In light of recent reporting in The Plainsman regarding the anti-LGBTQ+ culture that exists at Auburn, we the undersigned wish to express our wholehearted support for LGBTQ+ students, staff, and faculty.
We take to heart the stated goal of Auburn University’s Office of Inclusion & Diversity to “create, promote, and encourage a supportive and friendly campus environment that is welcoming and attractive to people of all races, ethnicity, nationalities, religions, gender, sexual orientation, and those with disabilities” and we urge our colleagues and leadership to do the same.
Though this statement cannot undo the patterns of marginalization and exclusion that mar the reputation of our university, it is our hope that it will let our students and coworkers know that they do not stand alone.
Signed,
Kate M. Craig
Assistant Professor, History
Sarah R. Hamilton
Associate Professor, History
Sunny Stalter-Pace
Hargis Associate Professor, English
Leigh Gruwell
Assistant Professor, English
Monique Laney
Associate Professor, History
Kenneth W. Noe
Professor, History
Emily C. Friedman
Associate Professor, English
Melissa Estes Blair
Associate Professor, History
Austin McCoy
Assistant Professor, History
Elijah Gaddis
Assistant Professor, History
Hannah Baggett
Assistant Professor, Education
Chase Bringardner
Associate Professor & Chair, Theatre
Kelly Kennington
Associate Professor, History
Stephanie L. Shepherd
Assistant Professor, Geosciences
Charles Lesh
Assistant Professor, English
David Blersch
Associate Professor, Engineering
Virginia Davis
Professor, Chemical Engineering
Chad Wickman
Associate Professor, English
Darrell Crutchley
Staff, Liberal Arts
Wendy Troop-Gordon
Associate Professor, Human Sciences
Jill Crystal
Professor, Political Science
Crystal Garcia
Assistant Professor, Education
Antonio Duran
Assistant Professor, Education
Sara Wolf
Associate Professor and Graduate Program Officer, Education
Arianne M. Gaetano
Associate Professor, Sociology amd
Director, Women’s Studies
Kathryn Olsen Wickman
Senior Lecturer, English
Robyn Westbrook
Staff, Education
Marilyn Bradbard
Professor Emerita, Human Sciences
Robert Gordon
Senior Lecturer, Psychology
Annie B. Campbell
Assistant Professor, Art & Art History
Ashley Aston
Academic Advisor, Agriculture
Maiben Beard
Outreach Associate, Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts & Humanities
Sarah Chandler
Assistant Professor, Theatre
SueAnne Griffith
Alumnae, College of Engineering
Amy Strickland
Program Manager, Office of Sustainability
Cari Dunn
Humana-Germany-Sherman Distinguished Professor, Education
Chris Schnittka
Professor, Education
Kelley Young
Instructor, Communication & Journalism
Dave Lucsko
Professor and Chair, History
Sara B. Demoiny
Assistant Professor, Education
Sara Speetjens Gilley
Ph.D. candidate, Geosciences
Tracy Witte
Associate Professor, Psychology
Erich Nunn
Associate Professor, English
Wiebke Kuhn
Associate Director, Biggio Center
Scott Phillips
Associate Professor, Theatre
Katie Shade
Director of Production, Theatre
Vivian Miller
Technology Specialist, Business
Joseph Bardeen
Associate Professor, Psychology
Carey Andrzejewski
Associate Professor, Education
Jean Ashley Butler
Lecturer, Theatre
Ashley Ludewig
Lecturer and Interim Director of Composition, English
Mike Kensler
Director, Office of Sustainability
Ana Grinberg
Lecturer, English
Jennifer Robinson
Associate Professor, Psychology
Matthew Clary
Lecturer, Political Science
Christopher Basgier
Associate Director of University Writing
Diana R. Samek
Associate Professor, Human Sciences
Josh R. Novak
Assistant Professor, Human Sciences
Konrad Patkowski
Associate Professor, Chemistry
Daydrie Hague
Professor, Theatre
Gilad Sorek
Associate Professor, Economics
Nancy Thacker
Assistant Professor, Education
Megan Haskins
Administrator, University Writing
Matthew Hoch
Associate Professor, Music
Lauren M. Ruhlmann
Assistant Professor, Human Sciences
Megan Burton
Associate Professor, Education
Katrina Akande
Assistant Professor, Human Sciences
Jamie Harrison
Associate Professor, Education
Stephen Erath
Professor, Human Sciences
Mary Jane McIlwain
Assistant Professor, Education
Natalia Ruiz-Junco
Assistant Professor and Undergraduate Program Director, Sociology
Cathleen M. Giustino
Professor, History
Aditi Sengupta
Associate Professor and Graduate Program Officer, Economics
Mike Cook
Assistant Professor, Education
Jennifer E. Brooks
Associate Professor, History
Lisa A. W. Kensler
Professor, Education
Lynne Patrick
Director, Truman Pierce Institute; Associate Clinical Professor, Education
Andrew Pendola
Assistant Professor, Education
Karley A. Riffe
Assistant Professor, Education
Cissy J. Ballen
Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences
Kamden K. Strunk
Associate Professor, Education
Lucretia O. Tripp
Associate Professor, Education
Katherine M Buckley
Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences
Rita M. Graze
Associate Professor, Biological Sciences
Laurie Stevison
Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences
Geoffrey Silvera
Assistant Professor, Political Science
Paul Harris
Professor and Chair, Political Science
