More Than 90 UConn Educators Signed "UCommune" Petition To Show Solidarity With Gaza Encampment Activists

Meanwhile, police cracked down on the encampment, and arrested 25 protestors

UCommune Encampment on Monday (4/29) before early morning raid on Tuesday (4/30);
Screenshot, UCommune on Telegram

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The University of Connecticut student activists known as "UCommune" recently launched a petition because they believe they are being targeted for their "righteous activism, protest, and speech in defense of Palestinian life."

All these comrades want is "justice" for Palestinians whom they believe have been "indiscriminately murdered, during the ongoing colonization of their homeland" by Israel.

The student activists think public universities should be "spaces of free expression" where the "right to protest" (and to build tent encampments) is fully respected. They feel that UConn is letting them down in this regard, and cite a statement from the President of the American Association of University Professors, Dr. Irene Mulvey, in support of their views.

Mulvey was also upset about the crackdown on student protestors across the nation, and claimed that "university presidents have failed in their duty to protect the autonomy of academic and intellectual life from outside interference."

She further said that, "by asserting that peaceful protesters are 'trespassing,' the administration gives credence to controversial definitions of antisemitism that are, as the AAUP cautioned in 2022, overly expansive and a threat to academic freedom. Peaceful campus protests should never be met with censorship and jail time."

The UCommune comrades asked friends, professors and other community members to sign a petition in support of the on-going occupation of the UConn campus. Nearly 850 people have already signed the petition, including more than a hundred college and university educators, including 90 from UConn, along with a handful from Yale, Trinity College, University of Pennsylvania, Brown University and several others.

Screenshot, UCommune on Instagram

At least 16 educators listed English or "Literatures, Cultures, and Languages" as their field of expertise. Another 11 listed History, 10 came from the Sociology Department and 9 indicated they were in the school of Education. At least two professors were tied to Ibram X. Kendi's controversial Center for Antiracist Research at Boston University. The remainder where scattered throughout a wide range of departments.

You can read the whole list below.

Yet despite the petition, UConn Campus Police, along with police officers from multiple precincts outside the school, entered the UCommune encampment yesterday, much to the disappointment of the budding activists who called it a "brutal crackdown".

Mind you, this is the same group of activists that welcomed praise from a pro-Hamas news channel last week.

The police removed tents, arrested 25 protestors and allegedly held them for up to 10 hours before releasing them. UCommune promised to support those arrested. Additionally, the radicals at BLM 860 in Hartford posted a fundraising link to raise money for the activists' legal fees.

The protestors called the arrests a "display of repressive force" and believe the arrests offer some sort of proof that UConn is connected to "the war industry which profits off the mass death of Palestinians."

The activists plan on continuing their occupation, and have planned for a gathering tonight, May 1st, at 6pm.

After spewing so much hatred for their own university, one has to wonder why they all don't just transfer somewhere else.

