This statement was written by a group of BGSU faculty. We know, though, that our words are not as important as action, and we urge anyone who has signed or who reads the statement to commit in any way they can to the dismantling of white supremacy.
You can find a list of immediate potential actions in this article. (The article’s title indicates that it is white people who should be doing this work, and that is absolutely true– but to clarify, our statement was not signed only by white faculty members.) The article is continuously updated with new suggestions.
We, the undersigned faculty members and graduate assistants, stand in solidarity with BGSU’s Black faculty, staff, students, and alumni. We recognize and see that the pain, grief, and anger of this moment are constants of Black experience, and impact Black lives and work.
We condemn the use of excessive force by police, the continued devaluation of Black lives, and the continued violation of human rights. We know that in addition to the recent violent deaths of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, and Tony McDade, the coronavirus pandemic has further exacerbated our nation’s systemic, racialized inequities and led to the deaths of thousands of Black Americans. And we condemn the state and federally sanctioned violence against those protesting injustice in cities across the nation.
Our university exists within these same white supremacist structures. We commit to de-normalizing Black deaths, and to combating systemic racism in BGSU’s classrooms and work spaces. We stand in witness to the violence and systemic oppression perpetrated against Black communities near and far, and we mourn the loss of Black life.
Katherine Meizel, College of Musical Arts (Ethnomusicology)
Hannah Mueller, Theatre and Film
Sandra L. Faulkner, Professor of Media and Communication, Director Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies
Angela Ahlgren, Associate Professor of Theatre and Film
Sheri Wells-Jensen, Associate Professor of Linguistics, English Department
Rebecca L. Skinner Green, Director Africana Studies, Associate Professor Art History
Kimberly Coates, Director of American Culture Studies
David J. Jackson, BGSU-FA President
Steve Demuth, Vice President, BGSU-FA
Sara Chambers, Teaching Professor of Theatre & Film, BGSU-FA Chief Unit Representative
Megan Rancier, Associate Teaching Professor of Ethnomusicology
Dawn Hubbell-Staeble, Teaching Professor of English
Danielle Kuhl, Associate Professor of Sociology
Kristie Foell, Associate Professor of German
Karen Guzzo, Professor of Sociology
Julie Didelot, Teaching Professor, Natural & Social Sciences (Firelands Campus)
Emily Anzicek, Associate Teaching Professor, School of Media and Communication
Amy Fidler, Professor of Teaching, Graphic Design
Sue Ellen McComas, Associate Professor of Communication
Christina Guenther, Professor of German, Department of World Languages and Cultures
Rob Snyder, Associate Professor in the University Libraries
Khani Begum, Associate Prof. of English
William Huepenbecker, Teaching Professor of Mathematics
Jim Foust, Professor of Media and Communication
Allie Terry-Fritsch, Associate Professor of Art History
Thomas Edge, Associate Teaching Professor of Ethnic Studies
Colleen Fitzgerald, Communication Sciences and Disorders
Radhika Gajjala
Lisa Hanasono
John Dowd, School of Media & Communication
Christine Genovese, Associate Professor of Biology
Jenjira Yahirun, Assistant Professor of Sociology
Lauren Maziarz, Assistant Professor of Public and Allied Health
Valeria Grinberg Pla, Professor of Spanish
Cynthia Stroud, Adjunct Instructor of Theatre
Bradford Clark, Professor of Theatre and Film
Dryw Dworsky, Clinical Professor of Psychology
Shannon Orr
Diana DePasquale, Women’s Studies and Ethnic Studies
Scott Highhouse, Professor of Psychology
Stephanie Walls, Associate Professor of Political Science
Susan M. Cruea, Teaching Professor of English
Christopher Witulski, Assistant Teaching Professor of Ethnomusicology
Linda Brown, Associate Professor, University Libraries
Laura Landry Meyer, Associate Professor, Human Development & Family Studies
Nancy Down, Associate Professor in the University Libraries
Bob Midden, Emeritus Assoc. Professor, Department of Chemistry
Sidra Lawrence
Linda Rich, Professor, University Libraries
Jerry Schnepp, Associate Professor of Visual Communication Technology
Allen Rogel, Professor of Teaching of Physics & Astronomy
