawdy, Associate Professor, Anthropology
- Callum F. Ross, Professor of Organismal Biology & Anatomy
- Alida Bouris, Associate Professor, School of Social Service Administration
- Jan Goldstein, Norman and Edna Freehling Professor of History
- Dan Brudney, Professor, Department of Philosophy and the College
- John E. Woods, Professor, History and Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
- Matam P. Murthy, Professor Emeritus, Department of Mathematics
- Mark Philip Bradley, Bernadotte E. Schmitt Distinguished Service Professor of History
- Elizabeth Helsinger, John Matthews Manly Distinguished Service Professor, English, Emerita
- Tom Gunning, Distinguished Service Professor, Cinema and Media Studies
- Clifton Ragsdale, Professor of Neurobiology
- Scott Wolniak, Lecturer, Department of Visual Arts
- Elena Bashir, Senior Lecturer, South Asian Languages and Civilizations
- Petra Goedegebuure, Associate Professor of Hittitology, Oriental Institute, the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, and the College.
- Darryl Li, Assistant Professor, Anthropology
- Philip A. Verhoef, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics
- W. J. T. Mitchell, Professor of English and Art History
- Moishe Postone, Professor of Modern History and the College
- Brit Barton, Post-Graduate Fellow, Department of Visual Arts
- Willemien Otten, Professor of the Theology and History of Christianity, The Divinity School and the College
- Michael Bourdaghs, Professor, East Asian Languages and Civilizations
- Katherine Desjardins, Full-time Lecturer, Department of Visual Arts
- Aden Kumler, Associate Professor, Departments of Art History, Romance Languages & Literatures
- Douglas Bishop, Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology
- Bruce Cumings, Gustavus F. and Ann M. Swift Distinguished Service Professor in History and the College
- William Sewell, Frank P. Hixon Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus, Departments of Political Science and History
- Bill Tait, Professor Emeritus, Department of Philosophy
- Terence Martin, Professor Emeritus, Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology
- Françoise Meltzer, Edward Carson Waller Distinguished Service Professor in the Humanities, Professor in the Divinity School and the College, and Chair of Comparative Literature
- Stephan Palmié, Professor of Anthropology and of Social Sciences in the College
- Nancy Munn, Professor Emerita, Department of Anthropology
- Daniel Le Grange, Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience
- Lucia B. Rothman-Denes, A. J. Carlson Professor, Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology
- Michael Sells, John Henry Barrows Professor of Islamic History and Literature, Divinity School
- James Fernandez, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology
- Larissa Brewer-García, Assistant Professor of Latin American Literature, Department of Romance Languages and Literatures
- William Sites, Associate Professor, School of Social Service Administration
- Mel Rothenberg, Professor Emeritus of Mathematics
- Ronald Grigor Suny, Emeritus Professor of Political Science and History, and William H. Sewell, Jr. Distinguished University Professor of History and Professor of Political Science at the University of Michigan
- Catherine Sullivan, Associate Professor, Department of Visual Arts
- Salomé Aguilera Skvirsky, Assistant Professor, Cinema and Media Studies
- Eric L. Santner, Philip and Ida Romberg Distinguished Service Professor in Modern Germanic Studies, Professor of Germanic Studies, Committee on Jewish Studies, and the College; Chair of the Department of Germanic Studies
