[The following statement was issued by faculty from North Carolina, and the list of signatures currently includes over 350 NC faculty from both public and private institutions of higher education, including research universities, liberal arts colleges, HBCU’s, community colleges, and Christian institutions. The statement is available for additional signatures from NC faculty via this form for a few more days.]

Statement on Palestine from North Carolina Academics

#AcademicsNC4Palestine

19 May 2021

We, faculty from 19 colleges and universities across North Carolina, are writing to strongly condemn Israeli attacks on historic Palestine, from the bombing of the Gaza Strip to the forced evictions in East Jerusalem, and to express our solidarity with the Palestinian people in their just struggle for liberation.  We condemn all violence against civilians and mourn all loss of life, but reject the prevalent “two-sides” narrative that ignores differences between one of the most heavily militarized states in the world and a stateless population resisting oppression. 

As academics based in the United States, we acknowledge our complicity in Israel’s oppression of the Palestinians, made possible through the unconditional political and material support of the U.S., continuing with the current administration.  We view the Palestinian struggle for liberation as closely entwined with many struggles for racial and Indigenous justice in America, from Ferguson to Standing Rock.  In joining our voices to those of the people of Palestine, we reaffirm our commitment to combating racism in all its forms, including anti-Blackness, antisemitism, Islamophobia, and anti-Asian racism.

Signatures:

Nadia Yaqub, UNC Chapel Hill
Rebecca L Stein, Duke University
Anne Allison, Duke University
Elyse Crystall, UNC Chapel Hill
Frances S. Hasso, Duke University
Nancy Kalow, Duke University
Ralph Litzinger, Duke University
Sarah Shields, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Danielle Spurlock, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Sean Singh Matharoo, UNC-Chapel Hill
Erika Weinthal, Duke University
Anne-Maria Makhulu, Duke University
Tonia Poteat, UNC Chapel Hill
Michaelle Browers, Wake Forest University
Emily Burrill, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
J. Lorand Matory, Duke University
Catherine Admay, Duke
Deborah Stroman, UNC Chapel Hill
Joseph Winters, Duke University
Shai Ginsburg, Duke University
Abdeslam Maghraoui, Duke University
David Pier, UNC Chapel Hill
Sherryl Kleinman, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Patricia Sawin, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Jay M. Smith, UNC-Chapel Hill
Ji-Yeon Jo, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Trude Bennett, UNC Chapel Hill
Robin Visser, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Emil’ Keme, UNC-Chapel Hill
Charles Wilkins, Wake Forest University
Michaeline Crichlow, Duke University
Nathan Kalman-Lamb, Duke University
Catherine Zimmer, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Beth Moracco, UNC Chapel Hill
Tanya L Shields, UNC Chapel Hill
Sara Smith, UNC Chapel Hill
Liliana Paredes, Duke University
Yaron Shemer, UNC Chapel Hill
Omid Safi, Duke University
Sharon L. James, UNC Chapel Hill
Akram Khater, North Carolina State University
Mustafa Tuna, Duke University
Cemil Aydin, UNC Chapel Hill
Mark Anthony Neal, Duke University
Michael Canute Lambert, UNC Chapel Hill
Michael Palm, UNC-Chapel Hill
Mohsen Kadivar, Duke University
Darlene R. May, Wake Forest University
Karen Booth, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Charles Piot, Duke University
Fredric Jameson, Duke
Deepanjan Mukhopadhyay, UNC Chapel Hill
Mark Katz, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Walter Mignolo, Duke
Mark Driscoll, UNC Chapel Hill
Priscilla Wald, Duke University
Gabriela Valdivia, UNC Chapel Hill
Ana Vinea, UNC Chapel Hill
Tsitsi Jaji, Duke University
Diane Nelson, Duke University
Karla FC Holloway, Duke University
Wesley C Hogan, Duke University
Allison De Marco, UNC Chapel Hill
Arturo Escobar, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Andrea Pitts, University of North Carolina, Charlotte
Misha Becker, UNC Chapel Hill
Christopher T. Nelson, UNC Chapel Hill
Morgan Pitelka, UNC Chapel Hill
Lisa Lindsay, UNC Chapel Hill
Barry Trachtenberg, Wake Forest University
Margaret Wiener, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Leo Ching, Duke University
Brian Billman, UNC Chapel Hill
Banu Gokariksel, UNC Chapel HIll
Ariana Vigil, UNC Chapel Hill
Marion Quirici, Duke University
Carole Crumley, UNC Chapel Hill
Dwayne Dixon, UNC Chapel Hill
Don Nonini, UNC Chapel Hill
Omaar Hena, Wake Forest University
John Cox, UNC Charlotte
David Mora-Marín, UNC Chapel Hill
Diya Abdo, Guilford College
Emek Ergun, UNC Charlotte
Steve Folmar, Wake Forest University
Jessica Namakkal, Duke University
Mark Rifkin, UNC Greensboro
Glenn Hinson, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Youssef J Carter, UNC-Chapel Hill
Daniel B. Coleman, UNC Greensboro
Kristen Alff, North Carolina State University
Tabitha Wood, University of North Carolina Charlotte
Nicole D Peterson, UNC Charlotte
Nancy MacLean, Duke University
Sarah Jane Cervenak, UNC Greensboro
Juliane Hammer, UNC Chapel Hill
Huma Ibrahim, UNC Charlotte
Silvia Serrano, Duke University
Mark Justad, Guilford College
Pedro Lasch, Duke University
Jocelyn Olcott, Duke University
George Dimock, UNC Greensboro
Adam Rosenblatt, Duke University
Raquel Salvatella de Prada, Duke University
Shambhavi Kaul, Duke University
Neil DeVotta, Wake Forest University
Kathryn Mathers, Duke University
David Auerbach, North Carolina State University
Lisa Levenstein, UNC Greensboro
Tad Skotnicki, UNC Greensboro
David Ambaras, North Carolina State University
Christina V Carter, Appalachian State University
Ella Fratantuono, UNC Charlotte
Saskia Cornes, Duke University
Kristine Stiles, Duke University
Sandy Marshall, Elon University
Altha Cravey, UNC Chapel Hill
Claudia Koonz, Duke
Barbara Sostaita, UNC Chapel Hill
Annabel Wharton, Duke University
Marame Gueye, East Carolina University
Hassan Melehy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Dana Logan, UNC Greensboro
Gary Comstock, NC State
Michal Osterweil, UNC Chapel Hill
Antonia Randolph, University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill
Lynda Stone, UNC Chapel Hill
Corey D. B. Walker, Wake Forest University
Denise Soufi, UNC Chapel Hill
Maria Carla Sanchez, UNC Greensboro
Sahan Karatasli, UNC Greensboro
Daniele Armaleo, Duke University
Michael Schwalbe, North Carolina State University
Esther O. Ohito, UNC-Chapel Hill
Todd Madigan, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Cynthia Torres, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Danielle Bouchard, UNC Greensboro
Levi McLaughlin, North Carolina State University
Asa Eger, UNC Greensboro
Tom Reinert, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

... and others.