Kit Chan, Professor of Mathematics
Kristina LaVenia, Assistant Professor
Hyun Kyoung Ro, Associate Professor, Higher Education and Student Affairs
Carney Strange, Professor Emeritus, Higher Education and Student Affairs
Heather Jordan, Associate Teaching Professor of English
Andy Schocket, Professor of History and American Culture Studies
Ethan Jordan, Associate Professor of Teaching, Dept. of English
Karen Terry
Lesa Lockford, Professor, Department of Theatre and Film
Lynn Pearson, Associate Professor of Spanish
Michael E. Brooks, Associate Professor of Teaching, History
Kyle Moninger, Assistant Teaching Professor of Applied Statistics
Brittany Lasch, Assistant Professor of Trombone
Bonnie Mitchell, Professor of Digital Arts
William O’Brien, Professor, Psychology
Lucas Ostrowski, Associate Professor of Film Production
Errol Lam. Jerome Library Emeritus
Jenn Stucker, Associate Professor of Graphic Design
Raymond I. Schuck, Associate Professor, Firelands-Humanities
Gordon C Ricketts, Teaching Professor
Charlie Kanwischer, Director, School of Art
Staci Freeworth, Associate Clinical Professor, Food and Nutriton
Meggan Hartzog, Assistant Teaching Professor, Physical Education Health Education
Jessica Bankey, Clinical Assistant Professor of Public and Allied Health
Paul Wesley Alday, Director of Forensics and Debate, Media and Communication
Mary-Jon Ludy, Associate Professor and Interim Chair, Public and Allied Health
Sarah Rainey-Smithback
Comer Duncan, Emeritus Professor of Physics and Astronomy
Andrew Hershberger, Division of Art History
Jeremy Wallach, Professor of Popular Culture
Christopher Frey, Associate Professor of Education
Lynn Whitney , associate professor school of Art
Edith Scarletto, Assistant Professor Library Teaching and Learning
Alli Hoag, Assistant Professor of Studio Art
Craig L. Zirbel, Professor of Mathematics and Statistics
Matthew Lavery, Assistant Professor of Classroom Assessment, Research, and Applied Statistics in Education
Kristen Rudisill, Associate Professor of Popular Culture
Stephen Langendorfer, Professor Emeritus, HMSLS
James M. Pfundstein, Teaching Professor in Classics, Department of World Languages & Cultures
Dr. E.W. Gorsevski, Associate Professor in Communication in the School of Media & Communication
Philip Terrie, Emeritus Professor of English
Rick Worch, Professor, School of Teaching and Learning
Meredith Gilbertson, Associate Teaching Professor of Sociology
Susana Peña, Associate Professor of Ethnic Studies & Director of School of Cultural & Critical Studies
Molly Laflin, Professor Emeritus, School of FCS
Penny Kruse, Professor of Violin
Justin Rex, assistant Professor of Political Science
Vikki Krane, professor of HMSLS
Eileen K. Bosch, Associate Professor, Library Teaching and Learning
Lori Liggett, Teaching Professor of Media & Communication
Sachi Sakthivel, Emeritus Professor, College of Business
Scott PIroth, Teaching Professor of Political Science
Francisco Cabanillas, Professor, World Languages and Cultures
Amy Robinson, Associate Professor of Spanish
Marissa Saneholtz, Assistant Teaching Professor of Art
Geoff Stephenson, QRF
Peg Yacobucci, Professor of Geology, School of Earth, Environment & Society
Patrick Felton
Dan Cullen, Graduate Teaching Assistant
Dennis Sloan, Theatre and Film
Rick Busselle
Sam Lim, Graduate Student of Clinical Psychology
Hassan Rajaei, Professor of Computer Science
Michael Arrigo, Professor of Art
Louisa Ha, Professor, School of Media and Communication
Mohamadreza Babaee, Doctoral Candidate, Department of Theatre and Film
Beatrice Guenther, Associate Professor of World Languages & Cultures/French
Mahmoud Abusultan, Graduate Theatre Student.
Abigail Cloud, Teaching Professor, Dept of English
Michelle Sweetser, Assistant Professor, University Libraries
Hannah Koerten, Graduate Student in Clinical Psychology
Greg Dickerson, Advisor – College of Education and Human Development
Chad Iwertz Duffy, Assistant Professor of English
Rob Sloane, Assistant Teaching Professor of American Culture Studies
Scott C. Martin, Professor of History and ACS
Amy Fry, Associate Professor, Collections & Technical Services, University Libraries
David Loehr, Graduate Teaching Assistant, Theatre and Film
Tracy Susko, Senior Secretary
Vera Lux, Associate Professor, Library Teaching and Learning
Cynthia Whipple, World Languages and Cultures
Nicole Tuttle, Graduate Student and Assistant
Steve Boone, Theatre and Film
Leesi Patrick, Graduate Assistant of Theatre & Film Dept.
