Above photo: Students at California State Polytechnic University Humboldt (Cal Poly Humboldt) have been occupying a campus building since Monday, April 22 to protest the genocide in Gaza and university ties to Israel. Janet Winston.
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As faculty at Cal Poly Humboldt, we deplore the use of physical violence by police and the deployment of extreme tactics to surveil students, escalate tensions, and criminalize free speech exercised by students calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.
Note: Students at California State Polytechnic University Humboldt (Cal Poly Humboldt) have been occupying a campus building since Monday, April 22 to protest the genocide in Gaza and university ties to Israel. They have already been brutalized by the police once, and a second police raid and extraction of student protesters occupying the building is feared imminent. Below is a letter that Cal Poly Humboldt Faculty have written in response to the police violence used against Humboldt students, and in support of the students’ demands.
To: The Cal Poly Humboldt community and Administrators
Tom Jackson, Jr., University President
Jenn Capps, Provost & Vice President, Academic Affairs
Chrissy Holliday, Vice President, Enrollment Management & Student Success
Frank Whitlatch, Executive Director & Secretary, Board of Directors, Cal Poly Humboldt Foundation
As faculty at Cal Poly Humboldt, we deplore the use of physical violence by university, local, and regional police officers and sheriffs and the deployment of other extreme tactics such as helicopters, to surveil students, escalate tensions, and criminalize free speech exercised by students calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. We also find unacceptable the attempt to shut down student voices by shutting down campus.
We call on all CPH administrators to reflect on the real harm that this crackdown on free speech inflicts and the message it sends to current and future students, their parents, faculty, and staff, and our communities within and beyond Humboldt. Brutalizing students who raise urgent protest according to their consciences is shameful. Our students are responding in earnest to our federal government’s support of genocidal violence against an oppressed Indigenous people–Palestinians living in Gaza, who are already refugees, the victims of previous ethnic cleansing. As the human rights organization Al-Haq reminds us, “The Palestinian struggle, as the struggles of all those oppressed, is a shared responsibility, transcending borders and backgrounds. The path to justice has been long, but it is a path we are unwaveringly committed to walking until the rights of the Palestinian people are realised.”
Cal Poly’s Office of the President’s “Resilience & Community” webpage highlights the “renowned intellectual Cornel West,” whose platform for U.S. president promises to “Protect free speech” and “Cease military funding to the State of Israel.” Dr. West spoke to Humboldt students during Black Liberation month 2020, and, according to Humboldt’s website, provided “just the kind of positive connection that can define a student’s college experience.” Dr. West has also spoken out in support of the student encampment for Gaza at Columbia, which inspired our students at Cal Poly Humboldt to launch their protest in solidarity and support for the same demands. Humboldt students see the connection between free speech, campus organizing, and transformative global change. Chants on the quad on the first night of the student sit-in, calling for “Justice for Josiah,” make clear that students connect state violence of police and prosecutor failures when responding to student David Josiah Lawson’s stabbing, and the oppressive tactics used by police in response to a student sit-in. The police helicopter circling for hours over Siemens Hall on April 22, 2024, was diverted from an urgent search and rescue operation, illustrating that criminalizing students puts more lives in jeopardy.
If, as the emergency message “Campus Closed, Siemens Hall Protest” on CPH’s webpage states, “The University is deeply concerned about the safety of the protestors who have barricaded themselves inside the building” then why were students and faculty battered and bloodied by campus police? Why is occupying a building on campus to express the urgency of refusing to be complicit in genocide being characterized as a form of violence in this “emergency” message? Campus and city police officers, acting at the behest of the highest levels of university administrators, responded to students sitting in a building and chanting by throwing students to the ground, violently arresting multiple people, clubbing at least one student in the head, and batoning a faculty witness in the stomach. It is disgraceful for campus administrators to care more about chairs and buildings than the safety of students and their demands for global justice by acting locally. This mindset puts students’ lives in jeopardy as they attempt to awaken us to the nightmarish realities that confront us. This is not the first time our university’s administration has sent police to suppress, rather than address, our students’ urgent demands for justice this semester. We urge this to be the last time police violence is deployed on our campus.
The decisions regarding campus closure and changes to teaching modalities have been made without consultation with the faculty, which undermines the principles of shared governance.
Such actions infringe upon our freedom of expression as educators and decision-makers within the academic community. It’s crucial to uphold these values to ensure transparency, collaboration, and respect for diverse perspectives.
