Hundreds of NYU faculty have already signed the statement below, calling on the university to respect the right of graduate students to "express and follow their beliefs about unionization without any fear of reprisals." If you are a faculty member at NYU and would like to add your name, please fill out the form below. To view the list of signatories, click here.

Dear Colleagues;

Regardless of our individual opinion about unionization for graduate assistants, we (the undersigned NYU faculty members), believe that in order to protect academic freedom and to maintain an open and collegial atmosphere at the university, graduate students should be free to express and follow their beliefs about unionization without any fear of reprisals. At a time when this institution is under heightened public scrutiny, it is all the more important to preserve this enviable tradition of freedom at NYU.

Participating in union activities -- including striking -- is a good faith decision that each individual makes according to his or her conscience. We therefore call on colleagues, on the faculty and in the administration, to guarantee that there will be no effort to intimidate students who choose to participate in a strike or other union activity.

Specifically, we ask our colleagues to ensure that such students are not penalized with regard to grades, credits, academic funding, letters of recommendation, future teaching opportunities and eligibility for academic awards, among other things. More subtle forms of intimidation--such as offering pastoral advice to students about the impact of union involvement on their professional careers--should also be eschewed. In our opinion, neutrality on these issues is a stance we morally owe to our students.

Signatories:

Thomas Abercrombie, Anthropology, FAS
Gerard Aching, Spanish and Portuguese, FAS
Rodolfo Aiello, Spanish and Portuguese, FAS
Gwendolyn Alker, Drama, TSOA
Richard Allen, Cinema Studies, TSOA
Julian Everett Allgood, Bobst Library
Edwin Amenta, Sociology, FAS
Maria Antonini, SCPS/GSP
Karl Appuhn, History, GSAS
Emily Apter, French, FAS
John Archer, English, FAS
Janice Arcidiacono, Graduate School of Nursing
Paul Arcidiacono, Counseling, GSE
Richard Arum, Sociology, FAS & Humanities and Social Sciences, Steinhardt
Aline Baehler, French, FAS
Gabriella Basterra, Spanish and Portuguese, FAS
Adam Becker, Classics and Religious Studies, FAS
Brigitte Miriam Bedos-Rezak, History
Zvi Ben-Dor, MEIS/History, FAS
Thomas Bender, History, FAS
Amy Bentley, Nutrition, Food Studies and Public Health, Steinhardt
Lauren Benton, History, FAS
Edward Berenson, History and French Studies, FAS
Claudie Bernard, French, FAS
Rachel Bernstein, History, FAS
Margaret Birns, SCPS
Renee Blake, Linguistics, FAS
Brian Booker, Expository Writing Program, FAS
Martha Bordman, ALI/SCPS
Eliot Borenstein, Russian and Slavic, FAS
Maarten Bosland, Environmental Medicine and Urology, School of Medicine
Dave Bowell, Psychology, Steinhardt
Laura S. Boylan, Department of Neurology, School of Medicine
Neil Brenner, Sociology and Metropolitan Studies, FAS
Breyten Breytenbach, Creative Writing
David Brimmer, Drama, TSOA