- Thomas C. Holt, James Westfall Thompson Distinguished Service Professor, History
- Joshua Scodel, Helen A. Regenstein Professor in English, Comparative Literature, and the College
- Megan Tusler, Postdoctoral Preceptor, Masters Program in the Humanities
- Edgar Garcia, Neubauer Assistant Professor, Department of English
- Tristan J. Schweiger, Postdoctoral Preceptor, Master Program in the Humanities
- Persis Berlekamp, Associate Professor, Art History and the College and Affiliated Faculty, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
- Victor A. Friedman, Andrew W. Mellon Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus in the Humanities, Department of Linguistics
- C. M. Naim, Professor Emeritus, South Asian Languages and Cultures
- Peter Wirzbicki, Harper-Schmidt Fellow
- Alexis Chema, Lecturer, Department of English
- Joshua Craze, Harper Fellow and Collegiate Assistant Professor
- Carolyn Johnson, Lecturer, The College (and Ph.D., 1998)
- Ariel Fox, Assistant Professor, East Asian Languages and Civilizations
- David Egan, Harper-Schmidt Fellow and Collegiate Assistant Professor, Humanities Division
- Jennifer Wild, Associate Professor, Cinema and Media Studies and Romance Languages and Literatures
- Takuya Tsunoda, Lecturer, Cinema and Media Studies
- Jake Werner, Collegiate Assistant Professor, Social Sciences Collegiate Division
- William H. Sterner, Lecturer, Computer Science
- Katherine Jessica Krywokulski, Program Coordinator, Chicago Center for Teaching
- Lex Nalley, Department Administrator, English
- Agatha Anna Slupek, Ph.D. Student, Political Science
- Trish Kahle, Ph.D. Candidate, History
- Maryam Sabbaghi, Ph.D. Student, Divinity School
- Luke Fidler, Ph.D. Student, Art History
- Ellen Richmond, MD Candidate, Pritzker School of Medicine
- Corbin Page, Ph.D. Student, History
- Amanda Shubert, Ph.D. Candidate, English
- Nicole Morse, Ph.D. Candidate, Cinema and Media Studies
- Upasana Dutta, Ph.D. Candidate, English
- Benjamin Blanchard, Ph.D. Candidate, Committee on Evolutionary Biology
- Kamil Ahsan, Ph.D. Student, Developmental Biology
- Ben Van Zee, Ph.D. Student, History Department
- Tien-Tien Jong, Ph.D. Student, Cinema and Media Studies
- Cody Jones, Dual Ph.D. student, Divinity School and the Department of Comparative Literature
- Woo Chan Lee, Ph.D. Candidate, Music
- Daniela Licandro, Ph.D. Candidate, East Asian Languages and Civilizations
- Samuel Rowe, Ph.D. Candidate, English
- Mollie McFee, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Comparative Literature
- Sam Catlin, Ph.D. Student, Comparative Literature
- Caroline Heller, Ph.D. student, English
- Emilio Comay del Junco, Ph.D. Student, Philosophy and Social Thought
- Patrick Lewis, Ph.D. Student, Anthropology
- Guy Emerson Mount, Mellon Foundation Fellow, Department of History
- Carly B. Boxer, Ph.D. Student, Art History
- Tanima, Ph.D. Student, Anthropology
- Danya Lagos, Ph.D. Student, Sociology
- Siavash Sabetrohani, Ph.D. Student, Music
- Joshua Falk, Ph.D. Student, Linguistics
- Charlotte Heltai, MA student, Divinity
- Julian Grove, Ph.D. Student, Linguistics
- Michael Tabatowski, Ph.D. Student, Linguistics
- Zachary Hebert, Ph.D. student, Linguistics
- Betsy Pillion, Ph.D. Student, Linguistics
- Emily Hanink, Ph.D. Student, Linguistics
- Tae Yeon Kim, MD Candidate, School of Medicine
- Samuel Hodgkin, Ph.D. Student, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
- Michael Dango, Ph.D. Candidate, English Language and Literature
- Walter Burkat, MA Candidate, MAPSS (Anthropology)
- Claudio Sansone, Ph.D. student, Comparative Literature and Classics
