Dear Savanna Morgan and other members of End Hate at ND — We Notre Dame faculty and staff members are outraged by the sexist, racist and homophobic abuse you and other students have suffered, and continue to suffer, from far too many of your fellow students. We stand by you in urging Notre Dame administrators responsible for residential life to change policies that put women, people of color, LGBTQ+ and other marginalized students at risk daily of physical and emotional harm. We believe that Notre Dame administrators should intensify their efforts to hold perpetrators of such hate accountable for violating the standards of conduct stipulated in du Lac and suggested by the University’s mission statement. The University should also hold accountable those who stood by, saw and heard what happened, and yet did nothing to intervene or call out the words and actions of those who abused you. We pledge to “call it out when we see it,” as you request; we urge everyone to do the same. We agree that, in light of recent events, long-standing traditions like parietals should be analyzed and reconsidered. For example, what kinds of subliminal messages do parietals give our students about who should be “us” and who should be “kicked out” of residence halls as “not us,” night after night? We promise to help change the culture of privilege, entitlement, xenophobia and hatred at Notre Dame not only through our own critical reflection as people and educators, but also by ensuring that people of color, women, indigenous people, members of the LGBTQ+ community, people with disabilities, people of low socioeconomic status and others who are deprivileged and marginalized are powerfully represented in our courses, classrooms and other Notre Dame activities and events. We support End Hate’s demand that the University build much stronger relationships with indigenous communities, especially the Pokagon and Potawatomi people, who continue to inhabit this region as an indigenous sovereign nation, both to work towards justice and because we believe this relationship could be profoundly educational for our students and ourselves. We speak up about these matters both as members of this community and as educators who bear witness to the growing disconnect between the institutions of Notre Dame student life and the central academic mission of the University. The burden of changing Notre Dame’s campus culture is not yours alone to bear. If we are all Notre Dame, then this is a fight for all of us. Justice, equality, inclusion and respect are what we fight for. #EndHate@ND
In solidarity,
Christopher Abram — Associate Professor, English
Pedro A. Aguilera-Mellado — Assistant Professor, Romance Languages and Literatures
Zyg Baranski — R.L. Canala Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures
Katrina Barron — Associate Professor, Mathematics
Kevin Barry — ND Learning
Christine Becker — Associate Professor, Film, Television, and Theatre
Gail Bederman — Associate Professor, History and Gender Studies
Jennifer Betz — Assistant Director, International Peace Studies Concentration, Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies
Pamela Blair –– Program Assistant, Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies
Alessia Blad –– Teaching Professor, Romance Languages and Literatures
Patricia Blanchette –– Professor, Philosophy
Susan D. Blum — Professor, Anthropology
Catherine E. Bolten — Associate Professor, Anthropology and Peace Studies
Katie Boyle — Associate Teaching Professor, Romance Languages and Literatures
Lindsey Breitwieser –– Postdoctoral Fellow, Gender Studies
Pam Butler –– Associate Director, Gender Studies
Mariana Candido — Associate Professor, History, Gender Studies, Africana Studies
Linnie Caye — Program Coordinator, Gender Studies
Neil Chase — Preventive Conservation Specialist, Hesburgh Libraries
Meredith Chesson — Associate Professor, Anthropology; Concurrent Associate Professor, Gender Studies
Tarryn Chun — Assistant Professor, Film, Television, and Theatre
Aedín Clements — Irish Studies Librarian
Philippe Collon — Professor, Director of Undergraduate Studies, Physics
Erin B. Corcoran — Executive Director, Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies
Fred Dallmayr — Packey J. Dee Professor Emeritus, Philosophy and Political Science
Noreen Deane-Moran –– Associate Teaching Professor, English
Jane Doering — Director Emerita of the Teachers as Scholars Program
William Collins Donahue –– Cavanaugh Professor of the Humanities, German and Russian
Margaret Doody — John and Barbara Glynn Family Professor of Literature, English
Kevin Dreyer — Associate Professor, Film, Television, and Theatre
John Duffy — Professor, English; O’Malley Director, University Writing Program
Amitava Krishna Dutt — Professor, Political Science
Stephen M. Fallon — Cavanaugh Professor of the Humanities, PLS and English
Juan Flores Ramirez — Business Manager, Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies
Claudia Francis — Assistant Director, Hesburgh Program in Public Service
Agustin Fuentes — The Edmund P. Joyce C.S.C. Professor of Anthropology; Chair, Anthropology
Anne Garcia-Romero — Associate Professor, Film, Television, and Theatre
Korey Garibaldi — Assistant Professor, American Studies
Johannes Göransson –– Associate Professor, Creative Writing and English
Karen Graubart — Associate Professor of History, Gender Studies, and Romance Languages and Literatures
Barbara Green –– Professor, English and Concurrent Faculty Gender Studies
Perin Gürel — Assistant Professor, American Studies
Talisha Haltiwanger Morrison –– Associate Director, University Writing Center; Assistant Teaching Professor, University Writing Program
Darlene Hampton — Associate Advising Professor, Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Studies, College of Arts and Letters
Susan Cannon Harris — Professor, English and Irish Studies
Marius B. Hauknes — Assistant Professor, Art, Art History & Design
Hannah Heinzekehr –– Communications Program Director, Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies
Ben A. Heller –– Associate Professor, Romance Languages and Literatures