Screenshot, UCommune on Telegram

List of Professors Whose Names Appear On UCommune Petition

NameDepartmentTitleSchool
Grace PlayerCurriculum and Instruction, Neag School of EducationAssociate ProfessorUConn
Joshua L. MayerAnthropologyAssistant ProfessorUConn
Sarah A. WilliamsAnthropologyAssistant ProfessorBrown
Chen ChenEducational Leadership, Neag School of EducationAssistant ProfessorUConn
Jessie FredlundAnthropologyAssistant Professor in ResidenceUConn
Alyssa Hadley DunnCurriculum and Instruction, Neag School of EducationAssociate ProfessorUConn
Mars PlaterHistoryAssistant ProfessorUConn
Katerina Gonzalez SeligmannLiteratures, Cultures, & LanguagesAssociate ProfessorUConn
Tracy SinclairEducational PsychologyAssistant Clinical ProfessorUConn
Kat Milligan-McClellanMolecular and Cell BiologyAssistant ProfessorUConn
David G. EmbrickSociology and Africana StudiesAssociate Professor and DirectorUConn / Boston University Antiracism Center
Johnny E. WilliamsSociologyProfessorTrinity College
Ingrid SemaanSociologyAssociate Professor in ResidenceUConn
Douglas KaufmanCurriculum and InstructioAssociate ProfessorUConn
Sam SommersEnglish & American StudiesAssistant Professor in-ResidenceUConn
Melanie NewportHistoryAssociate ProfessorUConn
Mary LawrenceEnglishAdjunct ProfessorCT State Community College
Daniel LibertzEnglishAssistant ProfessorBaruch College, CUNY
Anne NortonPolitical ScienceProfessorUniversity of Pennsylvania
Laura MauldinWomen's, Gender, and Sexuality StudiesAssociate ProfessorUConn
César AbadíaAnthropology and Human RightsAssociate ProfessorUConn
Mary DoneganUrban and community studiesAssociate professor in residenceUConn
Sandy GrandePolitical ScienceProfessorUConn / Boston University Antiracism Center
Camilo RuizAnthropologyAssistant ProfessorUConn
Brad SimpsonHistory and Asian and Asian American StudiesAssociate ProfessorUConn
Maria SegerEnglishAssociate ProfessorUniversity of Louisiana at Lafayette
Dana Francisco MirandaPhilosophyAssistant ProfessorUConn
Alexandra FreidusEducational LeadershipAssistant ProfessorUConn
Mary Beth AllenLiteratures, Cultures, and LanguagesAssistant ProfessorUConn
Chris VialsEnglishProfessorUConn
Dr. Ariel Mae LambeHistory DepartmentAssoc. Professor & Assoc. Department HeadUConn
Tarlan ChahardovaliSport & Entertainment ManagementAssistant ProfessorUniversity of South Carolina
Jeremy Drake-CorneliusEnglishVisiting LecturerBates College
Fiona SomersetLCL and EnglishProfessorUConn
Julie ChoffelEnglishAssistant ProfessorUConn
Bhakti ShringarpureEnglishAssociate ProfessorUConn
Hana MaruyamaHistory and Asian and Asian American Studies InstituteAssistant ProfessorUConn
Laura BunyanSociologyAssociate Professor in ResidenceUConn
Sherry ZaneWomen's, Gender, and Sexuality StudiesDirectorUConn
Elizabeth KlineMolecular and Cell BiologyAssistant Professor in ResidenceUConn
Mona AbdoYale School of Public HealthResearch ScientistYale University
Kim ChaneyPsychological SciencesAssistant ProfessorUConn
Oskar HarmonEconomicsAssociate ProfessorUConn
Lindsay CummingsDramatic ArtsAssociate ProfessorUConn
Greta LaFleurAmerican StudiesAssociate ProfessorYale University
Emily Rose SchwabEnrichment ProgramsAdvisorUConn
Megan Monaghan RivasDramatic ArtsDepartment HeadUConn
Tlaloc RivasDramatic StudiesAssociate Professor in ResidenceUConn
Noel A. CazenaveSociologyProfessorUConn
John ReddenPhysiology and NeurobiologyAssociate ProfessorUConn
Gary M EnglishDramaDistinguished ProfessorUConn
Steven ShermanSociologyAdjunct LecturerUConn
Tania SaeedSociologyAssociate ProfessorLahore University / Harvard South Asia Institute
Grégory PierrotEnglishAssociate ProfessorUConn
Lillian RansijnDramatic ArtsVisiting Professor of MovementUConn
Thomas Lawrence LongSchool of NursingProfessor EmeritusUConn
Liz JacobsSociologyAssistant ProfessorUConn
Michele BackAAUPAssociate ProfessorUConn
Jason ChangSocial and Critical InquiryAssociate ProfessorUConn
Michael BaileyUCONN AAUPExecutive DirectorUConn
Subhash RayEconomicsProfessorUConn
Micki McElyaHistoryProfessorUConn
Melina PappademosHistory and Africana Studies, AAUPAssociate ProfessorUConn
Allison LombardiEducational PsychologyAssociate ProfessorUConn
Toussaint OlivettiLiteratures, Cultures, and LanguagesAdjunctUConn
Elizabeth BurlandPublic PolicyAssistant Research ProfessorUConn
Peter ZarrowHistoryProfessorUConn
Nancy ShoemakerHistoryProfessorUConn
Renzo de la Riva AgüeroSchool of Public PolicyAssistant ProfessorUConn
Bianca IbarluceaArt and Art HistoryVisiting Assistant Professor of DesignUConn
Erin RizzieMathematicsAssistant Professor in ResidenceUConn
Noel A. CazenaveSociologyProfessorUConn
Bhoomi ThakoreSociologyAssistant ProfessorUConn
Andrew J. WrobelPsychologyAdjunct ProfessorUConn
Seyedhamed GhavamniaSchool of ComputingAssistant ProfessorUConn
Robin GrenierEDLRProfessorUConn
Ian StevensonPsychological SciencesAssociate ProfessorUConn
William TheissHistoryAssistant ProfessorUConn
Eleni CoundouriotisEnglishProfessorUConn
Clare Costley King'ooEnglishAssociate Professor and HeadUConn
Pablo ValenteAllied Health SciencesAssistant ProfessorUConn
Xiuchun (Cindy) TianAnimal Science, AAUPProfessor, AAUPUConn
Pamela Allen BrownEnglishProfessorUConn
Desen OzkanChemical and Biomolecular EngineeringAssistant ProfessorUConn
Ashley HeltonNatural Resources & the EnvironmentAssociate ProfessorUConn
Mayu InabaCell BiologyAssistant ProfessorUConn
Ron SquibbsMusicAssociate ProfessorUConn
Brian G ChapmanHuman Development and Family SciencesAssistant Professor in ResidenceUConn
Christy CoreyArt & Art HistoryVisiting Assistant ProfessorUConn
Jordan T. CampAmerican StudiesAssociate ProfessorTrinity College
David L. RichardsPolitical Science / Human RightsAssoc. Prof.UConn
Kelly DennisDigital Media & DesignAssociate ProfessorUConn
Elva OrozcoPolitical Science & WGSSAssistant professorUConn
Danielle FilipiakCurriculum and instructionAssistant ProfessorUConn
Elizabeth Della ZazzeraHistoryAssistant Professor in ResidenceUConn
Jennifer McGarryEDLRProfessorUConn
Barbara GurrGender and Sexuality StudiesProfessorUConn
Micah HeumannOffice of Undergraduate Research DirectorDirectorUConn
Brian GoepfrichDivision of Student Life & EnrollmentAssistant Director of Community StandardsUConn
Rob WalshWaterbury CampusLibrary DirectorUConn
Alyssa DillonEducational LeadershipProgram CoordinatorUConn
Marisa TatiwongGlobal AffairsCoordinatorUConn
Hunter TasheaSchool of BusinessAcademic Advisor 2UConn

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