- Abhishek Bhattacharyya, Ph.D. student, South Asian Languages and Civilizations and Anthropology
- Eric Powell, Ph.D. Candidate, English
- Audrey Williams, Ph.D. Candidate, Cell & Molecular Biology
- Dan Wang, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Music
- Clara del Junco, Ph.D. Candidate, Chemistry
- Oscar Chavez, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of English
- Matthew Vanderpoel, Ph.D. Candidate, History of Christianity
- Jaclyn Wong, Ph.D. Candidate, Sociology
- Jordan Pruett, Ph.D. Student, English
- Peter Malonis, Ph.D. student, Committee on Computational Neuroscience
- Lauren Sutherland, Ph.D. Student, Anthropology
- Jan Brugger, MFA Candidate, Department of Visual Art
- Caine Jordan, Ph.D. Student, Department of History
- Allison Turner, Ph.D. Candidate, English
- Andrew Bearnot, MFA Candidate, Department of Visual Art
- Chichan Kwong, MFA Candidate, Department of Visual Art
- Frances Lee, MFA Candidate, Department of Visual Art
- Ben Nicholson, MFA Candidate, Department of Visual Art
- Sarah McDaniel, Ph.D. Student, English
- Anne Rebull, Ph.D. Candidate, East Asian Languages and Civilizations
- Jessica Smith, MA Student, School of Social Service Administration
- Mariana Brandman, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of History
- Vidura Jang Bahadur, MFA candidate, Department of Visual Art
- Janet Connor, Ph.D. Student, Anthropology (and A.B., ’11)
- Milena Ang, Ph.D. Candidate, Political Science
- Mathilde Gerbelli-Gauthier, Ph.D. Student, Mathematics
- Mili Leitner, Ph.D. Student, Department of Music
- Kevin King, Ph.D. Student, Department of English
- Erik Mueller, MA Candidate, Division of the Social Science
- Nathan Dorgan, MA Candidate, Center for Middle Eastern Studies
- Mariel Colbert, MA Candidate, Center for Middle Eastern Studies
- Ingrid Becker, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of English Language and Literature
- Darrel Chia, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of English
- Carmen Merport, Ph.D. candidate, Department of English
- Nissy Abraham Ph.D. student, Divinity School
- Beatrice Bradley, Ph.D. Student, English
- Nathan Roter, AM Candidate, School of Social Service Administration
- Sophia Uddin, MD/Ph.D. candidate, Computational Neuroscience/Pritzker School of Medicine
- Alan Hassler, JD Candidate, Law School (and A.B., ’15)
- Akshara Ravishankar, Ph.D. student, South Asian Languages and Civilizations
- Talia Gordon, Ph.D. Student, Comparative Human Development
- Sophia Sherry, Ph.D. Student, English Department
- Bill Hutchinson, Ph.D. Student, English Department
- Kai Parker, Ph.D. Candidate, History
- Brian White, Ph.D. student, Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations
- Lisa Scott, Ph.D. Candidate in History
- Francisco Najera, Ph.D. Student, History
- Danielle Adams, Ph.D. Student, School of Social Service Administration
- Elizabeth Lee, Ph.D. Student, Neurobiology (and BS 2011)
- Frances Mendes Levitin, MFA Candidate, Department of Visual Art
- Rikki Baker Keusch, MA Student, Center for Middle Eastern Studies (and A.B., ’17)
- Sophia Young Rhee, MA Candidate, Social Sciences
- Claudio Gonzáles, Ph.D. Student, Mathematics
- David Meza, MA Candidate, Center for Middle Eastern Studies
- Serena Covkin, Ph.D. Student, Department of History
- Jack Dragu, Ph.D. Student, English Language and Literature
- Adrienne Elyse Meyers, MFA Candidate, Department of Visual Arts
- Geronimo Sarmiento Cruz, Ph.D. Student, English
- James C. Duesterberg, Lecturer and Ph.D. Recipient, English
- Lauren Schachter, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of English
- Rachel Kyne, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of English
