University statement on academic boycotts
On December 22, 2013, the University of Chicago released the following statement on the subject of academic boycotts:
"The University of Chicago has from its founding held as its highest value the free and open pursuit of inquiry. Faculty and students must be free to pursue their research and education around the world and to form collaborations both inside and outside of the academy, encouraging engagement with the widest spectrum of views. For this reason, we oppose boycotts of academic institutions or scholars in any region of the world, and oppose recent actions by academic societies to boycott Israeli institutions."
David D. Awschalom
Title: Liew Family Professor in Molecular Engineering; Vice Dean for Research and Infrastructure
Expertise: Nanoelectronics, Quantum technology
Departmental website: https://pme.uchicago.edu/faculty/david-awschalom
Matthew Tirrell
Title: Dean of the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering
Expertise: Molecular engineering, Polymers
Departmental website: https://pme.uchicago.edu/faculty/matthew-tirrell
Shadi Bartsch-Zimmer
Title: Helen A. Regenstein Distinguished Service Professor of Classics and the Program in Gender Studies; Director, The Stevanovich Institute on the Formation of Knowledge
Expertise: Ancient Rome
Departmental website: http://classics.uchicago.edu/faculty/bartsch
Lab website: https://sifk.uchicago.edu/
Waldo Johnson Jr.
Title: Vice Provost; Professor, Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice; Faculty Affiliate, Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture
Expertise: Parenting, Urban studies
Departmental website: https://crownschool.uchicago.edu/crownscholars/w-johnson
Robert Chaskin
Title: McCormick Foundation Professor and Deputy Dean for Strategic Initiatives, Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice
Expertise: Community organizing, Urban studies
Departmental website: https://crownschool.uchicago.edu/crownscholars/r-chaskin
Randal C. Picker
Title: James Parker Hall Distinguished Service Professor of Law
Expertise:
Departmental website: https://www.law.uchicago.edu/faculty/picker
Randall D. Schmidt
Title: Clinical Professor of Law
Expertise: Workers' rights
University website: https://www.law.uchicago.edu/faculty/schmidt
Susan Lambert
Title: Professor, Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice
Expertise: Family, Employment
Departmental website: https://crownschool.uchicago.edu/crownscholars/s-lambert
Robert Rosner
Title: William Wrather Distinguished Service Professor in Astronomy & Astrophysics, Physics, the Enrico Fermi Institute and the College
Expertise: Theoretical physics, computational physics, Nuclear energy
Departmental website: https://astrophysics.uchicago.edu/people/profile/robert-rosner/