Daniel Ricken, Doctoral Candidate, BGSU Department of Theatre and Film
Ewart Skinner, Associate Professor, Media and Communication
Michael Ellison, Associate Professor in the Department of Theatre and Film
Justin Hopper, Department of Theatre and Film
Blessy McWan, Doctoral Student, School of Media and Communication
Barbara Moses, Emeritus Professor of Mathematics
Robyn Miller
Jennifer Crawford, Psychology
Mary Krueger, Adjunct Instructor, Human Development & Family Studies
Daniel Pavuk Teaching Professor of Biological Sciences
Tabetha K. Violet, Graduate Instructor, Women’s Gender and Sexuality Studies
Montana Miller, Department of Popular Culture.
Eric Mandell, Teaching Professor of Physics and Astronomy
Molly Gardner, Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Chris Robinson-Nkongola, Reference and Instruction Librarian, Library Teaching and Learning
Taylar Dawn Stagner Graduate Assistant in American Culture Studies
Riddhima Sharma, Graduate Teaching Associate – Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies.
Maureen Barry, Assistant Professor, Library Teaching and Learning
Ruthy Light, Teaching Professor, Art History
Jasmine Crighton, School of Media & Communication
Jolie Sheffer
Dan Piccolo, Assistant Professor of Music
Janet Ballweg, Professor of Art
Rachel Ann Walsh, Assistant Teaching Professor, English and International Studies
Morgan Durfee, Graduate Teaching Assistant, School of Media & Communication
Margaret McCubbin, Associate Professor of Theatre & Film
Kate Dailey, Associate Professor of English, Associate Dean
Jonathan Chambers, Professor of Theatre and Film
Colleen Murphy, Lecturer in Dance
Lucy Long, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Folklore and Nutrition
Heidi L. Nees, Theatre & Film
Jasmine Crighton, School of Media & Communication
Serena Wong, Department of Psychology
Chris Ward, Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences
Kim Turner Young, Associate Teaching Professor, School of Art
Mary Natvig, Professor, College of Musical Arts (MUCT)
Kacee Ferrell Snyder, Ph.D., Affiliated Faculty for Women’s Gender & Sexuality Studies and Higher Education & Student Affairs
Ellen E. Berry, Professor Emeritus, English and American Culture Studies
Madeline Duntley, Associate Professor of Sociology
Morgan Durfee, Graduate Teaching Assistant, School of Media & Communication
Jared Rose, Assistant Professor of Clinical Mental Health & School Counseling Programs
Monica Longmore, Professor of Sociology
Chris Cavera, Assistant Teaching Professor of Media Production
Casey Stark, Assistant Teaching Professor of History
Lee Nickoson, Professor and Chair of English
Tom Muir, Distinguished Professor, School of Art
Kimberly Spallinger, Teaching Professor of English
Amanda McGuire Rzicznek, Teaching Professor in English
Emily Barnes-Hanna, Assistant Clinical Professor of Medical Laboratory Science
Jose A. Cardenas, Teaching Professor of Media Production and Studies
Leah Bogusch, MA, Psychology Department Graduate Assistant
Amy Morgan, Professor of Exercise Science
Alberto González, Professor, School of Media & Communication
Margaret Weinberger, Teaching Professor, Sociology
Kim Fleshman, Adjunct Instructor of Marketing
Sean D. Williams, Assistant Teaching Professor of Media and Communication
Jordan Wilfong, Assistant Professor of Social Work
Jeanelle Sears, Assistant Professor of Social Work
Amy Cook, Associate Teaching Professor of English
Lauren Dial, Graduate Student in Psychology
Erin Dulek, Graduate Student
Rachel Wasson
Sarah E. Russin, Psychology Department
Wesley R. Barnhart, Graduate Research Assistant I, Department of Psychology
Cortland Rankin, Assistant Professor of Film Studies, Dept. of Theatre and Film
Patrick Vrooman, Director, Educators in Context & Community (ECCO), School of Teaching & Learning
Deborah A. O’Neil, Professor, Management
Tracy Sims, Graduate Student in Clinical Psychology
Jennifer Grant, Graduate Student in Psychology
Ryan Ebright, Assistant Professor of Musicology
