We, the undersigned UC Davis faculty, support the free exchange of ideas on campus and students’ right to peaceful protests. We are appalled by the events of Friday, Nov. 18 in the Quad, but heartened by the Chancellor's apology and her commitment to listen to and work on the students’ concerns. We strongly believe that Linda Katehi is well-qualified to lead our university through this difficult healing process and oppose the premature calls for her resignation; this is not in the best interest of our university.
- Walter S. Leal, Professor, Entomology
- Nina Amenta, Professor, Computer Science
- Francisco J. Samaniego, Distinguished Professor, Statistics
- Ricardo H. R. Castro, Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering & Material Science
- Kevin Johnson, Professor and Dean, Law School (signing in his individual capacity)
- Eduardo Blumwald, Professor, Plant Sciences
- Miguel A. Mendez, Professor, Law School
- Maureen Stanton, Professor, Evolution and Ecology
- Miguel A. Marino, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Hydrologic Sciences, Civil & Environmental Engineering, and Biological & Agricultural Engineering
- Adela De La Torre, Professor, Chicano/a Studies
- James B. Ames, Professor, Chemistry
- John E. Bolander, Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
- Charles L. Judson, Emeritus Professor, Entomology
- Joaquim Silvestre, Professor, Economics
- Satya Dandekar, Professor and Chair, Medical Microbiology and Immunology
- James R. Carey, Professor of Entomology and Director, Biodemographic Determinants of Lifespan
- Emanuel Maverakis, Assistant Professor, Dermatology
- Abhaya M. Dandekar, Professor, Plant Sciences
- Renee Tsolis, Associate Professor, Medical Microbiology and Immunology
- R Holland Cheng, Professor, Molecular & Cellular Biology
- Robert H. Rice, Professor, Environmental Toxicology
- Susan Rivera, Professor, Psychology
- Andre Knoesen, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Lorena Garcia, Assistant Professor, Public Health Science
- Angela Gelli, Associate Professor, Pharmacology
- Susan E. Ebeler, Professor, Viticulture & Enology
- George Bruening, Professor Emeritus, Plant Pathology; Member, National Academy of Sciences
- Anh-Vu Pham, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Xiaoguang Liu, Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer EngineeringM. Saif Islam, Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering
- S. Geoffrey Schladow, Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Venkatesh Akella, Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering
- Judith S Stern, Distinguished Professor, Nutrition and Internal Medicine; Member, Institute of Medicine
- Fu-Tong Liu, Distinguished Professor and Chair, Dermatology
- Neville Luhmann Jr., Distinguished Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- William J. Murphy, Professor and Vice Chair of Research, Dermatology and Internal Medicine
- Susan Kauzlarich, Professor, Chemistry, Recipient of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring
- Alan Hastings, Distinguished Professor, Environmental Science and Policy; Member, Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Richard Michelmore, Professor and Director, The Genome Center
- Sebastian Schreiber, Professor, Evolution and Ecology
- John S. Werner, Distinguished Professor, Ophthalmology & Vision Science; Neurobiology, Physiology & Behavior
- Terence M. Murphy, Professor Emeritus, Plant Biology
- Judy Callis, Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biology
- Frank McNally, Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biology
- Susan L. Keen, Senior Lecturer SOE, Evolution and Ecology
- Kimberley McAllister, Professor, Center for Neuroscience, Neurology, and NPB
- Joseph F. Antognini, Clinical Professor, Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
- Charles A. Fuller, Professor, Neurobiology, Physiology & Behavior
- W. Martin Usrey, Professor, Center for Neuroscience, Neurobiology, Physiology & Behavior, and Neurology
- Kyriacos A. Athanasiou, Distinguished Professor & Chair, Biomedical Engineering and Orthopaedic Surgery
- Sue C. Bodine, Professor, Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior
- David M. Rocke, Distinguished Professor, Public Health Sciences and Biomedical Engineering
- Scott I. Simon Professor and Vice Chair, Biomedical Engineering
- Leah Krubitzer Professor and MacArthur Fellow, Psychology
- Yong Duan, Professor. UC Davis Genome Center and Biomedical Engineering
- Emanuel Epstein, Research Professor, Land, Air and Water Resources; Member, National Academy of Sciences