The Humboldt Administration’s decision to lock campus buildings, immediately and without warning, led to students, who were studying for finals, to lose access to their belongings locked inside the library and to faculty, who were marking papers and preparing final exams, to have to scramble to try to access their locked offices. There have not been adequate alternatives provided even for access to bathrooms, which has led to concerning hygiene issues and safety risks. Administration must rectify these immediate barriers to student and faculty safety and reassess the decisions made regarding campus access to ensure the well-being and security of all members of the community.
As witnessed on scene and reported on police scanners, police scrambled WiFi signals on campus to inhibit communication, a disturbing and even dystopian tactic. We are also troubled by the use of campus resources last night to suppress student protest, including a non-police university maintenance truck used to remove the furniture at the front of the building and to kettle students at the entrance to Siemens. The truck became a militarized weapon in the hands of the police. It is troubling, but not surprising, to see police working with university administration to carry out some of the same technology surveillance and crowd repression tactics that the Israeli army and border police regularly use on Palestinians protesting. We heard our students last night speak to the visceral solidarity they felt with Palestinians as Humboldt students witnessed the level of militarized police violence on their campus in protection of property instead of lives and justice.
Our university’s purpose, proudly displayed on our website, unequivocally calls for us to “provide the highest quality and affordable college education built on the contributions of diverse students, staff, and faculty who are committed to a just and sustainable world.” Our students have taken this purpose to heart and are raising their voices in unison around the clock to say, no, this generation will not be complicit in genocide. CPH’s professed vision is to be “a campus for those who seek above all else to improve the global human condition and our relationship with the environment We will be a center for the interdisciplinary study of just global societies. We will approach our work with an equity mindset and continue to emphasize inclusion across multiple dimensions of our university, modeling what we want to see in the world We will partner with Indigenous communities to address the legacy of colonialism, and create space nurturing of traditional ecological knowledge (TEK), pedagogies, and curricula responsive to their identified needs.” By criminalizing resistance to crimes against humanity and student calls to end the violent “legacy” and ongoing injustice of settler colonialism in Palestine and on their campus, we are failing to embody our institution’s purpose and vision.
We reiterate and build upon the demands of those sitting in at Siemens Hall: full disclosure of CPH’s ties with Israel; an academic boycott to end institutional connections with Israeli universities including CSU study abroad in Israel; divestment from companies profiting from and upholding the occupation of Palestine; dropping charges against student organizers; and advocating for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and end to the occupation of Palestine. We also call for Cal Poly Humboldt Foundation’s providing greater transparency in where Humboldt’s endowment funds are invested, the exact nature of Cal Poly Humboldt Foundation’s investment pledge for sustainability and social responsibility, and an expanded pledge to divest Humboldt’s endowment from companies that support the Occupation of Palestine and the genocide in Gaza.
Cal Poly Humboldt Faculty and Staff Signatures:
- Prof. Janet Winston, Department of English, Department of Critical Race, Gender and Sexuality Studies affiliated faculty
- Gabi Kirk, Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Environment, and Spatial Analysis
- Christina Hsu Accomando, Professor, Departments of English and Critical Race, Gender & Sexuality Studies
- Robert Mónico, Assistant Professor, Critical Race, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
