Colleges and Universities Still Institutional Members of the American Studies Association (ASA) Despite Vote to Boycott Israel
Action Alert: Urge University Leaders to Withdraw ASA Membership
More than 80 colleges and universities are listed as Institutional Members of the American Studies Association in the September 2013 ASA Journal. Following the ASA’s vote to endorse an academic boycott of Israel, five universities officially withdrew their ASA membership:
Bard College
Brandeis University
Indiana University
Kenyon College
Penn State Harrisburg
University of Texas – Dallas
Eleven colleges and universities on the ASA Institutional Members list deny that they are members of that organization:
Brown University
Carnegie-Mellon University
Hamilton College
Northwestern University
Temple University
Trinity College
Tufts University
University of Alabama
University of Mississippi
University of Southern California
Willamette University
The following colleges and universities have not withdrawn their ASA memberships or denied membership, although many of them have made statements condemning the ASA’s academic boycott of Israel. Please contact one or more of the university leaders whose contact information is listed below and urge them to withdraw their university’s ASA membership.
To “Cc” all university leaders, scroll down to the bottom of the page.
* Indicates University has condemned the academic boycott of Israel
| Universities and Colleges | Name | Title | Phone | |
| Boston College | William P. Leahy, S.J. | President | william.leahy@bc.edu | 617-552-3250 |
| * Boston University | Dr. Robert A. Brown | President | president@bu.edu, bupres@bu.edu | 617-353-2200 |
| Brigham Young University | Cecil O. Samuelson | President | http://president.byu.edu/contact | 801-422-2521 |
| California State University, Fullerton | Mildred Garcia | President | presidentgarcia@fullerton.edu | 657-278-3456 |
| California State University, Long Beach | Donald J. Para | President | Donald.Para@csulb.edu | 562-985-4121 |
| * College of Staten Island, CUNY | William J. Fritz | Interim President | william.fritz@csi.cuny.edu | |
| * College of William and Mary | Taylor Reveley | President | taylor@wm.edu | 757-221-1693 |
| * Cornell University | David J. Skorton | President | president@cornell.edu | 607-255-5201 |
| CUNY Graduate Center, American Studies Certificate Program | Duncan Faherty | Professor Graduate Center | duncan.faherty@qc.cuny.edu | 718-997-4668 |
| DePaul University | Rev. Dennis H. Holtschneider, C.M.E. | President | DePaulPresidentsOffice@depaul.edu | 312-362-8850 |
| * Dickinson College | Nancy A. Roseman | President | presofc@dickinson.edu | 717-245-1323 |
| * Emory University | James W. Wagner | President | james.wagner@emory.edu | 404-727-6013 |
| * Fordham University | Joseph M. McShane, S.J. | President | President@fordham.edu | 718-817-3000 |
| Franklin College of Indiana | Dr. James (Jay) G. Moseley | President | jmoseley@franklincollege.edu | 317-738-8010 |
| * George Washington University | Steven Knapp | President | sknapp@gwu.edu | 202-994-6500 |
| * Georgetown University | John J. DeGioia | President | president@georgetown.edu | 202-687-4134 |
| * Harvard University | Drew Gilpin Faust | President | president@harvard.edu | 617-495-1502 |
| Kennesaw State University | Daniel S. Papp | President | ljohnson@kennesaw.edu | 770-423-6033 |
| * Lehigh University | Alice P. Gast | President | pres@lehigh.edu | 610-758-3157 |
| * Michigan State University, English Department | Patrick O’Donnell | Chair, English Department | pod@msu.edu | 517-355-7576 |
| * Middlebury College | Ronald D. Liebowitz | President | presoff@middlebury.edu | 802-443-5400 |
| * New York University | John Sexton | President | john.sexton@nyu.edu | 212- 998-2345 |
| * Princeton University | Christopher L. Eisgruber | President | eisgruber@Princeton.edu | 609-258-6100 |
| * Ramapo College | Peter Philip Mercer, L.L.B., Ph.D. | President | president@ramapo.edu | 201-684-7607 |
| * Richard Stockton College of New Jersey | Herman J. Saatkamp, Jr. | President | h.saatkamp@stockton.edu | 609-652-4521 |
| * Rider University | Mordechai Rozanski | President | mrozanski@rider.edu | 609-896-5001 |
| * Roger Williams University | Donald J. Farish, Ph.D., J.D. | President | dfarish@rwu.edu | 401-254-3200 |
| Rowan College of New Jersey | Ali Asghar Houshmand | President | presidenthoushmand@rowan.edu | 856-256-4100 |
| * Rutgers University, New Brunswick | Robert Barchi | President | president@rutgers.edu | 848-932-7454 |
| Saint John Fisher College | Dr. Donald E. Bain, Ph.D. | President | dbain@sjfc.edu | 585-385-8010 |