- Subhash H. Risbud, Distinguished Professor, Materials Science
- David P. Fyhrie, Professor, David Linn Endowed Chair, Biomedical Engineering
- Thomas R. Gordon, Professor and Chair, Plant Pathology
- Pam Ronald, Professor, Plant Pathology and Genome Center
- Douglas Cook, Professor, Plant Pathology
- Charles W. Bamforth, Professor, Food Science and Technology
- Michael R. Hill, Professor and Vice Chair, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
- Diane M. Beckles, Associate Professor, Plant Sciences
- Sashi K. Kunnath, Professor and Chair, Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Mary L. Cadenasso, Associate Professor, Plant Sciences
- Mary Louise Flint, Extension Entomologist, Entomology
- John I. Yoder, Professor, Plant Sciences
- Bryce W. Falk, Professor, Plant Pathology
- Douglas A. Kelt, Professor, Wildlife, Fish, & Conservation Biology
- Benjamin J. McCoy, Professor Emeritus, Chemical Engineering
- Bo Lonnerdal, Distinguished Professor, Nutrition & Internal Medicine
- J. Bruce German, Professor, Food Science & Technology, Director, Foods for Health Institute
- Janet F. Roser, Professor, Animal Science
- Robert K. Washino, Emeritus Professor, Entomology
- Iannis E. Adamopoulos, Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine
- Kathryn Dewey, Distinguished Professor, Nutrition
- Tina Jeoh, Assistant Professor, Biological and Agricultural Engineering
- Harry H. Cheng, Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
- Michael Denison, Professor, Environmental Toxicology
- Ye Chen-Izu, Assistant Professor, Pharmacology
- Trish Berger, Professor, Animal Science
- Linda J. Harris, Cooperative Extension Specialist, Food Science and Technology
- Stefan Wuertz, Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Rob Y. H. Chai, Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Stephen Kowalczykowski, Distinguished Professor, Microbiology, and of Molecular and Cellular Biology; Member, National Academy of Sciences
- James F. Shackelford, Professor, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
- Deb Niemeier, Professor, Civil Engineering
- Maria Marco, Assistant Professor, Food Science & Technology
- Brian Mulloney, Distinguished Professor, Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior
- Katherine Ferrara, Professor, Biomedical Engineering
- William D. Ristenpart, Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering & Materials Science
- Jean-Jacques Chattot, Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
- Anita M. Oberbauer, Professor, Animal Science
- David Gilchrist, Professor Emeritus, Plant Pathology
- Jay R. Lund, Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Carlos E. Puente, Professor, Land Air and Water Resources
- David Biale, Distinguished Professor, History
- Lynn Kimsey, Professor, Entomology
- David Horsley, Associate Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
- Valerie Williamson, Professor, Entomology and Nematology
- Kyaw Tha Paw U, Professor, Atmospheric Science & Land, Air and Water Resources
- Matthew J. Wood, Associate Professor, Environmental Toxicology
- Eduardo A. Silva, Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering
- Ning Pan, Professor, Textiles, Biological & Agricultural Engineering
- Debra Long, Professor and Chair, Psychology
- Robert Emmons, Professor, Psychology
- Brian Trainor, Associate Professor, Psychology
- Shelley A. Blozis, Associate Professor, Psychology
- John P. Capitanio, Research Psychologist, Psychology
- Joy Geng, Assistant Professor, Psychology
- Valley Stewart, Professor, Microbiology
- Ann Huff Stevens, Professor, Economics
- Lisa Oakes, Professor, Psychology
- Kristin H. Lagattuta, Associate Professor, Psychology
- Robert Feenstra, Distinguished Professor, Economics
- Gregory Clark, Professor, Economics
- George A. Barnett, Professor & Chair, Communication
- Fadi A. Fathallah, Professor, Biological and Agricultural Engineering
- Jeff Sherman, Professor, Psychology
- James E. K. Hildreth, Professor and Dean, College of Biological Sciences (signing in his individual capacity); Member, Institute of Medicine
- Sally P. Mendoza, Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Staff Scientist, California National Primate Research Center
- Peter H. Lindert, Distinguished Research Professor of Economics
- Scott E. Carrell, Associate Professor, Economics
- Steven J. Luck, Professor, Psychology, Director, Center for Mind & Brain
- Robert A. Bell, Professor, Communication
- Dean Keith Simonton, Distinguished Professor, Psychology