Barbara Browning, Performance Studies, TSOA
Joy Gould Boyum, Humanities Education, Steinhardt
Jane Burbank, History, FAS
Craig Calhoun, Sociology, FAS
Eduardo Capulong, Lawyering Program, Law School
Lonnie Carter, Goldberg Dramatic Writing, Tisch
Herrick Chapman, History and French Studies, FAS
Una Chaudhuri, Drama, TSOA, and English, FAS
Vivek Chibber, Sociology, FAS
Robert Christgau, Clive Davis Department of Recorded Music
Tamara Chin, East Asian Studies, CAS
Robby Cohen, Teaching and Learning, Steinhardt
Robert Cohen, German, FAS
Jan Cohen-Cruz, Drama, TSOA
Christopher Collins, English, FAS
Joy Connolly, Classics, FAS
Frederick Cooper, History, FAS
Catherine Coray, Drama, TSOA
Pam Crabtree, Anthropology, FAS
Patricia Crain, English, FAS
Suzanne Cusick, Music, FAS
Laura Daigen-Ayala, Teaching and Learning, Steinhardt
Arlene Davila, American Studies and Anthropology, FAS
Patrick Deer, English, FAS
Mark Dery, Journalism, FAS
Dipti Desai, Art and Art Professions, Steinhardt
Laura DeSena, SCPS, Liberal Arts
Daniel Deverell, Information Technologies, SCPS
Angela Dillard, Gallatin
Hasia Diner, Hebrew and Judaic Studies/History
Carolyn Dinshaw, Gender and Sexuality and English, FAS
Michael Dinwiddie, Gallatin
EL Doctorow, English, FAS
Georgina Dopico Black, Spanish and Portuguese, FAS
Ana Dopico, Comparative Literature and Spanish and Portuguese, FAS
Thomas Drysdale, Drama, TSOA
R. Luke DuBois, Music, Steinhardt
Lisa Duggan, American Studies and Gender and Sexuality, FAS
Stephen Duncombe, Gallatin
Troy Duster, Sociology, FAS
Miriam Eisenstein Ebsworth, Teaching and Learning, Steinhardt
Margot Ely, Teaching and Learning, Steinhardt
David Engel, Hebrew and Judaic Studies, FAS
Nicole Eustace, History, FAS
Avril Molissa Fenley, Experimental Theater Wing, Tisch
Ada Ferrer, History, FAS
Hartry Field, Philosophy, FAS
Alla Fil, Spanish and Portuguese, FAS
Sibylle Fischer, Spanish and Portuguese, FAS
JoEllen Fisherkeller, Culture and Communication, Steinhardt
Miriam Frank,General Studies, SCPS
Elaine Freedgood, English, FAS
Sharon Friedman, Gallatin
Everett Frost, Film and Television, TSOA
Norm Fruchter, Education Policy, Steinhardt
Alyshia Galvez, CLACS, FAS
David Garland, Law/Sociology, FAS
Brett Gary, Culture and Communication, Steinhardt
Kathleen Gerson, Sociology, FAS
Stephanie Gerson, French, FAS
Marvin Gettleman, History, FAS
Joe Gilford, Film and Television, TSOA
Michael Gilsenan, Middle Eastern Studies and Anthropology, FAS
Faye Ginsburg, Anthropology and Culture and Media, FAS
Jeff Goodwin, Sociology, FAS
Linda Gordon, History, FAS
Manu Goswami, History, FAS
Greg Grandin, History, FAS
Bruce Grant, Anthropology
Jean Graybeal, Gallatin
Adam Green, American Studies, and History, FAS
Barry Greenhut, Music, School of Education
Ed Guerrero, Cinema Studies, TSOA and Africana Studies, FAS
Douglas Guthrie, Sociology, FAS
Sally Guttmacher, Health Studies, Steinhardt
Yukiko Hanawa, East Asian Studies
Lynne Haney, Sociology, FAS
Phillip Brian Harper, American Studies and English, FAS
Harry Harootunian, East Asian Studies and History, FAS
Martin Harries, English, FAS
Christine Harrington, Politics, FAS
Vicki Hart, Drama, TSOA
Radha Hegde, Culture & Communication, Steinhardt
Barbara Heyns, Sociology, FAS
Virginia Hill, Speech Language Pathology, Steinhardt
Robert Hinton, Africana Studies, FAS
Martha Hodes, History, FAS
David W. Hogg, Physics, FAS
Denis Hollier, French, FAS
David Holmberg, Journalism
Justin Holt, Gallatin
Karen Hornick, Gallatin
Ruth Horowitz, Sociology, FAS
Philip Hosay, International Education, Steinhardt
Diana Hughes, Psychology, FAS
Kathy Hull, General Studies, SCPS
Bernd Huppauf, German, FAS
Steven Hutkins, Gallatin
Kota Inoue, East Asian Studies, CAS
Virginia Jackson, English, FAS
Kim Jessor, Grad Acting, Tisch
Mona Jimenez, Cinema Studies, TSOA
Mark Johnson, Art and Art Professions, Steinhardt
Walter Johnson, American Studies and History, FAS
Jonathan Kahana, Cinema Studies, TSOA
Marion Kaplan, Hebrew and Judaic Studies, FAS
Rebecca Karl, History and East Asian Studies, FAS
Esther Katz, History, FAS
Eric Klinenberg, Sociology, FAS
Terry Knickerbocker, Drama, TSOA
Zoya Kocur, Art & Art Professions, Steinhardt
Guenter Kopcke, Institute of Fine Arts, GSAS
Barbara Krauthamer, History, FAS
Karen Kupperman, History, FAS
Michael Landy, Psychology, FAS
Antonia Lant, Cinema Studies
Andrew Lee, Bobst Library
Torey Liepa, Cinema Studies, TSOA
Susie Linfield, Journalism, FAS
Zachary Lockman, Middle Eastern Studies and History, FAS
Laurence Lockridge, English, FAS
Michele Lowrie, Classics, FAS
Robert Lubar, Institute of Fine Arts, GSAS
Steven Lukes, Sociology, FAS
Elizabeth Machlan, Expository Writing
Richard Maisel, Sociology, FAS
Robert Malgady, Teaching and Learning, Steinhardt
Jane Malmo, Drama, TSOA
Emily Martin, Anthropology, FAS
Randy Martin, Art and Public Policy, TSOA
Gerald Marwell, Sociology, FAS
Paul Mattingly, History, FAS
John Mayher, Teaching and Learning, Steinhardt
John Maynard, English, FAS
Anna McCarthy, Cinema Studies, TSOA
Robert McChesney, Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, FAS
Micki McGee, Draper Program, FAS
Elizabeth McHenry, English, FAS
Matthew McKelway, Fine Arts, CAS
Sally Merry, Anthropology
Judith Miller, French, FAS
Mark Crispin Miller, Culture and Communication, Steinhardt
Toby Miller, American Studies and CLACS, FAS
Bella Mirabella, Gallatin
Nicholas Mirzoeff, Art and Art Professions, Steinhardt
Timothy Mitchell, Politics and Middle Eastern Studies, FAS
Sylvia Molloy, Spanish and Portuguese, FAS
Harvey Molotch, Metropolitan Studies and Sociology, FAS
Jairo Moreno, Music, FAS
Jim Morgan, Fine Arts, FAS
Jose Munoz, Performance Studies, FAS
Liam Murphy, Law
Fred Myers, Anthropology, FAS
Michael Nash, Bobst Library
Judith Némethy, Spanish and Portuguese, FAS
Eugene Nicole, French, FAS
Lara Nielsen, Drama, TSOA
Molly Nolan, History, FAS
Pedro Noquera, Teaching and Learning, Steinhardt
Lorie Novak, Photography and Imaging, TSOA
Tavia Nyong=o, Performance Studies, TSOA
Bertell Ollman, Politics, FAS
Christopher Otter, History, FAS
Crystal Parikh, American Studies and English, FAS
Carol Parness, Teaching and Learning, Steinhardt
Cyrus Patell, English, FAS
Hansell Patterson, ESSW
Michael Peachin, Classics, FAS
Marta Chaves Peixoto, Spanish and Portuguese, FAS
Ann Pellegrini, Religious Studies, FAS, and Performance Studies, TSOA.
