In Support of Academic Freedom at UCSB and Professor William I. Robinson

To:  UCSB Chancellor Henry Yang, cc: Martin Scharlemann, Academic Senate Charges Officer; Gene Lucas, Executive Vice-Chancellor; Melvin Oliver, Dean of Social Sciences; Susan J. Mazer, Chair, AS Committee on Committees; Joel Michaelson, Chair, Academic Senate;

We the undersigned:
• Demand that academic freedom as defined by the 1940 Statement of Principles on Academic Freedom and Tenure by the American Association of University Professors be protected on this campus at all cost to ensure open and critical dialogue.
• Demand that the attack on Professor Robinson’s academic freedom, one that ominously recalls similar campaigns against other critical academics across the nation, be publicly condemned.
• Demand the immediate dismissal of all of the charges against Professor Robinson as frivolous, unfounded, and malicious. Any further consideration of these baseless attacks is unacceptable.
• Join other students and faculty in pledging that we will not accept any resolution of this matter that is unfavorable to Professor Robinson and academic freedom.
• Join other students and faculty in demanding that academic critique of states, governments, and political structures, including the state of Israel be protected as political speech.


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Sincerely,

The Undersigned

The In Support of Academic Freedom at UCSB and Professor William I. Robinson Petition to UCSB Chancellor Henry Yang, cc: Martin Scharlemann, Academic Senate Charges Officer; Gene Lucas, Executive Vice-Chancellor; Melvin Oliver, Dean of Social Sciences; Susan J. Mazer, Chair, AS Committee on Committees; Joel Michaelson, Chair, Academic Senate; was created by Committee to Defend Academic Freedom at UCSB and written by Cesar Rodriguez (cdaf.ucsb@gmail.com).  This petition is hosted here at www.PetitionOnline.com as a public service. There is no endorsement of this petition, express or implied, by Artifice, Inc. or our sponsors. For technical support please use our simple Petition Help form.