[The following statement was issued by Faculty for Justice in Palestine at NYU, a new chapter that has formed in light of the ongoing seige of Gaza and indiscrimnate murder of the Palestinian people by the Israeli government, on 18 October 2023. Click here for an updated list of signatories.]
We the undersigned want to express our solidarity with our students, at an urgent moment of U.S.- backed state violence against a colonized, dispossessed and brutalized population. The United Nations states that at least one million people in Gaza have been forced to flee their homes in one week alone; “A river of people continues to flow south.”
We condemn the brutal killing of civilians that occurred in Israel on October 7th, which constitutes a war crime. We also condemn the massive and systematic violence being perpetrated against civilians both in Gaza and the occupied West Bank even as we write; Israel’s assault on Gaza also constitutes a war crime. We recognize that Israeli state violence against the Palestinians subject to its control has its roots in a a well-documented history of colonization, stretching back at least 75 years, that has produced what human rights groups today describe as an apartheid regime, characterized by ongoing processes of occupation, expropriation, ethnic cleansing and the denial to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza of the most basic human and civil rights – and of their right as a people to self-determination. These are the root causes of the current wave of violence; history did not begin on October 7, 2023, however horrific the massive killing of Israeli civilians on that day was.
What is happening in Gaza right now can reasonably be described as colonial racial violence, carried out with the support of the U.S. government and much of the media. Israel’s Defense Minister has characterized the people of Gaza as “human animals,” and its Minister of Energy and Infrastructure said that “They will not receive a drop of water or a single battery until they leave the world.” This is dehumanizing language, which serves to justify otherwise unacceptable total violence of this sort, is also common to genocidal projects, and is being invoked to justify the indiscriminate bombing of a trapped civilian population and the cutting off of that population’s water, food, fuel and electricity. These war crimes are being openly supported, and often celebrated, by the U.S. government and much of the media in this country.
We note that students and faculty at NYU and other US campuses have long been singled out for censure and punishment for voicing support for Palestinians. In the past week the scale of intimidation has escalated precipitously. We are aware that the administration is under immense pressure from trustees, alumni and donors to be perceived as “pro-Israel,” even at the cost of tolerating or promoting violations of academic freedom and free speech rights. Even as we write this, the administration is pursuing disciplinary procedures against a student at the Law School simply for exercising their speech rights. NYU’s laudable Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI) initiatives claim to foster a “thriving inclusive global community” and protect our community from the virulence of discrimination, including antisemitism. However, NYU must also recognize the harms of Islamophobia and of the racism experienced by Arab and Arab-American colleagues and students, too many of whom have become the “collateral damage” of state violence against the people of Gaza.
Now is the time to come together to demand an immediate end to the massive violence being inflicted on the people of Gaza. There can be no military solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and Israel’s assault on Gaza will not only take thousands more Palestinian lives but plant the seeds of further violence. We must also speak out, on campus and beyond, in support of our students and against the anti-Palestinian campaigns in the media and the political sphere. We envision Faculty for Justice in Palestine as an inclusive organization that invites colleagues across the university to speak out at this critical moment.
Please add your name to our statement to oppose the war on Gaza, the continuing occupation and brutalization of the Palestinians subject to Israeli control, and the threats to our students and colleagues who want to express their solidarity with the Palestinian people. Subsequently, we will ask if you wish to join our chapter.
You can add your name to our statement here.