- Dr. Caglar Dolek, Assistant Professor, Sociology & Criminology and Justice Studies Program
- Michihiro Sugata, Associate Professor, Sociology/Criminology & Justice Studies
- Nancy Perez, Assistant Professor, Critical Race, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
- Andrea Delgado, Assistant Professor in English
- Cinthya Ammerman Muñoz, Assistant Professor, Department of Native American Studies
- Tani Sebro, Associate Professor, Politics
- Ana Bernal, Program Director and Lecturer, Sexual Assault Prevention Committee Co-Chair; Critical Race, Gender and Sexuality Studies Department
- Sarah Jaquette Ray, Chair and professor, Environmental Studies
- Dominic Corva, Assistant Professor, Sociology
- Torisha Khonach, PhD, Lecturer, Sociology
- Meridith Oram, Academic Advisor (Past Volunteer Lecturer), Academic Advising
- Laura Johnson, PhD, Lecturer, Geography and Environmental Studies
- Nicholas Perdue, Associate Professor, Geography, Environment & Spatial Analysis
- Rouhollah Aghasaleh, Assistant Professor, School of Education
- Paul Michael L. Atienza, Assistant Professor, Critical Race, Gender & Sexuality Studies
- Kelda Quintana, Academic Advisor
- Maxwell Schnurer, Professor and department chair, Communication
- Aaron Gregory, Assistant Professor, Native American Studies
- Joe Curtis, Lecturer, Native American Studies
- Nina Misch, Lecturer, Social Work
- Whitney Ogle, Associate Professor, School of Applied Health
- Kerry Marsden, Lecturer, English
- Marianne Ahokas, PhD, Lecturer, English
- Hallie Lepphaille, Program Coordinator & Academic Advisor, School of Education
- Stephanie Lumsden, Lecturer, Native American Studies
- María Corral Rocha, Adjunct Faculty, Critical Race, Gender and Sexuality Studies
- Romi Hitchcock Tinseth, Faculty, Communication
- Kaitlin Reed, Assistant Professor, Native American Studies
- Tessa Head, Lecturer, English
- Megan Siaosi, Lecturer, Native American Studies
- Marisol Ruiz, Professor, School of Education
- Jamie Jensen, Associate Professor, Social Work
- Erin M. Sullivan, Lecturer, English
- Heal McKnight, Lecturer in Creative Writing, English
- Tony Wallin-Sato, Lecturer, Crit. Race Gender and Sexuality Studies
- Maral N. Attallah, Distinguished Lecturer, Critical Race, Gender & Sexuality Studies
- Janaee’ N. Sykes, Academic Advisor, AAC
- Isaac Torres, Lecturer and Academic Advisor, Critical Race, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and The Academic Advising Center
- Natalie Giannini, Lecturer , English
- Nicolette Amann, Faculty and Director, English
- Lisa Tremain, Chair, English
- Sarah Ben-Zvi, Lecturer, English
- Janelle Adsit, Associate Professor, English
- Katie Koscielak, Lecturer, Geography & Environmental Studies
- Dr. H.Benjamin Shaeffer, Assistant Professor, Philosophy
- Kayla Begay, Chair, Associate Professor, Native American Studies
- Tim Miller, Librarian, Library
- Cindy Moyer, Chair, Dance, Music, and Theatre
- Dr. Ramona j.j. Bell, Chair and professor, Department of Critical Race, Gender & Sexuality Studies
- Tony Sivaggio, Chair, Department of Sociology
- Dylan McClure, Lecturer, Social Work
- Seth Bradley, Research Analyst, Alum, Graduate Student, IRAR, Politics, Sociology
- Toby Walker, IT Consultant, ITS
- CFA Humboldt Executive Board
- Dr. Nikola Hobbel, Professor, English
- Edwin Espinoza, Information Technology Consultant, ITS
- Jocelyne Takatsuno, Pre-Award Specialist, Sponsored Programs Foundation
- Virginia Ryder, Lecturer, Music
- Jim Graham, Professor, ESM
- Marissa Ramsier, Chair, Department of Anthropology
- Qualla Jo Ketchum, Assistant Professor, School of Engineering
- Marcos Hernandez, Lecturer, English
- Laura Power, Lecturer, Social Work
- Elisabeth Harrington, Associate Professor-Voice, Dance, Music & Theatre
- Roxann Schroeder, Lecturer, Biology and ESM
- Crane Conso, Research Analyst, CCRP & Psych
- Jordan McDowell, Program coordinator, Education
- Bonnie Ludka, Assistant Professor, School of Engineering
- Kevin Fingerman, Associate Professor, Environmental Science & Management
- Rain L. Marshall, JD, Lecturer, NAS/CRGS
- Rachael Wade, Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences
- Angela Turner, Grant Analyst, Sponsored Programs Foundation
