The San Diego Faculty Association (SDFA/AAUP) has no official position in regard to the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. We recognize that our membership is divided on this issue and that it is beyond the mission and the scope of the Association to articulate an official view. Therefore, the Board will not speak on behalf of its members […]
Category: AAUP
AAUP Statement in Support of Free Expression in the University of California
On Sunday, November 20th, the national Council of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) passed the following resolution in response to police actions at UC Berkeley and Davis. On November 9, police officers dispatched by the administration of the University of California, Berkeley violently assaulted students and faculty who were peacefully protesting. The assaults […]
SDFA Supports the CSU Dominguez Hills and CSU Easy Bay Strikes
Statement in Support of striking colleagues at CSU Dominguez Hills and East Bay The California Faculty Association, which represents over 20,000 tenure-track and contingent faculty at 23 California State University campuses, will stage one-day strikes at CSU East Bay and CSU Dominguez Hills on November 17. The San Diego Faculty Association, a chapter of the […]
AAUP Supports the Occupy Wall Street Movement
In a statement posted on Friday, October 7th, the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), SDFA’s parent organization, formally put their support behind the Occupy Wall Street movement. Several SDFA members have also personally supported the movement by participation in the Occupy San Diego event the same day. The AAUP statement was as follows: