*Taps mic*
To Whom It May Concern:
A Resolution Of the Undersigned Executive Faculty of The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy1
Tufts University
March 29, 2025
Resolved: That the undersigned Executive Faculty of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy urge and would support Tufts University commencing legal action, without delay and in concert with other universities if possible, to enjoin the government and its agents from arresting, detaining, or deporting university students, staff, or faculty based upon their engagement in constitutionally protected expression.
The signatories below constitute a majority of the Executive Faculty.2
Block, Steven—Professor of International Economics
Burgess, Katrina—Professor of Political Economy
Dannenbaum, Tom—Associate Professor of International Law
Drezner, Daniel—Distinguished Professor of International Politics
Ebrahim, Alnoor—Professor of Management
Glennon, Michael J.—Professor of International Law
Jacobsen, Karen—Henry J. Leir Associate Professor of Global Migration
Jacque, Laurent—Walter B. Wriston Professor of International Finance and Banking
Jalal, Ayesha—Professor of History, Tufts University
Johnstone, Ian—Professor of International Law
Khan, Sulmaan—Associate Professor of International History and Chinese Foreign Relations
Klein, Michael W.—William L. Clayton Professor of International Economic A\airs
Knudsen, Jette—Shelby Cullom Davis Professor of International Business
Kowalczyk, Carsten—Associate Professor of International Economics
Leake, Elisabeth—Lee E. Dirks Associate Professor of History
McCracken, Melissa—William Moomaw Assistant Professor of International Energy and Resource Policy
Rouhana, Nadim—Professor of International Negotiation and Conflict Studies
Shultz, Jr., Richard H.—Professor of International Politics
Simonin, Bernard—Professor of Marketing and International Business
Theidon, Kimberly—Henry J. Leir Professor of International Humanitarian Studies
Toft, Monica Du\y—Professor of International Politics
Trachtman, Joel P.—Professor of International Law
Wolff, Josephine—Associate Professor of Cyber Security and Policy
That is all — for now.
For the uninitiated: “Executive Faculty” means tenure-stream faculty — tenured or tenure track. It does not include adjunct professors, visiting professors, or professors of the practice.
As more executive faculty sign, their names will be added to this post.
Good for you! Well done!
Thank you for being on the right side of history.