- L. Rae Robison, Professor, Theatre
- Emily Lavrador, Lecturer, English
- Christine Cass, Chair and Associate Professor, Oceanography
- Charles Moore, CARE Basic Needs Coordinator, Dean of Students
- Daneil O’Shea, Lecturer, Oceanography
- Tristan Gleason, Associate Professor, School of Education
- Awbrey Yost, Lecturer, Environmental Science and Management
- Corrina Wells, Title V Projects Director, Academic Affairs
- Shannon Berge, Academic Advisor, Academic Advising Center
- Kelly Fortner, Student Support Coordinator, Center for Community Based Learning
- Chris Harmon, Professor, Chemistry & Biochemistry
- Grace Coleman, Administrative Support Coordinator, School of Business
- Rob Keever, CARE Coordinator, Dean of Students
- Gema Quiroz Torres, Staff, Alumni, Critical Race, Gender and Sexuality Studies
- Amy Cirincione O’Connor, LCSW, Lecturer, Social Work
- Mary Scoggin, Professor, Anthropology
- Elias Pence, Lecturer, Critical Race, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
- Sean Craig, Professor, Biological Sciences
- Karen Davy, Lecturer, Music
- Maria Bartlett, Professor Emerita, Social Work
- John Reiss, Professor of Zoology, Biological Sciences
- Emily Baxter, Lecturer, Environmental Science & Management
- Daniel Barton, Chair and Associate Professor, Wildlife
- George Wrenn, Librarian, University Library
- Elizabeth A. Eschenbach, Professor & Program Lead of Environmental Resources Engineering, School of Engineering
- Yvonne Doble, Lecturer, Social Work
- Dawn Goley, Professor of Zoology, Biological Sciences
- Sarah Peters Gonzalez, Academic Advisor, Academic Advising Center
- Gordon Ulmer, Assistant Professor, Applied Anthropology MA Coordinator, Anthropology
- Daniela Cerbino, PhD, Assistant Professor, World Languages and Cultures
- Michael Eldridge, Professor Emeritus, English
- Leslie Ridelander, Research Grant Analyst, Sponsored Programs Foundation
- Mary Glenn, Professor, Anthropology
- Renee Byrd, Associate Professor, English
- David Sinn, Lecturer, Wildlife
- Binta Wright, Office Manager, SPF
- Stuart Juodeika, Technical Director, Dance Music Theater
- Rachel Torres, Postdoctoral Researcher, INRSEP
- Sharyn Marks, Professor, Department of Biological Sciences
- Adriana Martinez, Teacher, Child Development
- Marylisa Wood, Student Event Funding Board Coordinator, Office of Student Life
- Allison Hansberry, Operations Director, Schatz Energy Research Center
- Dr. Pamela Brown, Retired
- Justin Egan, Lecturer, English
- Allison Bronson, Lecturer, Biological Sciences
- Joselyn Lindsey, Lecturer, Anthropology
- Paul Bourdeau, Associate Professor, Biological Sciences
- Samila Amanyraoufpoor, Lecturer, Business
- Joan Eleanor Trejo, Lecturer, Geography
- Samar El-Abdallah, Lecturer, Department of Biological Sciences
- Guy Aronoff, Instructor, History
- Kelsi Guerrero, Lecturer, Psychology
- Nassie Danesh, LCSW, Staff Psychotherapist, CAPS
- Ian, Research Engineer, Schatz Energy Research Center
- Chipo M Hatendi, Ph.D., Lecturer, CRGS
- Marilyn Koch, Lecturer, Art + Film
- Llyn Smith, Professor Emeritus, Anthropology
- Amanda Dinscore, Librarian, Library
- Jeffrey White, Professor, Biological Sciences
- Antonio Barillas, Staff Psychotherapist; Liaison to Cultural Centers, Counseling & Psychological Services
- Frank Fogarty, Assistant Professor, Wildlife
- Loren Cannon, Lecturer, Philosophy
- Sarita Ray Chaudhury, Professor of Marketing, School of Business
- Kaz Wegmuller, Pre-Award Specialist, Sponsored Programs Foundation
- Christiana Frye, SPF Grant Analyst, SPF
- Claire Ingvoldsen, Research Engineer, Schatz Energy Research Center
- Holland Heese, Lecturer, Mathematics
- Sheila Jackson, Instructor of American Sign Language, Child Development
- Larisa Callaway-Cole, Assistant Professor, Child Development
- Abby Grattidge, Career Development Advisor, CAHSS, Career Development Center
- Sarah Haag, Ph.D., Lecturer, Psychology Department
- Christa Meingast, PhD, Engineering
- Brianne Hagen, Librarian Faculty, Cal Poly Humboldt
- Jennifer Eichstedt, Faculty, Sociology
- Kimberly Stelter, Librarian, Library
- Stefanie Israel de Souza, Assistant Professor, Sociology and Criminology & Justice Studies
- Sintana Vergara, Associate Professor, Environmental Resources Engineering
