Karma Chávez

Dr. Matt Poling @RudderAssoc and Texas State Rep. Brian Harrison @brianeharrison have been busy commenting from behind their safe spaces, attacking, dismissing, and demeaning the actions that Dr. Martin Peterson and I took to expose the real consequences of Texas A&M’s censorship of topics related to race, gender, and sexuality. In response, we invited them to publicly debate the merits of TAMU’s 08.01 policy. So far—silence! It seems easier to attack from a distance than to defend your position face-to-face. The offer still stands. Name the place. Name the time.

To submit written testimony email the board here: BORMTG-PublicTestimony@tamus.edu Instructions here: tamus.edu/regents/public…

🚨🚨 Texas A&M Board of Regents is meeting next week and set to approve a new policy requiring pre-approval of courses on race, gender, and sexuality. This is a blatant violation of academic freedom.

UT-Austin considering offer to adopt Trump priorities for funding advantages texastribune.org/2025/10/02/uni… via @TexasTribune

Not dignifying this with a comment.

White House attacks on diversity, equity, and inclusion may be new, but in Texas, this attack has been going on for some time. #DEI advocates and organizers share lessons learned along the way. hubs.ly/Q03cK3Cp0 @queermigrations

Gotta love sloppy research by @TPPF’s Sherry Sylvester who repeats the wrong claim that there’s 400 classes on gender and 200 on race at @UTAustin. She didn’t even bother to account for cross lists. Numbers are not near that. With “expert” testimony like this, @SenCreighton…

It's never been a better time to think about #BlackPower. @ProfJeffries & I are co-editing a Special Issue on "The Roots and Routes of Black Power." Got thoughts & feels about activism past & present? Submit an article by July 1https://buff.ly/3uWLmmz

BREAKING: In response to Trump's Jan. 21 DEI executive order, @UNC_System sent out a memo on Feb. 5 suspending all general education requirements and major-specific requirements "mandating completion of course credits related to diversity, equity, and inclusion."

Sonoma State Administrators Announce Layoffs, Department Closures and Mergers For more: calfac.org/sonoma-state-a…

I am a member of the newly formed editorial collective of Communication, Culture & Critique. We stand in solidarity with the Palestinian people and call on our colleagues to stand against Israeli apartheid and the continuing effects of genocide in Gaza. cracs.nyu.edu/ccc

In another assault on academic freedom & peaceful protest, a professor at the @UCIrvine is facing 3 misdemeanor charges for her effort to protect students from armed riot police on campus. The latest from the AAUP's @AcademeBlog: academeblog.org/2024/11/01/ass…

"The Cat Lady of Gaza," by @queermigrations, the one and only, and member of @AgainstEquality. "The question of what I could do at home to support Palestinian self-determination has been with me every day for the last nine years since returning home." journalofmultimodalrhetorics.com/8-2-chavez

NEW: A judge grants pro-Palestinian student groups standing to pursue a sweeping lawsuit against their institutions for alleged 1a violations, including the PSC at @UTAustin's case against @JCHartzell for viewpoint discrimination. More: statesman.com/story/news/cou…

Important ruling on free speech and critique of Israel: cair.com/press_releases…

Research out of the U of Houston on bias in college-level promotion & tenure committees. ‘The underrepresented minority are “held to a higher standard … in terms of scholarly productivity.”…this is especially the case for underrepresented minorities who are also women.’

The University of Minnesota's decision to rescind a job offer to Prof. Raz Segal to serve as the faculty director of the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies is an "egregious violation of academic freedom" says AAUP's @ProfTWolf in a new statement: bit.ly/4eGnnZv 🧵

✴️Important read! Learn about how fights for #DEI, #academicfreedom, #FreeSpeech, shared governance, and due process are all connected. Important lessons and action steps for all campuses. We are stronger together! ✊🏽✊🏾✊

UT Austin AAUP Message to President Jay Hartzell About Not Following Due Process In Refusing to Evaluate Liberal Arts Dean Ann Stevens for Renewal @LiberalArtsUT aaup-utaustin.org/2024/10/12/ut-…

Danielle Hodge & I are co-editing a special issue of Communication & Democracy on #CRT. Deadline 1/15/25. Email karma.chavez@utexas.edu with questions. #CFP #TeamRhetoric think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issues…