Marie Strader
Research Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences
Alicia Carroll
Associate Professor, English
Paul Cobine
Professor, Biological Sciences
Nate B Hardy
Associate Professor, Entomology
Francesca Adler-Baeder
Professor, Human Sciences
Scott Simkins
Senior Lecturer, English
Susan Teubner-Rhodes
Assistant Professor, Psychology
Marcelo A. Kuroda
Assistant Professor, Physics
Holly E. Dunlap
Instructor, English
Svetlana Chesser
Assistant Clinical Professor, Education
Xaq Frohlich
Assistant Professor, History
T. Randolph Beard
Professor, Economics
Bevin Roue
Assistant Clinical Professor, Education
Kelly Alley
Professor, Anthropology
Magdalena Garmaz
Associate Professor, Architecture
Matt Gist
Staff, Theatre
Elif Dede Yildirim
Assistant Professor, Human Sciences
Susan A. Youngblood
Associate Professor, English
Jim Ellis
Staff, College of Education
Vicky Cardullo
Associate Professor, Education
Asim Ali
Director, Auburn Online
Elena Aydarova
Assistant Professor, Education
Lauren Beckingham
Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering
Wendy R. Hood
Associate Professor, Biological Sciences
Bryan Beckingham
Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering
Brian L. Connelly
Professor, Management
Jack Montgomery
Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering
Debra Armstrong-Wright
Pre-Law Programs Coordinator, Political Science
Bob Pantazes
Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering
Mallory Lucier-Greer
Associate Professor, Human Sciences
Audrey Lowry
Staff, Education
Amy Cicchino
Associate Director, University Writing
Paris Strom
Professor, Education
Marian Carcache
Instructor (retired), English
Laura Nan Fairley
Associate Professor, Communication and Journalism
Allison Vandenberg
Instructor, Women’s Studies
Jason Upton
Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences
David Shannon
Humana-Germany-Sherman Distinguished Professor, Education
Jamie Oaks
Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences
Keren Gorodeisky
Jane Dickson Lanier Professor, Philosophy
Eden McLean
Associate Professor, History
Carrie Spell
Senior Lecturer, English
Brennan van Alderwerelt
Lecturer, Geoscience
Robert B. Ekelund
Professor and Eminent Scholar Emeritus, Economics
Haruka Wada
Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences
Jaime Miller
Director, Student Academic Support
Lisa Simmons
Assistant Research Professor, Education
Bertram Zinner
Associate Professor Emeritus, Mathematics and Statistics
Elizabeth Ann Benson
Assistant Professor, Theatre
Duha T. Altindag
Associate Professor, Economics
Jennifer Wood
Instructor, Human Sciences
Kathryn Floyd
Associate Professor, Art & Art History
Frances O’Donnell
Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering
Jonathan Hallford
Academic Advisor, Liberal Arts
Anton DiSclafani
Assistant Professor, English
William Murrah
Assistant Professor, Education
Anya Riehl Bertolet
Associate Professor and Director of Core Literature, English
Keith Hebert
Associate Professor, History
Jong Hyun Chung
Assistant Professor, Economics
Sydney Provence
Postdoctoral Researcher, Physics
Ellen Campbell
Lecturer, English
Hyeongwoo Kim
Professor and Chair, Economics
Lindsay Doukopoulos
Assistant Director, Biggio Center
Tal Peretz
Assistant Professor, Sociology
Laura Bilenker
Assistant Professor, Geosciences
Jamie Carney
Professor & Dept. Head, Special Education, Rehabilitation and Counseling
Tonia Schwartz
Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences
Jeremy M. Downes
Professor & Chair, English
Angela Love
Associate Professor & Early Childhood Education Program Coordinator, Education
Craig E. Bertolet
Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies, English
Carmen Rossell
Spanish Instructor, Foreign Languages and Literatures
Amy Childress
Instructor, English
Deborah Solomon
Assistant Professor, English
Guillaume Salze
School of Fisheries and Aquaculture
Ross R. Blair
Academic Advisor, Liberal Arts
Alan D. Meyer
Associate Professor, History
Sarah Ferguson
Coordinator, Auburn University Bands
Amy Brock
Director of Advising, Agriculture
Jonathon Brock
University Libraries
Heidi Hausse
Assistant Professor, History
Jennifer Salter
Costume Coordinator, Theatre
Christopher Ferguson
Associate Professor, History
Courtney Leisner
Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences
Kelly Ann Krawczyk
Associate Professor, Political Science
Jada Kohlmeier
Professor, Secondary Social Studies Education
Chris Qualls
Associate Professor, Theatre
Stephanie Rogers
Research Assistant Professor, Geosciences
Miriam Marty Clark
Associate Professor, English
Matt Malczycki
Associate Professor, History
Ryan Schey
Assistant Professor, Education
Derek G. Ross
Associate Professor, English
Sarit Dhar
Associate Professor, Physics
Moisés A. Bernal
Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences
Maryam Ali
Alumna, Chemical Engineering
Susan Bannon
Associate Professor, Director, Learning Resources Center
Cynthia Bowling
Professor and Associate Dean, College of Liberal Arts
Mona El-Sheikh
Professor, Human Sciences
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