| Saint Louis University | William R. Kauffman | Interim President | kauffman@slu.edu | 314-977-2506 |
| Saint Olaf College | David Anderson | President | anderson@stolaf.edu | 507-786-2222 x 3000 |
| * Skidmore College | Philip A. Glotzbach | President | pglotzba@skidmore.edu | 518-580-5700 |
| * Smith College | Kathleen McCartney | President | kmccartney@smith.edu | 413-585-2100 |
| Sophia University | Neal King, Ph.D. | President | President@sofia.edu | 650-493-4430, ext. 229 |
| St. Francis College | Brendan J. Dugan | President | bdugan@sfc.edu | 718-489-5416 |
| * Stanford University, American Studies Program | Shelley Fisher Fishkin | Director | sfishkin@stanford.edu | 650-723-1804 |
| * Stanford University, Green Library | Rebecca Ione Pernell | Librarian & Head, Access Services and Auxiliary Libraries | pernell@stanford.edu | 650-725-1277 |
| Stetson University | Wendy B. Libby, Ph.D./Joan Beasley | President/Executive Assistant (contact) | jlbeasle@stetson.edu | 386-822-7251 |
| * University of California, San Diego | Pradeep K. Khosla | Chancellor | chancellor@ucsd.edu | 858-534-3135 |
| * University of Delaware | Dr. Patrick T. Harker | President | president@udel.edu | 302-831-2111 |
| University of Hawaii | David Lassner | Interim President | david.lassner@hawaii.edu | 808-956-8207 |
| * University of Iowa | Sally Mason | President | sally-mason@uiowa.edu | 319-335-3549 |
| * University of Maryland, Baltimore County | Freeman A. Hrabowski, III | President | hrabowsk@umbc.edu | 410-455-3880 |
| * University of Minnesota | Eric W. Kaler | President | upres@umn.edu | 612-626-1616 |
| * University of New Mexico | Robert G. Frank | President | unmpres@unm.edu | 505-277-2626 |
| * University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill | Thomas W. Ross | President | tomross@northcarolina.edu | 919-962-9000 |
| * University of Notre Dame | Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C | President | president@nd.edu | 574-631-3903 |
| University of Oklahoma Honors College | David L. Boren | President | actionline@ou.edu | 405-325-1212 |
| University of Southern Mississippi | Rodney D. Bennett | President | president@usm.edu. | 601-266-5001 |
| * University of Texas, Austin | William C Powers, JD | President | president@po.utexas.edu | 512-471-1232 |
| University of Utah | David W. Pershing, Ph.D. | President | president@utah.edu | 801-581-5701 |
| * University of Western Ontario | Amit Chakma | President | achakma@uwo.ca | 519-661-3106 |
| University of Wyoming | Richard McGinity | President | mcginity@uwyo.edu | 307-766-3444 |
| * Vanderbilt University | Nicholas S. Zeppos | Chancellor | chancellor@vanderbilt.edu | 615-322-1813 |
| * Vassar | Catharine Bond Hill | President | presidentsoffice@vassar.edu | 845-437-7200 |
| Washington State University | Elson S. Floyd | President | floyde@wsu.edu | 509-335-4200 |
| * Washington University, St. Louis | Mark S. Wrighton, Ph.D | President | wrighton@wustl.edu | 314-935-5100 |
| Western Connecticut State University | James W. Schmotter | President | schmotterj@wcsu.edu | 203-837-8754 |
| Culture Youngstown State University | Dr. Randy J. Dunn | President | rjdunn01@ysu.edu | 330-941-3101 |
Here is a full list of contact email addresses for the university leaders:
william.leahy@bc.edu , president@bu.edu, bupres@bu.edu, presidentgarcia@fullerton.edu, Donald.Para@csulb.edu, william.fritz@csi.cuny.edu, taylor@wm.edu, president@cornell.edu, duncan.faherty@qc.cuny.edu, DePaulPresidentsOffice@depaul.edu, presofc@dickinson.edu, james.wagner@emory.edu, President@fordham.edu, jmoseley@franklincollege.edu, sknapp@gwu.edu, president@georgetown.edu, president@harvard.edu, ljohnson@kennesaw.edu, pres@lehigh.edu, pod@msu.edu, presoff@middlebury.edu, john.sexton@nyu.edu, eisgruber@Princeton.EDU , president@ramapo.edu, h.saatkamp@stockton.edu, mrozanski@rider.edu, dfarish@rwu.edu, presidenthoushmand@rowan.edu, president@rutgers.edu, dbain@sjfc.edu, kauffman@slu.edu, anderson@stolaf.edu, pglotzba@skidmore.edu, kmccartney@smith.edu, President@sofia.edu, bdugan@sfc.edu, sfishkin@stanford.edu, pernell@stanford.edu, jlbeasle@stetson.edu, president@sandiego.edu, president@udel.edu, david.lassner@hawaii.edu, sally-mason@uiowa.edu, hrabowsk@umbc.edu, upres@umn.edu, unmpres@unm.edu, tomross@northcarolina.edu, president@nd.edu, actionline@ou.edu, president@usm.edu, president@po.utexas.edu, david.daniel@utdallas.edu, president@utah.edu, achakma@uwo.ca, mcginity@uwyo.edu, chancellor@vanderbilt.edu, presidentsoffice@vassar.edu, floyde@wsu.edu, wrighton@wustl.edu, schmotterj@wcsu.edu, rjdunn01@ysu.edu