- Jose Luis Moctezuma, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of English
- Andrew Inchiosa, Ph.D. Candidate, English
- Harini Kumar, Ph.D. Student, Department of Anthropology
- David Krolikoski, Ph.D. Candidate, East Asian Languages and Civilizations
- H. Sum Cheuk Shing, Ph.D. Candidate, East Asian Languages and Civilizations
- Susan Su, Ph.D. Student, East Asian Languages and Civilizations
- Michal Zechariah, Ph.D. Student, English Language and Literature
- Dana Walters, Ph.D. Student, English Language and Literature
- Jo Nixon, Ph.D. Student, English Language and Literature
- Jake Fraser, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Germanic Studies
- Minyong Lee, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of History
- Daniel K. Phillips, Ph.D. Candidate, Art History
- Scott Jung, MA Candidate, Social Sciences (and A.B., ’17)
- Andrew Katzenstein, MA Student, Divinity
- Mendel Kranz, Ph.D. Student, Divinity
- Peter Fugiel, Ph.D. Student, Sociology
- Matt Hubbell, Ph.D. Candidate, Cinema and Media Studies
- Caroline Sequin, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of History
- Brian Tuohy, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Sociology
- Peter McDonald, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of English
- Sophie Fajardo, Ph.D. Student, Sociology
- Colin Rydell, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of History
- Roy Kimmey, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of History
- Rebecca Flore, Ph.D. Student, Department of Music
- Joshua Klopfenstein, Ph.D. Student, Department of Music
- Nadia Khan, Ph.D. Candidate, School of Divinity
- Nell Pach, Ph.D. Candidate, English
- Michael Peddycoart, Ph.D. Student, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
- Jake Fournier, Ph.D. Student, English
- Michael Hansen, Ph.D. Candidate, English
- Aleksandr Prigozhin, Ph.D. Candidate, English
- Carrie Taylor, Ph.D. Student, English
- Evelyn Atkinson, Ph.D. Candidate, History
- Cayce Hughes, Ph.D. Student, Sociology
- Jessica Mutter, Ph.D. Candidate, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
- Yonatan Shemesh, Ph.D. Candidate, Divinity
- Joel A. Mercado-Diaz, Ph.D. Student, Committee on Evolutionary Biology
- Nora Jacobsen Ben Hammed, Ph.D. Candidate, Islamic Studies
- Francesca Chubb-Confer, Ph.D. Student, Divinity School
- Chelsie May, Ph.D. Student, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
- Devon J. Borowski, Ph.D. Student, Department of Music
- Zoya Sameen, Ph.D. Student, Department of History
- Clay Mettens, Ph.D. Student, Department of Music
- Sameena Azhar, Ph.D. Candidate, School of Social Service Administration
- Kristin Gee Hickman, Ph.D. Candidate, Anthropology
- Patrick Morrissey, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of English
- Megan Boatright, Ph.D. Student, Comparative Literature
- Sunggeun (Ethan) Park, Ph.D. Student, School of Social Service Administration
- Anthony J. Lauricella, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
- Peter D. Smits, Ph.D. Candidate, Committee on Evolutionary Biology
- Stephanie Baumgart, Ph.D. Student, Department Organismal Biology and Anatomy
- Madeleine Elfenbein, Ph.D. Candidate, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
- Mohsen Mirtaher, Ph.D. Student, Department of Economics
- Zeeshan Haq, MD Candidate, Pritzker School of Medicine
- Jennifer Yida Pan, Ph.D. Student, Department of English
- Shirl Yang, Ph.D. Student, Department of English
- Tristan Bates, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Comparative Literature
- Katharine Henderson, Ph.D. Candidate, Integrative Biology
- Hanne Graversen, Ph.D. Student, Art History
