Department of Mathematics Statement on Opposition to Guns in Classrooms

November 12, 2015

The Department of Mathematics at The University of Texas at Austin is opposed  to allowing guns in classrooms and faculty offices. The presence of guns, or even their potential presence, would create an atmosphere of fear and intimidation  that would impede our ability to teach, to mentor students, and to conduct  research, and it would interfere with our students’ ability to learn. As such, guns  would undermine the core mission of the University.

Signed in alphabetical order:

Todd Arbogast
Jane Arledge
Francois Baccelli
William Beckner
David Ben-Zvi
Andrew Blumberg
Lewis Bowen
Luis Caffarelli
Gustavo Cepparo
Thomas Chen
Alan Cline
Mark Daniels
Kathy Davis
Anton Dotchermann
Bjorn Engquist
Dan Freed
Irene Gamba
John Gilbert
Robert Gompf
Cameron Gordon
Shinko Harper
Ray Heitmann
Arie Israel
Hans Koch
Michael Lock
Francesco Maggi
Jennifer Mann
Steve McAdam
John Meth
Amir Mohammadi
Zachary Miner
Peter Mueller
Joe Neeman
Joel Neibert
Andy Neitzke
Stefania Patritzi
Natasa Pavlovic
Diane Radin
Altha Rodin
Xavier Ros-Oton
Lorenzo Sadun
Kanthimathi Sathasivan
Frank Shirley
Mihai Sirbu
Martha Smith
Ngoc Tran
Alexis Vasseur
James Vick
Felipe Voloch
Rachel Ward
Bill Wolesensky
Cheng Yu
Gordan Zitkovic

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