APPENDIX D: TRINITY UNIVERSITY FACULTY STATEMENT IN SOLIDARITY WITH BLACK LIVES MATTER

APPENDIX D: TRINITY UNIVERSITY FACULTY STATEMENT IN SOLIDARITY WITH BLACK LIVES MATTER

June 8, 2020

As educators, it is our duty to stand for social justice and to promote equity on our campuses, in our communities, and around the globe. We stand in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement and the protesters fighting against structural racism and police brutality. In the words of the Black Lives Matter mission statement: “By combating and countering acts of violence, creating space for Black imagination and innovation, and centering Black joy, we are winning immediate improvements in our lives.”

Systemic changes in our communities are desperately needed. Law enforcement agencies are permeated by structural racism, and add to the disproportionate incarceration, suffering, and death of Black people in the United States. Higher education is also plagued by and built on structural racism, and the experiences of Black students, faculty, and staff, particularly at predominantly white institutions (PWIs), involve significant barriers not faced by their white counterparts. Predominantly white institutions are not merely majority white, but tend to center whiteness and the experiences of white people. Black students, faculty, and staff face structural exclusion as well as overt racism and microaggressions, often alongside empty promises from their institutions, while receiving limited support and resources. These barriers and disparities result in lower levels of retention of Black staff, students, and faculty.

Trinity University is complicit in structural racism. We have heard Black students’ distress about racist treatment by Trinity community members and members of surrounding communities’ police forces. All too often, Black students, faculty, and staff leave due to lack of support from our campus community. On June 7, 2020, these concerns were powerfully presented in the joint statement from BSU, ASA, and TDC and we stand in support of this statement. These experiences demonstrate that we, as a community, are not living up to our stated values that “at Trinity, each and every person matters” and that “each individual is treated with thoughtful care and compassion.”

We as a faculty admit our own part in structural racism, and pledge to do better by incorporating anti-racist pedagogy and thinking in our classrooms, research, and service. These changes cannot be limited to “diversity and inclusion” measures, but must actively challenge white normativity and white supremacism.

We further call on our administration to stand with and for our Black community members by heeding the call to institute a formal review of policing policies and practices on campus with an eye toward shifting resources toward investment in our Black community; and to create a new, autonomous, executive-level position for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion with a fully funded office and robust staff.

As Trinity University faculty, we support this mission and pledge to work as a campus to improve the lives of our Black community members.

Signed,

Sarah Beth Kaufman, Sociology & Anthropology Michele Johnson, Biology Erin Kramer, History Judith Norman, Philosophy Sarah E. Erickson, Communication Kathryn Vomero Santos, English Andrew Porter, English Dominic G. Morais, Business Administration Corina Maeder, Chemistry Josie Liu, Communication Christina Cooley, Chemistry Alexandra Gallin-Parisi, Library Deli Yang, School of Business Rita Urquijo-Ruiz, Modern Languages & Literatures Claudia Stokes, English Tianxi Dong, Finance & Decision Sciences Nels Christiansen, Economics Angela Tarango, Religion Ryan Davis, Chemistry Sussan Siavoshi, Political Science Carolyn Becker, Psychology Dany J. Munoz Pinto, Engineering Science Aaron Delwiche, Communication Adam Urbach, Chemistry Camille Reyes, Communication Wilson Terrell Jr., Engineering Science Erin Sumner, Human Communication and Theatre Amer Kaissi, Health Care Administration Kelly Grey Carlisle, English Diane Smith, Geosciences Chad Spigel, Religion Jacob K. Tingle, Business Administration Jennifer Mathews, Sociology and Anthropology Lanette Garza, Library Laura Allen, Education Ellen Barnett, Education Bethany Strunk, Biology

Brian Miceli, Mathematics Lauren Turek, History Jacquelyn Matava, Music Mario Gonzalez-Fuentes, Business Administration Debra J. Ochoa, Modern Languages and Literatures Gina Anne Tam, History David Rando, English Ed Schumacher, Health Care Administration Heather Haynes Smith, Education Jonathan King, Biology Jennifer Bartlett, First Year Experience Jennifer Rowe, First-Year Experience Patrick Keating, Communication Ruben Dupertuis, Religion Dennis Ugolini, Physics & Astronomy Carolyn True, Music Dan Lehrmann, Geosciences Jennifer Henderson, Communication Diane Persellin, Music Julie Persellin, Accounting Todd Barnett, History Chris Nolan, Library Greg Hazleton, English Benjamin Eldon Stevens, Classical Studies David Pooley, Physics & Astronomy Sarah K. Pinnock, Religion Sajida Jalalzai, Religion Richard K. Reed, Sociology and Anthropology Betsy Winakur Tontiplaphol, English Gregory M. Clines, Religion Kimberly Bauser McBrien, Religion Anne Jumonville Graf, Library Tyler Caldwell, Sport Management Ashley Douglass, Accounting Oscar Jimenez-Castellanos, Education Jie Zhang, Modern Languages and Literatures J Charlene Davis, Business Administration Maria Pia Paganelli, Economics