- Celesté Tamayo, Post-Master’s Resident; Housing and Residence Life Liaison, Counseling and Psychological Services
- Justin Luong, Assistant Professor, Forestry, Fire and Rangeland Management
- Jacky Baughman, Assistant Professor, Geology
- Alexandru Tomescu, Professor, Biological Sciences
- Greta Goshorn, Lecturer, School of Applied Health
- Tanya Garcia, Lecturer, School of Engineering; Research Engineer, Schatz Energy Research Center
- Eliseo Casiano, Assistant Professor, Art + Film
- Carisse Geronimo, Research Engineer, Schatz Energy Research Center
- Stephanie McMullen, LCSW, Staff Psychotherapist, CAPS
- Catalina Cuellar-Gempeler, Associate professor, Biological sciences
- Jen Petullo, Lecturer, Psychology, Cal Poly Humboldt
- Mari Sanchez, Associate Professor, Psychology
- Ryder Dschida, History Education Program Leader, History
- Yvonne Everett, Professor Emerita, Dept. Environmental Science and Management
- Ronnie Swartz (in part), Professor, Social Work
- Mark Baker, Retired faculty, Environmental Studies
- Kim Berry, Professor Emerita, Critical Race, Gender & Sexuality Studies
- Sara K. Sterner, Assistant Professor of Education, School of Education
- David Tuttle, Lecturer, Computer Science
- Tanner Etherton, Economic Analyst, Schatz Energy Research Center
- Matthew Simmons, Lecturer, Environmental Science & Management
- Dara Adams, Lecturer, Anthropology
- Jandy Bergmann, Lecture, Dance, Music, and Theater
- Daniel Busch, Staff, Anthropology
- Nate Swenson, Faculty, Forestry
- Garrett Purchio, Librarian, University Library
- Gabriel Vasquez, MFT Trainee, CAPS
- Sharon Tuttle Professor Computer Science
- Dave Woody Instructor Art + Film
- Nicola Walters Lecturer Politics
- Carly Marino Librarian Cal Poly Humboldt Library
- Kate Foley-Beining Lecturer World Languages and Cultures
- Dr. Jessica Urban Retired Associate Professor, Department of Critical Race and Gender Studies Retired
- Gary Lewis Lecturer Music
- Michelle Cartier Faculty Art and Film
- Ani Glenn Health Educator Cal Poly Humboldt Health Education Department
- Darci Miranda Facilities Management
- Jen Maguire (in part) Professor Social Work
- Suzanne Lyons Lecturer, Education Cal Poly Humboldt
- Shiloh Soto Staff College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
- Iván González-Soto Lecturer Environmental Studies
- Richard N Brown Faculty Wildlife
- Meenal Rana Associate Professor Child Development, Cal Poly Humboldt
- Richard N Brown Staff – Campus Veterinarian CNRS
- Marylyn Paik-Nicely, Retired Director HSU MultiCultural Center, Student Support Services
- Abigail Smithson Lecturer Art + Film
- Morgan Barker Faculty Library
- Maia Cheli Senior Development Manager Schatz Energy Research Center
- Jeremy Nichols Staff Adimin Support II for NAS and CRGS
- Jack Murphy Lecturer Environmental Science and Management
- Saige Heuer Cultural Resources Facility Student Internship Coordinator Cultural Resources Facility at Cal Poly Humboldt
- Jeff Haag Professor emeritus Mathematics
- Gillian Black Staff CPH
- Debbie faculty social work
- Julie Slater, MSW FacultySocial Work
- Dove Byrne Faculty Business
- Anonymous Staff Member, CPH
- Paul Geck Lecturer History
- Jean Pfaelzer Former Faculty; current Affiliated Faculty History (formerly English)
- Cecilia Catherine TRIO Talent Search Advisor and Professional Development Coordinator SPF
- Sue Armitage Instrumental designer Center for Teaching & Learning
- Sarah Lasley Art + Film
- Amy Ithurburn Staff, Alumni Staff, Native American Studies – Rou Dalagurr Food Sovereignty Lab and Traditional Ecological Knowledges Institute/Alumni, Environment & Community
- Joanna Beeg Lecturer Forestry
- Melanie Williams Lecturer, Emerita Political Science, Religious Studies
- Pia Gabriel (in part) Pre-award Specialist Sponsored Programs Foundation
- Mary Ann Creadon Emerita Faculty Department of English
- David Stacey Professor Emeritus English
- Christopher M Steenbock Lecturer Botany, Biological Sciences
- Aubrey Emmons Administrative Analyst (auxiliary staff) Sponsored Programs Foundation – Redwood Coast K-16 Educational Collaborative
- Carol West Lecturer Child Development
- Nicki Baggett Lecturer Environmental Science and Management
- Kyle Morgan Library
- Blanca Luevanos Pathways Facilitator Redwood Coast K-16 Education Collaborative