1. Tarek Abdoun, Global Distinguished Professor and Program Head of the Civil & Urban Engineering, NYU-Abu Dhabi
2. Neveen AlQasas, Research Associate, Water Research Center, NYU-Abu Dhabi
3. Andrea Y. Adomako, English, Assistant Professor
4. Ismail Fajrie Alatas, Associate Professor, Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies
5. Gwendolyn Alker, Drama, Associate Arts Professor
6. Ana Alvarez, CLACS, Clinical Assistant Professor
7. Bedoor AlShebli, Assistant Professor of Computational Social Science, NYU Abu Dhabi
8. Jens Andermann, Professor, Spanish and Portuguese
9. Jane Anderson, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology
10. Ahmed Ansari, Industry Assistant Professor, Technology, Culture & Society (Tandon)
11. Sinan Antoon, Associate Professor, Gallatin School of Individualized Studies
12. John Archer, Professor, English
13. Laure Assaf, Assistant Professor, Arab Crossroads Studies, NYU Abu Dhabi
14. Laura Assanmal, NYU Steinhardt, Adjunct Instructor
15. Ayşe Baltacıoğlu-Brammer, History and MEIS, Assistant Professor
16. Adam H. Becker, Classics and Religious Studies, Professor
17. Adam Buchwald, Professor of Communicative Sciences and Disorders
18. Marie Buck,Adjunct Assistant Professor, Liberal Studies
19. Gianpaolo Baiocchi, Professor, Gallatin School of Individualized Studies
20. Gordon Beeferman, Adjunct Professor, Department of Music
21. Emanuela Bianchi, Associate Professor, Comparative Literature
22. Mohamad Bazzi, Associate Professor, Journalism
23. Abigail Balbale, Associate Professor, Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies
24. Emanuela Bianchi, Associate Professor, Comparative Literature
25. Alex Bollington, Environmental Studies, Academic Administrator
26. Barbara Browning, Performance Studies, Professor
27. Sebastián Calderón Bentin, Associate Professor, Drama
28. Dilara Çalışkan, The Gallatin School, Assistant Professor
29. Michelle Castaneda, Assistant Professor, Performance Studies
30. Dean Chahim, Environmental Studies, Assistant Professor
31. Paula Chakravartty, James Weldon Johnson Associate Professor of Media Studies, Gallatin & Media, Culture and Communication
32. Lily Chumley Media, Associate Professor, Media, Culture and Communication
33. Warren Churchill, Senior Lecturer of Music, New York University Abu Dhabi
34. Kwami Coleman, Assistant Professor, The Gallatin School
35. Talya Cooper, Division of Libraries, Research Curation Librarian
36. Catherine Coray, Arts Professor, Tisch School of The Arts
37. Lou Cornum, Assistant Professor, Social and Cultural Analysis
38. Aimee Meredith Cox, Associate Professor of Anthropology
39. Honey Crawford, Assistant Professor, English
40. Mark Crispin Miller, Professor, Media, Culture & Communication
41. Mohammed Daqaq, Mechanical Engineering, Professor, NYUAD
42. Lisa Daily, Director of Community Engagement & Associate Faculty, Gallatin School
43. Ethiraj Gabriel Dattatreyan, Anthropology, Assistant Professor
44. Arlene Dávila, Professor, Anthropology/SCA
45. Subah Dayal, Assistant Professor, Gallatin School of Individualized Study
46. Patrick Deer, Associate Professor, English
47. Pierre Depaz, Lecturer of Interactive Media, NYU Berlin
48. Dipti Desai, Professor, Art and Art Profession
49. Rossen Djagalov, Associate Professor of Russian and Slavic Studie
50. Lisa Duggan, Professor, Social & Cultural Analysis
51. Hebah Emara, Division of Libraries, Librarian for Open Innovation
52. Kathy Engel, Dept of Art & Public Policy, Tisch, Assoc Arts Professor
53. Elisabeth Fay, Clinical Associate Professor, Expository Writing Program
54. Jacob Faber, Associate Professor, Sociology and Public Service
55. Allen Feldman, Professor, Media, Culture and Communication
56. Ada Ferrer, Silver Professor of History and Latin American & Caribbean Studies
57. Denise Ferreira da Silva, Professor in the Humanities, Spanish and Portuguese Studies
58. Hartry Field, Philosophy, Professor
59. Licia Fiol-Matta, Professor, Spanish and Portuguese
60. Sibylle Fischer, Spanish & Portuguese, History, CLACS, Associate Professor