Kimberly Phillips-Fein, Gallatin
Dana Polan, Cinema Studies, TSOA
Richard Pollack, CIMS/Math, FAS
Joesph Portanova, General Studies
Mary Louise Pratt, Spanish and Portuguese, FAS
Emily Pugh, SCPS
Laurin Raiken, Gallatin
Arvind Rajagopal, Culture and Communication, Steinhardt
Rayna Rapp, Anthropology, FAS
Christopher Ratte, Classics, FAS
Nancy Regalado, French, FAS
Timothy Reiss, Comparative Literature, FAS
Fred Ritchin, Photography and Imaging, TSOA
Moss Roberts, East Asian Studies, FAS
Susan Rogers, Anthropology, FAS
Avital Ronell, German, FAS
Renato Rosaldo, Latino Studies and Anthropology, FAS
Andrew Ross, American Studies, FAS
Kristin Ross, Comparative Literature, FAS
Kathleen Ross, Spanish and Portuguese, FAS
Nancy Ruttenburg, Comparative Literature, FAS
Christopher Rzonca, General Studies
Jeffrey Sammons, History, FAS
Sukhdev Sandhu, A/P/A and English, FAS
Bambi Schieffelin, Anthropology, FAS
Martin Schain, Politics and European Studies; FAS
Roman Scoccimarro, Physics
Ned Seeman, Chemistry, FAS
Karmenlara Seidman, Undergraduate Drama, TSOA
Richard Sennett, Sociology, FAS
William Serrin, Journalism, FAS
Svati Shah, Gender and Sexuality, FAS
Jonathan Shandell, Undergraduate Drama, TSOA
Dennis Shasha, Computer Science, FAS
Michael Shenefelt, SCPS/GSP
Karen Shimakawa, Performance Studies, TSOA and A/P/A, FAS
Beth Shinn, Psychology, FAS
Ella Shohat, Art and Public Policy, TSOA, and Middle Eastern Studies, FAS
John Shovlin, History
Patrick Shrout, Psychology, FAS
George Shulman, Gallatin
Richard Sieburth, Comparative Literature and French, FAS
John Singler, Linguistics, FAS
Lok Siu, A/P/A and Anthropology, FAS
Robert Sklar, Cinema Studies, TSOA
Trika Smith-Burke, Teaching and Learning, Steinhardt
Diane Snyder, SCPS
Alan Sokal, Physics, FAS
Chris Spain, Gallatin
Jeffrey Spear, English, FAS
Judith Stacey, Gender and Sexuality and Sociology, FAS
Robert Stam, Cinema Studies, TSOA
Mitchell Stephens, Journalism, FAS
Guenther Stotzky, Biology, FAS
Lisa M. Stulberg, Humanities and Social Sciences, Steinhardt
Marita Sturken, Culture and Communications, Steinhardt
Eduardo Subirats, Spanish and Portuguese, FAS
Constance Sutton, Anthropology, FAS
Diana Taylor, Performance Studies, TSOA
Jack Tchen, A/P/A and Gallatin
Paul Thompson, Film and Television, TSOA
Sinclair Thomson, History, FAS
Elayne Tobin, General Studies, SCPS
Jeffrey Trask, Museum Studies, GSAS
Diana Turk, Teaching and Learning, Steinhardt
Jim Uleman, Psychology, FAS
Siva Vaidhyanathan, Culture and Communication, Steinhardt
Keith Vincent, Comparative Literature and East Asian Studies, FAS
Robert Vorlicky, Drama, TSOA
Joanna Waley-Cohen, History, FAS
Daniel Walkowitz, History and Metropolitan Studies, FAS
Marc Walters, Chemistry, FAS
Bryan Waterman, English, FAS
John Waters, English, FAS
Carl Weinberg, Economics, FAS
Chris Wells, Acting, Steinhardt
Glenn Wharton, Museum Studies and IFA, FAS
Ellen Willis, Journalism, FAS
Rae C. Wright, Film & Television, TSOA
Hirokazu Yoshikawa, Psychology and Public Policy, FAS
Marilyn Young, History, FAS
George Yudice, American Studies and CLACS, FAS
Caitlin Zaloom, Metropolitan Studies and American Studies, FAS
Igor Zaslavsky, SCPS
Lisa Zemborain, Spanish and Portuguese, FAS
Xudong Zhang, Comparative Literature and East Asian Studies, FAS
Edward Ziter, Drama, TSOA
Angela Zito, Religious Studies and Anthropology, FAS
Ronald Zweig, Hebrew and Judaic Studies, FAS