To the Editor:

Many of us are deeply disturbed by the results of our recent national election, and profoundly concerned by the tacit approval and open support expressed by the president-elect of bigotries and oppressions that we have worked so long and hard to eradicate. While we struggle to understand the election results, we are in no way required to respect the denigrating ideals and inhumane goals thus far publicly espoused by the incoming administration. As so many of our great thinkers and teachers have warned, neutrality in the face of such developments does nothing but lend support to the perpetrators of injustice. Sadly, it is the stance that many of us in academia retreat to in attempts to claim some higher ground beyond the fray. (Notice that the color of the tower continues to be ivory.) Such ground is an illusion that allows us to feel good about doing nothing in the face of injustice.

We stand in solidarity with and/or identify as those who have been and continue to be oppressed. If you experience denigration or other forms of violence because of who you are or how you voted, we ask that you come to us, let us know, allow us to stand up for you and with you. Know that you are not alone. Rather, you are part of a community, the mission of which is “to educate our students to serve the common good and to promote justice in ways sensitive to the moral and ethical dimensions of life.” (http://www.bucknell.edu/Mission) We will continue to work toward the realization of that mission, here and elsewhere.

Sincerely,

Bill Flack, Department of Psychology and Social Justice Residential College

Sue Ellen Henry, Department of Education and the Teaching and Learning Center

Deirdre O’Connor, Writing Center

Peg Cronin, Writing Center

Glynis Carr, Department of English

M. Laura Beninati, Department of Mechanical Engineering and LA 1 Posse Mentor

Joe Tranquillo, Department of Biomedical Engineering

Adrian Mulligan, Department of Geography

Abe Feuerstein, Department of Education

Lori Smolleck, Department of Education

Sarah MacKenzie-Dawson, Department of Education

Barry Long, Department of Music

Susan Reed, Department of Women’s and Gender Studies

Kim Daubman, Department of Psychology

Michael James, Department of Political Science

Roger Rothman, Department of Art and Art History

Morgan Benowitz-Fredericks, Department of Biology

Erica Gene Delsandro, Women’s and Gender Studies

Mark Spiro, Department of Biology

Marie Pizzorno, Department of Biology, Program in Cell Biology/Biochemistry

Ghislaine McDayter, Department of English

Kelly Knox, Department of Theatre and Dance

Darakhshan Mir, Department of Computer Science

John Hunter, Comparative Humanities Program

Joseph Scapellato, Department of English

Dustyn Martincich, Department of Theatre and Dance

Deepak Iyer, Department of Physics and Astronomy

John Penniman, Department of Religious Studies

Mai-Linh Hong, Department of English

Emma Gaalaas Mullaney, Department of International Relations

Saundra Kay Morris, Department of English

Virginia Zimmerman, Department of English

Joe Tolman, Department of Physics and Astronomy

Claire Campbell, Department of History

Catherine Cymone Fourshey, Department of History and International Relations

Jack Gallimore, Department of Physics and Astronomy

Michele Thornley, Department of Physics and Astronomy

Tom Solomon, Department of Physics and Astronomy

Mitchell Parks, Department of Classics & Ancient Mediterranean Studies

Harold Schweizer, Department of English

Brian Utter, Department of Physics and Astronomy

Philip Asare, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering

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Xiannong Meng, Department of Computer Science

Nikki Young, Department of Women’s and Gender Studies

Emily Stowe, Department of Biology

John Rickard, Department of English

Kat Lecky, Department of English

Paula Closson Buck, Department of English

David Kristjanson-Gural, Economics and Social Justice College

Carmen Gillespie, Department of English, Director of the Griot Institute

Meenakshi Ponnuswami, Department of English

Ben Vollmayr-Lee, Department of Physics and Astronomy

Evan Peck, Department of Computer Science

Kris Trego, Department of Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies

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Katharina Vollmayr-Lee, Department of Physics and Astronomy

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Gary Steiner, Department of Philosophy

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Elizabeth Reddy, Department of Sociology and Anthropology

Karline McLain, Department of Religious Studies and Arts & Sciences Dean’s Office

Alan Cheville, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering

Matthew Higgins, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Elizabeth Capaldi, Department of Biology and Animal Behavior Program

Isabel Cuñado, Department of Spanish

Dina El-Mogazi, Bucknell Center for Sustainability and the Environment

Stephanie Larson, Department of Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies

Michael Drexler, Department of English

Moria Chambers, Department of Biology

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Emily Martin, Department of Music

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Jennifer Thomson, Department of History

Melissa Haynes, Department of Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies

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Paul Susman, Department of Geography

Elizabeth Marin, Department of Biology, Cell Biology/Biochemistry Program, and Neuroscience Program

Tammy Bunn Hiller, School of Management, Managing for Sustainability

James Lavine, Linguistics Program

Jordi Comas

Jeff Trop, Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences

Andrew Stuhl, Environmental Studies Program

Mark Hutchinson, Department of Theatre and Dance

Janice Mann, Department of Art & Art History

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Deborah Abowitz, Department of Sociology & Anthropology

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Judy Grisel, Department of Psychology

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Julie Gates, Department of Biology

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Adam Burgos, Department of Philosophy

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Ana M. Patiño, Department of Spanish

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Maria Antonaccio, Department of Religious Studies

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Carl Lin, Department of Economics

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Dena Isleem, Department of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics

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Karen M. Morin, Associate Provost and Professor of Geography

Carol Kearney High, Bucknell Center for Sustainability and the Environment

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Tony Massoud, Department of Political Science

Jasmine Mena, Department of Psychology

Rebecca Meyers, Department of English: Film/Media Studies

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Chris Camuto, Department of English: Creative Writing

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