61. Scott Fitzgerald, Industry Associate Professor, Technology Culture and Society,
62. Jameson Fitzpatrick, Expository Writing Program, Associate Clinical Professor
63. Finbarr Barry Flood, Art History and Institute of Fine Arts
64. Erica Foldy, Wagner School, Associate Professor
65. Valerie Forman, Associate Professor, Gallatin School of Individualized Study
66. Sharon Friedman, Gallatin School, Founding Gallatin Professor Emerita
67. Andrea Gadberry, Associate Professor, Comparative Literature and Gallatin
68. Toral Gajarawala, Associate Professor, English
69. Ola Galal, Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies, Faculty Fellow
70. Alexander R. Galloway, Professor, MCC
71. Jay Garcia, Associate Professor, Comparative Literature
72. Ayoub Glia, Postdoctoral Reseach Associate, Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering, NYU-Abu Dhabi
73. Rebecca Anne Goetz, Associate Professor of History
74. Sophie Gonick, Associate Professor, Social and Cultural Analysis
75. Mona El-Ghobashy, Clinical Associate Professor, Liberal Studies.
76. Jeff Goodwin, Professor, Sociology
77. Gayatri Gopinath, Professor, Dept of Social and Cultural Analysis
78. Linda Gordon, University Professor of the Humanities, Emerita
79. Manu Goswami, Associate Professor, History
80. Hannah Gurman, Clinical Associate Professor, Gallatin School
81. Steven Hahn, Professor of History
82. Lenora Hanson, Assistant Professor, English
83. Christine Harrington, Professor, Politics Department
84. Nizar Habash, NYUAD Computer Science, Professor
85. Hala Halim, Associate Professor, Departments of Comparative Literature and Middle Eastern Studies
86. Yukiko Hanawa, East Asian Studies, Clinical Associate Professor
87. Ellie Happel, Adjunct Professor of Clinical Law, Law School
88. Laura Harris, Associate Professor, Cinema Studies and Art & Public Policy
89. Stella-Ann Harris, Liberal Studies, Administrative Aide
90. Terrance Hayes, Professor Department of English
91. Radha S. Hegde, Professor, Media, Culture and Communication
92. Nidal Hilal, Professor, Division of Engineering, NYU- Abu Dhabi
93. Khaled Al Hilli, Clinical Assistant Professor, Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies
94. David W. Hogg, Physics, Professor of Physics and Data Science
95. Kristin Horton, Associate Professor of Practice, Gallatin School
96. Dale Hudson, Associate Professor, NYU Abu Dhabi
97. Asli Iğsiz, Associate Professor, Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies
98. Sireen Irsheid, Silver School of Social Work, Assistant Professor
99. Saif Jabari, Associate Professor, Engineering, NYU Abu Dhabi
100. Jae James, Clinical Assistant Professor, NYU Silver School of Social Work
101. Asmaa Jrad, Postdoctoral Associate, NYUAD Water Research Center
102. Nikolaos Karathanasopoulos, Assistant Professor, Engineering NYU AD
103. Rebecca Karl, Professor, History
104. Nina Katchadourian, Gallatin School of Individualized Study, Clinical Professor
105. Marion Katz, Professor, Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies
106. Arang Keshavarzian, Chair and Associate Professor, Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies
107. Dipti Khera, Associate Professor, Art History and Institute of Fine Arts
108. Roozbeh Kiani, Associate Professor, Center for Neural Science
109. John King, SPS, Associate Adjunct Professor
110. Eugenia Kisin, Associate Professor, The Gallatin School
111. Chenjerai Kumanyika, Assistant Professor, Journalism
112. David Larsen,Clinical Associate Professor, Liberal Studies
113. Toby Lee, Associate Professor, Cinema Studies
114. L’Heureux Lewis-McCoy, Associate Professor, Sociology of Education
115. Lauraberth Lima, Faculty Fellow, Program in Museum Studies
116. Tatiana Linkhoeva, Associate Professor, History
117. Julie Livingston, Silver Professor of Social and Cultural Analysis
118. Zachary Lockman, Professor of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies and History
119. Tom Looser, Assoc. Prof., East Asian Studies
120. Ritty Lukose, Associate Professor, The Gallatin School