- Meghan Jarpe, Ph.D. Candidate, School of Social Service Administration
- Max Winston, Ph.D. Candidate, Committee on Evolutionary Biology
- Nathanael Okpych, Ph.D. Candidate, School of Social Service Administration
- Alexandra Erichson, MA Candidate, Center for Middle Eastern Studies
- Peyman Eshaghi, Ph.D. Candidate, School of Divinity
- Andrew Malilay White, Ph.D. Student, Music
- Timothy Gutmann, Ph.D. Candidate, Islamic Studies
- Anthony Stott, Ph.D. Student, Comparative Literature
- Dylan Bellisle, Ph.D. Student School of Social Service Administration
- Allison Kanner, Ph.D. Candidate, Divinity School
- Bikki Tran Smith, Ph.D. Student, School of Social Service Administration
- Alexandra Hoffman, Ph.D. Student, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
- Claire Roosien, Ph.D. Candidate, History and Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
- Matthew Barber, Ph.D. Student, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
- Emily Smith, Ph.D. Student, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
- Alejandra Azuero, Ph.D. Student, Department of Anthropology
- Kevin Kimura, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of English
- Joshua R. Vera, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of History
- Samuel Lasman, Ph.D. Student, Comparative Literature
- Katerina Korola, Ph.D. Student, Departments of Cinema and Media Studies and Art History
- Lucas Guimarães Pinheiro, Ph.D. Student, Department of Political Science
- Amy Skjerseth, Ph.D. Student, Cinema and Media Studies
- Artemis Willis, Ph.D. Candidate, Cinema and Media Studies
- Zain Jamshaid, Ph.D. Candidate, Cinema and Media Studies
- Katya Motyl, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of History
- Evan Pensis, Ph.D. Student, Department of Music
- Solveig Nelson, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Art History
- Samantha Pellegrino, MA, Divinity School – Islamic Studies
- Jessica Lockard, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Art History
- Hannah Norwood, Ph.D. Student, School of Social Service Administration
- Hannah Brooks-Motl, Ph.D. Candidate, English
- Zachary Loeffler, Ph.D. Candidate, Music
- Angelica Velazquillo Franco, Ph.D. Student, School of Social Service Administration
- Emily Dreyfus, Ph.D. candidate, Germanic Studies
- Matthew Johnson, Ph.D. Candidate, Germanic Studies
- Daysi Diaz-Strong, Ph.D. Candidate, School of Social Service Administration
- Sophia P. Sarantakos, Ph.D. Student, School of Social Service Administration
- Hilary Barker, Ph.D. Student, Art History
- Parysa Mostajir, Ph.D. student, Conceptual and Historical Studies of Science
- Elizabeth Sander, Ph.D. Candidate, Ecology and Evolution
- Julia Goldsmith-Pinkham (A.B., ’14)
- Peter Klecha (Ph.D., ’14)
- Paige Helmer (S.B., ’14)
- Roberto Pedroso (A.B., ’14)
- Katelyn Stangl (A.B., ’14)
- Francois Tissot (Ph.D, ’15)
- Nora Sorena Casey (A.B., ’11)
- Bryan Hahn (A.B., ’11)
- Jeanne Chauffour (A.B., ’15)
- Bradley Trotter (A.B., ’10)
- Yadav Gowda (A.B., ’14)
- Autumn Elizabeth Clark (MFA, ’15)
- Alexandra Greatsinger (A.B., ’14)
- Leah Chapman (A.B., ’15)
- Jonathan Pesetsky (A.B., ’15)
- Anne Krok (A.B., ’15)
- Timur Akman-Duffy (A.B., ’11)
- Ethel Yang (LAB, ’09; A.B., ’13)
- Irene Hsiao (Ph.D., 2008)
- Marguerite Claire Wilson (A.B., ’14)
- Alexandra Clark (A.B., ’12)
- Blaire Byg (A.B., ’14)
- Madeline Klinger (A.B., ’16)
- Jeremy F. Kane (A.B., ’11)
- Celia Eckert (A.B., ’16)
- Ben Wolfson (A.B. ’04)
- William Fernandez (A.B., ’15)
- Benjamin Trnka (A.B., ’15)
- Lyda Harris (A.B., ’14)
- Nick Raffel (MFA, ’14)
- Nick Bastis (MFA, ’13)
- Sophia Scott (S.B., ’11)