- Ahmet Palazoglu, Professor & Chair, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
- Stephen Lewis, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Delmar Larsen, Assistant Professor, Chemistry
- Gary N. Cherr, Professor and Interim Director, Bodega Marine Laboratory
- Mario Biagioli, Distinguished Professor of Science and Technology Studies & Law Director, Center for Science & Innovation Studies
- Michael D. Toney, Professor, Chemistry
- Shota Atsumi, Assistant Professor, Chemistry
- Kirill Kovnir, Assistant Professor, Chemistry
- Thomas W. Schoener, Distinguished Professor, Evolution and Ecology
- Simon R. Cherry, Professor, Biomedical Engineering
- Alyson Mitchell, Professor, Food Science & Technology
- Kent J. Bradford, Professor, Plant Sciences
- T. M. DeJong, Professor, Plant Sciences
- Carlos H. Crisosto, Specialist, Plant Sciences
- Neil E. Schore, Professor and Vice-chair, Chemistry
- Louis W. Botsford, Professor, Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology
- Robert H. Becker, Professor, Physics
- Marylynn Barkley, Emeritus, Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior
- Joseph M. DiTomaso, Cooperative Extension Specialist, Plant Sciences
- Bruce C. Kirkpatrick, Professor, Plant Pathology
- Jay A. Rosenheim, Professor, Entomology
- Hildegarde Heymann, Professor, Viticulture and Enology
- Douglas Nelson, Professor, Microbiology
- Richard Grotjahn, Atmospheric Science and Climate Dynamics
- David Simpson, Professor, English
- Frederic Chedin, Associate Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biology
- Alan L. Balch. Distinguished Professor, Chemistry
- J. Edward Taylor, Professor, Agricultural and Resource Economics
- Bruce Hartsough, Professor, Biological and Agricultural Engineering
- Jacquelyn Gervay-Hague, Professor and Chair, Chemistry
- Nael H. El-Farra, Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering & Materials Science
- Giovanni Peri, Professor, Economics
- Carlton Larson, Professor, School of Law
- Athena Soulika, Assistant Professor, Dermatology
- Gabriel J. Chin, Professor, Law School
- Matt Traxler, Professor, Psychology
- Alan Brownstein, Distinguished Professor, Law School
- Evelyn Lewis, Professor, Law School
- Dennis Ventry, Professor, Law School
- Barbara A. Burrall, Health Sciences Clinical Professor, Dermatology
- Robert Hillman, Professor, Law School
- Lovell (Tu) Jarvis, Professor, Agricultural and Resource Economics
- Donna Shestowsky, Professor, Law School
- Margaret Johns, Senior Lecturer, Law School
- Albert Lin, Professor, Law School
- Rex Perschbacher, Professor, Law School
- Edward Imwinkelried, Professor, Law School
- Marilynn Etzler, Professor, Biochemistry
- Andrea Bjorklund, Professor, Law School
- Elizabeth Joh, Professor, Law School
- Tilahun Yilma, Distinguished Professor of Virology; Member, National Academy of Sciences
- Ashutosh Bhagwat, Professor, Law School
- Frank Osterloh, Professor, Chemistry
- Richard M. Frank, Professor, Law School
- Leslie Kurtz, Professor, Law School
- Yoko Ono, Assistant Researcher, Dermatology
- Jinyi Qi,Professor, Biomedical Engineering
- Courtney G. Joslin, Professor, Law School
- Isao Fujimoto, Emeritus Senior Lecturer, Community & Regional Development & Asian American Studies
- R. Paul Singh, Distinguished Professor, Food Engineering
- Wendy Silk, Professor, Land, Air, and Water Resources
- Jared T. Shaw, Assistant Professor, Chemistry
- Joel C. Dobris, Professor of Law, Emeritus
- Madhavi Sunder, Professor, Law School
- Donald P. Land, Professor, Chemistry
- Anupam Chander, Professor, Law School
- Kit S. Lam, Professor and Chair, Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine
- Peter B. Moyle, Professor, Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology
- John M. Labavitch, Professor, Plant Sciences
- Anthony Wexler, Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
- Robyn M. Rodriguez, Associate Professor, Asian American Studies
- Robert H Smiley, Dean and Professor Emeritus, Graduate School of Management
- Daniel L. Simmons, Professor, Law School
- Annaliese K. Franz, Assistant Professor, Chemistry
- Eric E. Conn, Professor Emeritus, Plant Biochemistry; Member, National Academy of Sciences
- Carlito Lebrilla, Distinguished Professor, Chemistry
- Clayton Tanaka, Professor, Law School
- Lisa Pruitt, Professor, Law School
- Sherman Stein, Professor Emeritus, Mathematics
- Charles F. Shoemaker, Professor, Food Science & Technology
- M. Levent Kavvas, Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Patricia A. Conrad, Professor of Parasitology, School of Veterinary Medicine