121. Ying Lu, Associate Professor, Steinhardt
122. Linda Luu, PhD Candidate and Graduate Student Instructor, Department of Social and Cultural Analysis
123. Elizabeth Machlan, Clinical Associate Professor, Expository Writing Program
124. Samer Madanat, Professor and Dean of Engineering, NYU-Abu Dhabi
125. Ifrah Magan, Assistant Professor, Silver School of Social Work
126. Dale Maglalang, Silver School of Social Work, Assistant Professor
127. Anna McCarthy, Professor, Cinema Studies
128. Maureen N. McLane, Dept of English, Henry James Professor of English and American Letters
129. Prita Meier, Associate Professor, Art History and Institute of Fine Arts
130. Sienna Merope-Synge, Adjunct Professor of Clinical Law & Supervising Attorney, Global Justice Clinic, School of Law
131. Salwa Mikdadi, Professor of Practice in Art History, NYUAD
132. Bella Mirabella Professor Emerita Gallatin School
133. Nadja Millner-Larsen, Visiting Assistant Professor, XE: Experimental Humanities and Social Engagement, GSAS
134. Mara Mills, Department of Media, Culture, and Communication, Associate Professor
135. Nicholas Mirzoeff, Professor, Media, Culture and Communication
136. Mostafa E. Mobasher, Assistant Professor, Engineering, NYU Abu Dhabi
137. Domingo Morel, Associate Professor of Political Science and Public Service
138. Jennifer Morgan, Profesor, Social and Cultural Analysis & History
139. Fred Moten, Professor, Performance Studies
140. Mohamed Moustafa, Visiting Associate Professor, Civil and Urban Engineering, NYU Abu Dhabi
141. Tahira Naqvi, Clinical Professor Urdu Language and Literature. Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies
142. Andrew Needham, Associate Professor, History
143. Vasuki Nesiah, Professor of Practice, Human Rights and International Law, Gallatin
144. Ashley Ngozi Agbasoga, Assistant Professor, Gallatin School of Individualized Study
145. Molly Nolan, Professor emerita History Department
146. Laine Nooney, Department of Media, Culture, and Communication, Assistant Professor
147. Sana Odeh, Clinical Professor of Computer Science, Computer Science Department
148. Shannon O'Neill, NYU Libraries, Curator for Tamiment-Wagner Collections
149. John O'Brien, Associate Professor, Social Research and Public Policy, NYU Abu Dhabi
150. Bilal Orfali, Arts and Humanities, Visiting Professor of Arabic and Middle East
151. Crystal Parikh, Professor of English and Social and Cultural Analysis
152. Robert Parthesius, Associate Professor, Art and Humanities & Heritage and Museum Studies, NYUAD
153. Tyson Patros, Clinical Assistant Professor, Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies
154. Asli Peker, Clinical Professor, Program in International Relations
155. Ann Pellegrini, Professor, Performance Studies & Social and Cultural Analysis
156. Amira Pierce, Expository Writing Program, Associate Clinical Professor
157. Sara Pursley, Associate Professor, Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies
158. Sonya Posmentier, Associate Professor, English
159. Myisha Priest, Associate Professor, Gallatin School
160. Mohammad A. Qasaimeh, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Bioengineering, NYU-Abu Dhabi
161. Cassi Quayson, Creative Writing, Adjunct Instructor
162. Khalil Ramadi, Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Tandon
163. Mitra Rastegar, Clinical Associate Professor, Liberal Studies
164. Timothy J Reiss, Professor Emeritus, Comparative Literature
165. Jacob Remes, clinical associate professor of history, Gallatin School of Individualized Study
166. Sahar Romani, Clinical Assistant Professor, Expository Writing Program
167. Avital Ronell, German and Comparative Literature Professor
168. Andrew Ross, Professor, Social and Cultural Analysis
169. Dara Rossman Regaignon, Associate Professor, English
170. Jess Row, Clinical Professor, English
171. Martha Rust, English, Associate Professor, English
172. Lara Saguisag, Teaching and Learning, Georgiou Chair in Children's Literature and Literacy, Department of Teaching and Learning.
