Karma Chávez

queer chicana feminist. author of Queer Migration Politics: & The Borders of AIDS:

[Dr. Leonard Bright @DrLeonardBright]

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.

[Texas Conference of the AAUP @TexasAaup]

To submit written testimony email the board here: [email protected]

Instructions here:
https://t.co/f0aNxrflHU

[Texas Conference of the AAUP @TexasAaup]

🚨🚨 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.

[Jessica Priest @jessica_priest]

UT-Austin considering offer to adopt Trump priorities for funding advantages https://t.co/fOBdpF0Hp6 via @TexasTribune

[Karma Chávez @queermigrations]

Not dignifying this with a comment.

[Office of the Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick @LtGovTX]

In 2021, the faculty senate at the University of Texas at Austin arrogantly stated that they were not accountable to the Texas Legislature or UT Board of Regents. They passed a resolution stating they were going to teach Critical Race Theory to UT students no matter what the legislature or taxpayers thought.

I replied at the time: “I will not stand by and let looney Marxist UT professors poison the minds of young students with Critical Race Theory. We banned it in publicly funded K-12 and we would ban it in publicly funded higher ed.”

Tonight, with final passage of Senate Bill 37, the faculty senate at the University of Texas at Austin had their power stripped and found out the Legislature does have authority over faculty senates after all!

Here’s an idea for them to consider: these looney Marxist UT professors should find a friendly blue state to move to so we can fill their roles with quality conservative professors who will teach critical thinking.

Yippie Ki Yay! Adios! Sayonara! Auf Wiedersehen! Au Revoir! In every language you can possibly think of:

Goodbye!

#txlege

[Nonprofit Quarterly @npquarterly]

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. https://t.co/lLo7pM1bPd @queermigrations

[Karma Chávez @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…

[Ashley D. Farmer @drashleyfarmer]

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

[Erin Gretzinger @GretzingerErin]

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."

[California Faculty Association @CFA_United]

Sonoma State Administrators Announce Layoffs, Department Closures and Mergers

For more: https://t.co/nSgFZoeBGU

[Karma Chávez @queermigrations]

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. https://t.co/gj2RJRf7ea

[American Association of University Professors @AAUP]

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:
https://t.co/xP0Fvva61H

[Yasmin Nair (One Tenacious B.) @NairYasmin]

"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."

https://t.co/uK33uJQ0gQ

[Lily Kepner @lilykepner]

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:

https://t.co/hD4VlZTfeG

[Karma Chávez @queermigrations]

Important ruling on free speech and critique of Israel: https://t.co/lzosi4CU5M

[AAUP-AFT at UT Austin @aaup_utAustin]

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.’

[American Association of University Professors @AAUP]

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: https://t.co/yO8ZiQ7zbE 🧵

[AAUP-AFT at UT Austin @aaup_utAustin]

✴️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! ✊🏽✊🏾✊

[AAUP-AFT at UT Austin @aaup_utAustin]

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 https://t.co/VZWZSFgZ89

[Karma Chávez @queermigrations]

Danielle Hodge & I are co-editing a special issue of Communication & Democracy on #CRT. Deadline 1/15/25. Email [email protected] with questions. #CFP #TeamRhetoric https://t.co/Us5T11J1ni