- Maggie Crowley (MFA, ’13)
- Kaila Quesada (A.B., ’12)
- Randy Swan (A.B., ’14)
- Alyssa Pappas (A.B., ’13)
- Rachel Ellison (MFA, ’12)
- Marco G. Ferrari (MFA, ’13)
- Nicole Cherry (A.B., ’14)
- Stephen Ruiz (MFA, ’13)
- Nabiha Khan-Giordano (MFA, ’12)
- David Khan-Giordano (MFA, ’12)
- Kaitlyn Bregman (A.B., ’15)
- Alex Calhoun (MFA, ’15)
- Sara Nasser (A.B., ’12)
- Anisha Ganguly (BS, BA 2015)
- Alexander P. Stephan (A.B., ’14)
- Cameron Okeke (A.B., ’15)
- Carris Adams (MFA 2015)
- Charis Crofton (A.B., ’15)
- Morgan Brock-Smith (A.B., ’15)
- Jennifer Smoose (MFA, ’13)
- Colette Salemi (MA, 2015, AM 2016)
- Madhuri Nishtala (A.B., ’12)
- Sidney J. Colton (A.B., ’73, A.B., ’89; retired staff)
- David Bapst (Ph.D., 2013)
- Brennan O'Rear, (MA, 2016)
- Ella Christoph (BA 2011)
- David Kaner (BA, MA 2014)
- Nicholas Foretek (A.B., ’11)
- Emma LaBounty (A.B., ’15)
- Helen Ellsworth, (A.B., ’15)
- Benjamin Dewan (BS, 2012)
- Huiting Xu (A.B., ’13)
- Robin Ye (A.B., ’16)
- Cecilia Jiang (A.B., ’15)
- Isaac Hand (MA, 2013)
- James Iveniuk (Ph.D., 2015)
- Ryan Brizendine (MA, 2013)
- Palmira Brummett (Ph.D., 1987)
- Jon Kurinsky (A.B., ’09)
- Tyler Kissinger (A.B., ’16)
- Hadji Bakara (Ph.D., 2016)
- Jim Plank (A.B., ’09)
- Caitlin Sheehan (A.B., ’09)
- Patrick D. Gaffney (Ph.D., 1982), Associate Professor, Anthropology, University of Notre Dame
- Aaron Greenberg (A.B., ’09; AM 2011)
- Ilker Evrim Binbas (Ph.D., NELC, 2009), Faculty at University of Bonn, Germany
- Marya T. Green-Mercado (Ph.D., NELC, 2012) Assistant Professor of Mediterranean History in the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures at the University of Michigan Ann Arbor
- Elena D. Corbett (Ph.D. NELC, 2009), Center Director, CIEE Amman
- James M. Gustafson (Ph.D., CMES, 2005), Assistant Professor, Department of History, Indiana State University
- Timothy Friese (A.B., ’08)
- Erin Debenport (Ph.D., Linguistics, 2009) Assistant Professor, Anthropology, UCLA
- Elizabeth Urban (Ph.D., NELC, 2012), Assistant Professor, West Chester University
- Betul Bașaran (Ph.D., NELC, 2006), Associate Professor, St. Mary’s College of Maryland
- G. Antonio Sosa-Pascual (BA)
- Michaeljit Sandhu (A.B., ’13)
- Daniel Luban (Ph.D., Political Science, 2016), Postdoctoral Fellow, Yale University
- Matthew Kellner (A.B., ’15)
- Ferenc Péter Csirkés (Ph.D., 2016, NELC), Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Sabanci University
- A. Asa Eger (Ph.D., 2008), Associate Professor of History, UNC-Greensboro
- Alidost Numan (MA, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, 2003)
- Claire Hipschman (AM, SSA, 2014)
- Anh-Thu Huynh (BA, Sociology, 2008)
- Seth Mayer (A.B., ’08), Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Manchester University, Indiana
- Matthew Malinowski (A.B., ’09)
- Jeffrey Niedermaier (A.B., ’14), Doctoral student at Yale University
- Elizabeth Diaz, (AM, 2014, School of Social Service Administration)
- Chrissie DyBuncio (A.B., ’09)
- Heather Gold, M.D. (A.B., ’09), Resident OB/GYN Physician
- Conor Smith Gaffney (A.B., ’08)
- Margaret Hunter (A.B., ’08)
- Caitlin Rubin, (A.B., ’09)
- Elizabeth Bullock (MA, 2012)
- Hannah Frank (Ph.D., 2016)
- Christopher Markiewicz (AB 2004, AM 2008, Ph.D. 2015)
- FNU Swati (MS, 2014)
- Maheen Aziza Khatoon (MA, 2005)
- Shanya Silverstein (Ph.D., Music, 2012)
- Anisa Noor (MA, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, 2007)
- Swagato Chakravorty (MA, 2011)
- Ofurhe Igbinedion (A.B., ’09)
- Kate Mooney (A.B., ’17)
- Aliya Moreira (A.B., ’17)
- Aminah Sallam (BS, 2017)
- Soulet Ali (A.B., ’20)
- Peter Tang (A.B., ’20)
- Kyle Bardman (A.B., ’17)
- Kelsey Yang (A.B., ’20)
- William Thomas (BS, 2017)