- Yannis F Dafalias, Professor, Civil Engineering
- Hsing-Jien Kung, Distinguished Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Medicine
- Jean VanderGheynst, Professor, Biological and Agricultural Engineering
- Themis J. Michailides, Plant Pathologist in AES, Department of Plant Pathology
- Mary Christopher, Professor, Veterinary Medicine
- Harold G. Levine, Professor and Dean, School of Education (signing in his individual capacity)
- Dennis Pendleton, Dean UC Davis Extension (signing in his individual capacity)
- Rena Zieve, Professor, Physics
- Georgia Drakakaki, Assistant Professor, Plant Sciences
- Michael W. Maher, Professor, Graduate School of Management
- Michael J. Singer, Professor Emeritus, Land, Air and Water Resources
- Jeffrey Mount, Professor, Geology
- Nicholas Curro, Associate Professor, Physics
- David Woodruff, Professor, Graduate School of Management
- Howard J. Spero, Chair, Geology
- Louise Kellogg, Professor, Geology
- Chih-Ling Tsai, Professor, Graduate School of Management
- Peter Schiffman, Emeritus Professor, Geology
- Howard W. Day, Professor, Geology
- Kenneth L. Verosub, Distinguished Professor, Geology
- Shannon W. Anderson, Professor, Graduate School of Management
- Warren Pickett, Distinguished Professor of Physics
- Athanasios Geromichalos, Assistant Professor, Economics
- Ryosuke Motani, Professor, Geology
- Christine Bruhn, Extension Specialist, Food Science and Technology
- Hemant K. Bhargava, Associate Dean, Graduate School of Management
- Shirley Chiang, Professor, Physics
- Eldridge Moores, Professor Emeritus, Geology
- Qing-Zhu Yin, Associate Professor, Geology
- Abigail Thompson, Professor, Mathematics
- John M. Boone, Professor and Vice Chair (Research) of Radiology; Professor, Biomedical Engineering
- Ken Joy, Professor, Computer Science
- Michelle Yetman, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Management
- Shannon McCormack, Acting Professor, Law School
- John W. Poulos, Professor of Law Emeritus, Law School
- Hearne Pardee, Chair, Art Studio
- Bruce D. Hammock, Distinguished Professor, Entomology; Member, National Academy of Sciences
- Margaret Ferguson, Professor, English
- Gina Werfel, Professor, Art
- Michael D. Lairmore, Dean, School of Veterinary Medicine (signing in his individual capacity)
- Damian C. Genetos, Assistant Research Professor, Anatomy, Physiology, and Cell Biology
- Greg Kuperberg, Professor, Mathematics
- Andrew Waldron, Professor, Mathematics
- Alex Mogilner, Professor, Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior and Mathematics
- Anne Schilling, Professor, Mathematics
- Joseph A. Biello, Associate Professor, Mathematics
- Constantin Genigeorgis, Professor Emeritus, School of Veterinary Medicine
- Annabeth Rosen, Professor Art & Art History
- Becca Thomases, Assistant Professor, Mathematics
- Dennis L Matthews, Director of the Center for Biophotonics and Professor, School of Medicine
- Margherita Heyer-Caput, Professor, French & Italian (signing in her individual capacity)
- Stephen M. Lane, Adjunct Professor Neurological Surgery
- Michael Kapovich, Professor, Mathematics
- John R. Roth, Distinguished Professor, Microbiology; Member, National Academy of Sciences
- Anthony Tyson, Distinguished Professor, Department of Physics; Member, National Academy of Sciences
- Konstantinos Zarbalis, Assistant Professor, Davis Medical Center Department of Pathology
- Fumio Matsumura, Distinguished Professor, Environmental Toxicology
Not quite a letter of support. More like a letter of wait and see. But if the report is authored by Bratton, then it's a delay for something that won't be taken seriously. Only in banks and in the academy do CEOs get such careful handling. My goodness, it is not a trial, it is an everyday event: firing someone in charge where things went terribly wrong.
ReplyDeleteLetter of support or wait and see. Either way, the faculty and staff generally seem to be behind the admin. I note - I did not sign the letter - partly because of, well, this person from Tennessee who has gotten me to ask some deeper questions about responsibility. I also did not like their wording of the letter as I do not feel "heartened" by the apologies, for example, Though I still do not think "firing" or "resignation" is the needed remedy at this point.
ReplyDeleteNote - diogenes99 et al - though I would like to see more responsibility taken, and I think the response toe the incident from the administration has been poor, I do not think, from what I know now, that this rises to a firing / resigning offense.
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