Andrew Kraebel, English Kathryn O’Rourke, Art and Art History Diana K. Young, Finance and Decision Sciences David Spener, Sociology & Anthropology Emma Treadway, Engineering Science Kevin P. McIntyre, Psychology Norma E. Cantú, Modern Languages and Literatures Christine Drennon, Urban Studies Tahir Naqvi, Sociology/Anthropology Kyralyssa Hauger-Sanchez, Chemistry Niescja Turner, Physics and Astronomy Orrin Shindell, Physics and Astronomy Nirav Mehta, Physics and Astronomy Victoria Aarons, English Corinne Pache, Classical Studies Roberto Prestigiacomo, HCom and Theatre Jorge Colazo, Finance and Decision Sciences Mauro Oliveira, Finance and Decision Sciences Nina Ekstein, Modern Languages and Literatures Paula Hertel, Psychology Kathleen Surpless, Geosciences Yu Zhang, Computer Science Alfred Montoya, Sociology & Anthropology Mel Webb, Philosophy Colleen Hoelscher, Library Jinli He, Modern Languages and Literatures Mark Lewis, Computer Science Heather Sullivan, Modern Languages and Literatures Willis Salomon, English Michael Hughes, Library Gary Seighman, Music James Ivy, First-Year Experience Patrick Shay, Health Care Administration Erwin Cook, Classics Dania Abreu-Torres, Modern Languages and Literatures Rocío Delgado, Education Jim Bohnsack, Health Care Administration Nicole Marafioti, History

Ana María Mutis, Modern Languages and Literatures Jason Johnson, History Seongwon Choi, Health Care Administration Jack Leifer, Engineering Science Kelly Lyons, Biology David Heller, Music Bea Caraway, Library Kah-Chung Leong, Psychology Christina Wirsching, Urban Studies/Sociology and Anthropology Rosa Aloisi, Political Science Chia-wei Lee, Music Cosby Lindquist, Art & Art History Bryce Turner, Music Angela Breidenstein, Education Kim Robertson, Business Administration Elaine Wong, Psychology Rebecca Densley, Communication Curtis Brown, Philosophy Charles B White, Psychology Richard J Salvucci, Economics Eliseo Iglesias, Engineering Science Nanette Le Coat, Modern Languages and Literatures Rachel Joseph, Human Communication and Theatre Sheng Tan, Computer Science Suning Zhu, Finance and Decision Sciences Scott Neale, Human Communication and Theatre E Cabral Balreira, Mathematics Grant Hardaway, Library Shage Zhang, Finance and Decision Sciences Laura Hunsicker-Wang, Chemistry David Hough, Physics & Astronomy Eva Pohler, Entrepreneurship Kyle Gillette, HCOM and Theatre Stacey Connelly, Human Communication and Theatre Yen-Hsin Chen, Political Science Katsuo Nishikawa Chávez, Political Science Nathan Stith, Human Communication and Theatre J. Maxey, Finance and Decision Sciences

Shana McDermott, Economics Luis Martínez, Entrepreneurship Yinshi Lerman-Tan, Art and Art History Peter O’Brien, Political Science Mark B. Garrison, Art and Art History John McGrath, Human Communication and Theatre Jenny Browne, English Benjamin Sosnaud, Sociology & Anthropology Tim O’Sullivan, Classical Studies Carol Yoder, Psychology Kimberley Phillips, Psychology Kim Robertson, Business Administration Dante Suarez, Finance and Decision Sciences Elizabeth Ward, Art and Art History Cara H. Wright, Esq., Sport Management Ben Surpless, Geosciences Stephen Perez, Information Technology Services Matthew D. Milligan, Religion Ronni Gura Sadovsky, Philosophy Rosana Blanco-Cano, Modern Languages and Literatures Marilyn Wooten, Chemistry Hoa Nguyen, Mathematics Gerard Beaudoin, III, Biology Katherine A. Troyer, The Collaborative for Learning and Teaching Mark Covey, Music Adam Schreiber, Art and Art History Matthew Hibbs, Computer Science Jennifer Steele, Physics and Astronomy Paul Myers, Computer Science Carlos Martinez, Business Administration Benjamin Harris, Library Stephen Field, Modern Languages and Literatures Harry Wallace, Psychology Andrew C. Hansen, HC&T Michael Fischer, English Oralia T. Carrillo, Tiger Card Office Berna Massingill, Computer Science Jessica Halonen, Art and Art History Ruth Jungman, Computer Science

Douglas Brine, Art & Art History Seth Fogarty, Computer Science Jane Childers, Psychology Amy L. Stone, Sociology and Anthropology D. Rose Bradley, Computer Science Richard Ongkiko, Computer Science J. Roberto Hasfura B., Mathematics James Shinkle, Biology John R. Hermann, Political Science John Huston, Economics Kurt Knesel, Geosciences Emilio de Antuñano, History Andrew Kania, Philosophy Anene Ejikeme, History