- Samuela Mouzaoir (A.B., ’20)
- Antonia Glaser (A.B., ’19)
- Alfredo Fee (A.B., ’18)
- Feng Ye (A.B., ’19)
- Alexis Wolf (A.B., ’20)
- Megan Fang (A.B., ’20)
- Lauren Dunmore (A.B., ’15)
- Nicholas Hadjimichael (A.B., ’18)
- Andrés Brant Haza (A.B., ’18)
- Sedef Ishaque (A.B., 2020)
- Yooyeon Shim (A.B., ’19)
- Natasha Chandler (A.B., ’17)
- Keirsha Thompson (A.B., ’17)
- Kaiyan Chan (A.B., ’20)
- Gigi Ortiz (A.B., ’18)
- Laurel Meng (A.B., ’18)
- Lena Chen (A.B., ’17)
- Danielle Plung (A.B., ’17)
- Julia Aizuss (A.B., ’18)
- Rajiv Hurhangee (A.B., ’18)
- Elisabeth Huh (A.B., ’17)
- Isabella Levy (A.B., ’18)
- Deneb Zavala (A.B., ’18)
- Everett Pelzman (A.B., ’19)
- Can Ugur (A.B., ’17)
- Stephanie Ban (A.B., ’18)
- Eliza Passell (A.B., ’18)
- Megan Malone (A.B., ’19)
- Daniel Heins (A.B., '18)
- Cori Tingstad (A.B., '18)
- Isaiah Newman (A.B., '18)
- Maya Jain (A.B., '19)
- Eli Winter (A.B., ’20)
- Laura A. Rossi (A.B., ’18)
- Peggy Xu (A.B., ’17)
- Sophia Sheng (A.B., ’18)
- Kelsie Harriman (A.B., ’18)
- Samuel Mellins (A.B., ’20)
- Zachary Yost (A.B., ’18)
- Jake Kleinbaum (A.B., ’18)
- Josh Arnon (A.B., ’18)
- Aviva Rothman, Collegiate Assistant Professor, Social Sciences and Harper-Schmidt Fellow
- Ethan Blass, PhD Student in Germanic Studies
- Amanda Jones, PhD Student, School of Social Service Administration
- Zachary Sheldon, PhD Student, Anthropology
- Judith T. Zeitlin, William R. Kennan, Jr. Professor, East Asian Languages and Civilization
- Jacob Eyferth, Associate Professor, East Asian Languages and Civilizations
- Alican Camci, Phd Student, Music
- Jessica Haley, Program Coordinator, Creative Writing & Poetics
- Alex Murphy, PhD Student, East Asian Languages and Civilizations
- Berthold Hoeckner, Associate Professor, Music
- Kierra Foley (MA, 2016, NELC)
- Michaela Appeltova, PhD Candidate, History
- Thomas Kelly PhD EALC
- Sholeh A. Quinn (PhD, NELC, 1993), Associate Professor, History, University of California, Merced
- Scott W. Aalgaard, PhD Candidate, East Asian Languages & Civilizations
- Pao-chen Tang, PhD student, Cinema and Media Studies and East Asian Languages and Civilizations
- Yaniv Ron-El, PhD Student, Sociology
- Shaahin Pishbin/PhD Student/Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
- Menna M. Khalil, PhD Student, Anthropology
- Valerie Levan, (PhD 2010), Lecturer, Humanities
- James Chandler, Barbara E. and Richard J. Franke Distinguished Service Professor, Department of English Language and Literature
- Miriam Bilsker, PhD student, Divinity
- Eric Holmberg (A.B.,'18)
- Miriam Tripaldi, PhD Candidate, Music
- Basil Salem (PhD, History 2016)
- Deirdre Lyons, PhD Student, History
- Julie Xu (A.B., '18)
- Owen Hubbard, PhD Student, Department of Music
- Hanna Pickwell, PhD Student, Anthropology
- William Carroll, PhD Student in Cinema & Media Studies/East Asian Languages and Civilizations
- Brenna Rice, PhD student, Romance Languages and Literatures
- Nick Quintana (A.B., '17)
- Tommaso Sabbatini, PhD Candidate, Music
- Ahona Panda, PhD Candidate, Department of South Asian Languages and Civilizations
- Oliver Cussen, PdD Candidate, History
- Pelle Valentin Olsen/PhD candidate, NELC
- Erin Matson (A.B., '10)
- Tista Bagchi (PhD, Linguistics, 1993), Professor, Centre for Advanced Studies in Linguistics, University of Delhi
- Chun Chun Ting, (PhD, 2015), EALC
- Michael LaCroix (PhD, Music 2015)
- Bruce Mannheim (PhD, 1983) Professor of Anthropology, University of Michigan
- Amanda Hamilton PhD, SALC 2011
- Sean Batton, PhD Student, Cinema and Media Studies
- Ananya Chakravarti (PhD 2012)
- Christopher Dunlap, Ph.D. Candidate, History
- Gautham Reddy, PhD Candidate, SALC