173. Mustafa Saifuddin, Visiting Assistant Professor, XE: Experimental Humanities and Social Engagement
174. Josefina Saldaña-Portillo, Professor, Social & Cultural Analysis
175. Michael Salgarolo, Faculty Fellow, Department of Social & Cultural Analysis
176. Zach Samalin, Assistant Professor, English
177. Surabhi Sharma, Associate Professor, Film and New Media, NYU-Abu Dhabi
178. Camille-Mary Sharp, Program in Museum Studies, Faculty Fellow
179. Omar Yousef Shehabi, Acting Assistant Professor of Lawyering, Law School
180. Normandy Sherwood, Expository Writing, Clinical Associate Professor
181. Ella Shohat, Professor, Art & Public Policy
182. Dina M. Siddiqi, Clinical Associate Professor, Liberal Studies
183. Nikhil Pal Singh, Professor of Social and Cultural Analysis and History
184. Selcuk Sirin, Professor, Applied Psychology
185. Laura Slatkin, Professor, Gallatin School
186. Federico Sor, International Relations, Clinical Assistant Professor
187. Marie Cruz Soto, Gallatin School, Clinical Associate Professor
188. Carol Anne Spreen, ASH, IE Professor
189. Robert Stam, University Professor, Cinema Studies
190. Juliet Stanton, Associate Professor, Linguistics
191. Justin Stearns, Professor of Arab Crossroads Studies, New York University Abu Dhabi
192. Corinne Stokes, Senior Lecturer, Arabic Studies Program, NYU-Abu Dhabi
193. Marita Sturken, Professor, Media, Culture and Communication
194. Pacharee Sudhinaraset, Assistant Professor, English
195. Jeannine Tang, Assistant Professor, Dept of Performance Studies
196. Helga Tawil-Souri, Associate Professor, Media, Culture and Communication
197. Sonali Thakkar, Assistant Professor, Department of English
198. Madina Thiam, History, Assistant Professor
199. Sinclair Thomson, Assoc. Professor, History
200. Yesim Tozan, Assistant Professor, School of Global Public Health,
201. Simón Trujillo, Associate Professor, English
202. Thuy Linh Tu, Professor, Social and Cultural Studies
203. Deepak Unnikrishnan, Literature & Creative Writing, Associate Arts Professor, NYU-Abu Dhabi
204. Delio Vasquez, Assistant Professor, Gallatin School
205. Waqas Waheed, Postdoctoral Associate, Mechanical Engineering, NYU-Abu Dhabi
206. Yijun Wang, Assistant Professor, Department of History
207. Bryan Waterman, Associate Professor, English
208. John Waters, Clinical Associate Professor, Irish Studies and English
209. Barbara Weinstein, History, Silver Professor
210. Andrew Weiner, Associate Professor, Art and Art Professions
211. E. Frances White, Professor and Dean Emerita, Gallatin and Social and Cultural Analysis
212. Lauren Whitehead, Asst. Arts Professor, Tisch Drama
213. Yi Yin, Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Studies
214. Hirokazu Yoshikawa,, Professor, Applied Psychology
215. Shamoon Zamir, Professor of Literature and Art History, NYU-Abu Dhabi
216. Edward Ziter, Drama, Professor
217. Angela Zito, Associate Professor, Religious Studies