Peter Holland — Professor, Film, Television and Theatre
Coleen Hoover — Program Coordinator (retired), Creative Writing Program
Romana Huk — Associate Professor, English
Scott Jackson — Executive Director, Shakespeare at Notre Dame
Katie Jarvis — Assistant Professor, History
Debra Javeline –– Associate Professor, Political Science
Lionel M. Jensen — Associate Professor, East Asian Languages and Cultures
Asís Martínez Jerez –– Associate Professor, Accountancy
Felicia Johnson O’Brien –– Assistant Director SSLP, Center for Social Concerns
CJ Jones — Associate Professor of German, German and Russian Languages and Literatures
Essaka Joshua — Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies, College of Arts and Letters
Sarah Joswick — Archivist for Records Management
Anton Juan — Professor, Film, Television, and Theatre
Samantha Juárez — Assistant Director of Study Abroad, Notre Dame International
Encarnación Juárez-Almendros — Associate Professor, Romance Languages and Literatures
Michael Kackman — Associate Teaching Professor, Film, Television, and Theatre
Michelle Karnes — Associate Professor, English
Asher Kaufman — Professor, History and Peace Studies; Director, Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies
Mary Celeste Kearney — Associate Professor, Film, Television, and Theatre; Director, Gender Studies
Eve Kelly — Assistant Advising Professor, Center for University Advising
Tara Kenjockety — Branch Library Coordinator, Chemistry Physics Library
Sandra Klein, Assoc. Librarian, Kresge Law Library
Janet Kourany — Associate Professor, Philosophy and Gender Studies
Katherine Kovar –– Assistant Director of Study Abroad, Notre Dame International
Julia Kowalski — Assistant Professor, Global Affairs
Daniel Lapsley — Professor, Psychology
Charles Leavitt — Assistant Professor, Romance Languages and Literatures
Erin Moira Lemrow--Assistant Advising Faculty, First Year Arts and Letters
Jade Liggett — Learning Designer, Notre Dame Learning
Sonja Mapes — Associate Professor of the Practice, Mathematics
Elizabeth Aura McClintock –– Associate Professor, Sociology
Rebecca Tinio McKenna — Assistant Professor, History
Olivier Morel — Associate Professor, Film, Television and Theatre, and Romance Languages and Literatures
María José Fernández Moreno — Assistant Teaching Professor, Romance Languages and Literatures
Marisel Moreno — Associate Professor, Romance Languages and Literatures
Grant Mudge — Ryan Producing Artistic Director, Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival/Shakespeare at Notre Dame
Amy Mulligan –– Assistant Professor, Irish Language and Literature
Laurie Nathan — Professor of the Practice of Mediation, Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies
Lisa Oglesbee — Assistant Professor and Coordinator of English for Academic Purposes, Center for the Study of Languages and Cultures
María Rosa Olivera-Williams –– Professor, Romance Languages and Literatures
Caitlyn Paulsen –– Program Coordinator, Peace Accords Matrix and Policy Studies, Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies
Matthew Thomas Payne — Associate Professor, Film, Television, and Theatre
Dianne Pinderhughes — Professor, Africana Studies and Political Science
Ann Marie R. Power — Emerita Associate Special Professional Faculty, Sociology
Clark Power — Professor, Program of Liberal Studies
Ava Preacher — Emerita Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Studies, College of Arts and Letters
Tom Purekal — Program Director, Innovation and Practice Division, Pulte Institute
Sarah Quesada –– Assistant Professor, English, Latino Studies, Africana Studies
Michael Rea — Rev. John A. O’Brien Professor of Philosophy
Alison Rice — Associate Professor, French and Francophone Studies
Karen Richman — Director, Undergraduate Studies, Institute for Latino Studies and Creole Language and Culture Program
Allie Richthammer — Senior Staff Assistant, Notre Dame International
Francisco Robles — Assistant Professor, English, Latino Studies, Gender Studies
Joseph Elkanah Rosenberg — Assistant Professor, Program of Liberal Studies
Jason Ruiz — Associate Professor, American Studies
Mark A. Sanders — Professor, English and Africana Studies
Valerie Sayers –– William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of English
Catherine Schlegel — Associate Professor, Classics
Siiri Scott — Teaching Professor, Film, Television, and Theatre
Tiziana Serafini –– Associate Teaching Professor, Romance Languages and Literatures
Lisa Shroyer — Senior Assistant Director, Notre Dame International
Jessica Shumake — Assistant Teaching Professor, University Writing Program and Gender Studies
Cheri Smith — Librarian, Hesburgh Libraries
Vania Smith-Oka, Associate Professor, Anthropology
Marcus Stephens — Associate Professor of the Practice, Film, Television, and Theatre
Jim Sterba — Professor of Philosophy
Laura Stipic — Associate Director, Study Abroad
Sonja Stojanovic — Assistant Professor, French and Gender Studies
Maria Tomasula — Professor, Art, Art History and Design
Steve Tomasula — Professor, English
Anna K. VanOverberghe — Assistant Director for Academic Administration and Undergraduate Studies, Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies
Anre Venter –– Director of Undergraduate Studies, Psychology
Christine Venter –– Director, Legal Writing Program, Law School
Patrick L. Vivirito — Associate Teaching Professor, Romance Languages and Literatures
Laura Walls — Professor, English
Robert Walls — Assistant Teaching Professor, American Studies
Emily Wang — Assistant Professor, Russian
Xian Wang –– Assistant Professor, East Asian Languages and Cultures
Leonor Wangensteen –– Associate Advising Faculty, First Year Advising
Hannelore Weber — Emerita Teaching Professor, German and Russian
Richard Williams — Professor, Sociology
Todd Whitmore — Associate Professor, Theology; Concurrent Associate Professor, Anthropology
Pamela Robertson Wojcik — Professor, Film, Television, and Theatre; Concurrent Professor Gender and American Studies
Christina Wolbrecht — Professor, Political Science
Dec. 9