- Sneha annavarapu, PhD student, Sociology
- Jesús A Palafox Valdovinos, AM Candidate, School of Social Service Administration
- Jamal Jones (A.B. '08), PhD Candidate, SALC
- Richard H. Beal, Oriental Institute, PhD
- Tamara Kamatovic, PhD Student, Germanic
- Vinh Cam, PhD Student, English
- Amy Stebbins, PhD Candidate, Germanic Studies and Cinema and Media Studies
- Joshua Yumibe (PhD, 2007)
- A. Richard Heffron III, PhD Candidate, NELC
- Miriam Shestack, (A.B., '15)
- Pelle Valentin Olsen, PhD Candidate, NELC
- Elizabeth Sartell, PhD Student, Divinity
- Mirjam Berg, PhD Student, Germanic Studies
- Jessica Resvick, PhD Candidate, Germanic Studies
- Zebaa Kalimullah (A.B., '97)
- Saeid Barati, PhD Student, Computer Science
- Fatma Sinem Eryilmaz (PhD, NELC, 2010)
- Kathleen Norland List, alumna, 2007
- Esra Tasdelen (MA, CMES '05, PhD, NELC '14), Assistant Professor of Arabic and Middle Eastern and North African Studies, North Central College
- Austin O'Malley/PhD/2017
- Anisa Rahim (A.B, '00)
- John H. Muse, Assistant Professor of English, Committee on Theater and Performance Studies
- Joseph Jay Sosa (PhD, Anthropology, 2016)
- Julia Epplin-Zapf (A.B., '16)
- Olivia Ortiz (A.B. '16)
- Heather Keenleyside, Assistant Professor, English
- Emily Minehart (A.B.. '13)
- Ali Feser, PhD Candidate, Anthropology
- Kris Rosentel, (A.B.'16/A.M.'17)
- Starsha Gill, Events Programming Assistant, Creative Writing & Poetics
- Alexis Kellner Becker (A.B. '08), Harper-Schmidt Fellow and Collegiate Assistant Professor of the Humanities
- Esmael Jafari Haddadian, Ph.D. Lecturer, Biological Sciences Collegiate Division
- Hilary Leathem, PhD student, Department of Anthropology
- Hasan Siddiqui, PhD Candidate, History
- Caroline Anglim, PhD Student, Religious Ethics
- Julian Thompson, PhD Candidate, 2012
- Esmael Jafari Haddadian, Lecturer, Biological Sciences Division
- Emma Gilheany, PhD Student, Anthropology
- K. Rizwan Kadir, MBA '97. President, The Pakistan Club @ the University of Chicago
- Sarah Zimmerman, (A.B., '17)
- Feroze Shah, (A.B., '13)
- Rebecca Crisafulli, Ph.D. Candidate, Romance Languages and Literatures
- Ann Heffernan, PhD Student, Political Science
- Zebaa Kalimullah (A.B., '97)
- Ream Qato (M.B.A., '15 B.S., '07)
- Monica Mori, (A.B., '56)
- Molly Greene, (MAPH, '17)
- Mina Lee, PhD student, SSA
- Marion Malcome, LCSW, PhD Student 2016
- Faith Hillis, Assistant Professor of History
- Zebaa Kalimullah (AB 1997)
- Joshua Solomon, PhD Candidate
- Mary Bunn, Phd Student, Lecturer, School of Social Service Administration
- Jesse Self, PhD Student, SSA
- India Weston (A.B., '19)
- Ashley Sample PhD Candidate, Committee on Cancer Biology
- Sneha annavarapu, PhD student, Sociology
- James Murphy, PhD Student Sociology
- Elena D. Corbett, PhD 2009, NELC
- Cliff Bersamira, PhD Candidate, School of Social Service Admonistration
- Jesus Reyes, A.M. SSA, 1985
- Annie Greene, PhD Candidate, NELC
- Navid Saberi-Najafi, PhD Candidate, Classics, University of California Davis
- Gertrud Farber, Research Associate Sumerology, The Oriental Institute
- Walter Farber, professor emeritus of Assyriology, The Oriental Institute, and Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
- William Elison (PhD, Divinity), Assistant Professor, Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara
- Raina Weinstein (A.B., '20)
- Haeyoung Kim, PhD Candidate, History
- Addie Barron (A.B. '17)
- Dan Houle (B.S., '11)
- Adrienne Alton-Gust, PhD Candidate, Music
- Valeria Stutz, (A.B., '18)
- Kyle Gardner, PhD Candidate, History
- Daniel Gill, PhD Student, Neurobiology
- Dana Simmons, PhD Candidate, Neurobiology
- Cole Martin, (A.B., '19)