- Karen Reiss Adjunct Faculty Biology
- Kumi Watanabe-Schock Library Media Coordinator Library
- Azure Pellegrino Lecturer Psychology
- Elizabeth Rienzi Lecturer Sociology
- Barbara Goldberg English Department, Emerita Lecturer
- Shelbi Schroeder Faculty
- Nora Wynne Adjunct Faculty, School of Education, Critical Race, Gender and Sexuality Studies
- Jessica Coming Communications Specialist
- Tonia Brito-Bersi Lab technician (staff)
- Marlene’ Dusek Native American Studies Lecturer
- Ernesto Chavez-Velasco Staff, Natural Resources department, graduate student Cal Poly Humboldt
- Alejandro Torres Staff Psychotherapist (Latinx focus) Counseling & Psychological Services
- Sue Y. Lee Professor Emerita Biological Sciences
- Archie Mossman Professor Emeritus Wildlife
- Ines Morales Fellow Support Coordinator (staff) Center for Community Based Learning
- Jay Schock Staff Financial Aid Office
- Enrique Guerrero Visiting Professor of Physics and CPH Alumni Physics
- Robert Cliver Professor History
- Dawn Khepri Student Services Specialist Financial Aid
- Laurie Richmond Professor Environmental Science & Management
- Baron Parks (Staff) Transfer Specialist Admissions
- Jenny Blair Staff Psychotherapist CAPS
- Rebecca Wood Student Services Specialist Financial Aid
- Ivan Contreras Mendoza Staff, Admissions Counselor Office of Admissions
- Andrea Santamaria Counselor Admissions
- Noah Batchman Admissions Counselor Office of Admissions
- Carly Slade Assistant Professor Art+Film
- Cara Peters, Pre-Award Support & Marketing Coordinator, SPF Office of Research & Sponsored Programs Foundation
- Matthew Dean Professor World Languages and Cultures
- Alana ChinAssistant Professor Biological Sciences
- Carrie Walpole Lecturer Dance, Music, and Theatre
- Jeff Black (in part) Professor (Wildlife Conservation and Management) Department of Wildlife
- Amy Sprowles FacultyBiological Sciences
- Alyssa Semerdjian staff Biological Sciences
- Chelsea Belden Board Coordinator (Staff) Associated Students
- Heidi Rutschow Lecturer Biological Sciences
- Serenity Bowen Lecturer Social Work and NAS
- Claudia Velasco-Morales TRIO Talent Search College Access Advisor Cal Poly Humboldt
- Cassandra May Research Associate Native American Studies
- Marlette Grant-Jackson Academic Advisor – ITEPP Cal Poly Humboldt – ITEPP
- Melitta Jackson Resource Sharing and Information Specialist Library
- Joseph Dieme FacultyWLC
- Dane Oppenborn Program support specialist College of Extended Education & Global Engagement
- Mark Castro Co-Director, Cultural Resources Facility & Lecturer, Department of Anthropology Anthropology
- Dana Williams Professor Sociology
- Noel DiBenedetto Administrative Supportive Coordinator Dean of Students
- Niki Conley Lecturer Art and Film
- Jonae Calderon Staff Financial Analyst CNRS
- Sydney Tabbert Cal Poly Humboldt
- Dr. Leena Dallasheh History – former HSU professor
- Brittany Britton Gallery Director- Reese Bullen & Goudi’ni Native American Arts Galleries Art + Film Department
- India Vekarić Eichelbaugh Supplemental Instruction leader and Writing Studio consultant Cal Poly Humboldt student and staff member
- Charles Sharpe Retired instructor (Rec/Kinesiology ) Kinesiology and Psychology (M.A. 1980)
- Barbara Brinson Curiel Professor Emerita Critical Race, Gender and Sexuality Studies and English
- Andy Harris Schatz Energy Research Center
- Benjamin Graham Associate Professor Psychology
- Stephen Nachtigall Associate Professor Art + Film
- Jen “JD” Dyke Project Director TRIO Upward Bound
- Christopher Walmsley Associate Professor Department of Psychology
- Elizabeth Faidley Staff member, IST III CNRS
- Nicola Waugh Lecturer Art + Film
- Nora A Montoya Staff Academic Advising Center
- Michel Sargent Media Specialist Center For Teaching & Learning
- Jeffrey Frederick Lecturer Psychology
- Julie Raich Dieme FacultyWorld Languages and Cultures
- Sulaina Banks Staff Admissions
- Carolyn Ortenburger (in part) staff, community member
- Felicia Stansbury Lecturer Social Work
- Jose R. Marin Jarrin, Assistant Professor, Department of Fisheries Biology
Signed by an additional 884 students, alumni, community supporters, and California State University faculty at other campuses. Read the entire list here.