The faculty, staff, and Emeriti of Department of English at the University of Texas at Austin strongly oppose the “campus carry” bill, Senate Bill 11. We believe that the presence of guns in classrooms, dormitories, and faculty offices is not only unsafe but will inhibit the free exchange of ideas and viewpoints that is integral to a university. The Texas Constitution mandates a “University of the first class,” but this law will damage our ability to recruit and retain the best students and faculty from across Texas, the nation, and the world.
Elizabeth Cullingford (Chair)
Patricia Schaub
Lars Hinrichs
Amy D. Stewart
Andrea Golden
Odessa Amaya
Jerome Bump
Hannah Wojciehowski
Carol MacKay
Gretchen Murphy
Zulfikar Ghose
William J. Scheick
Neil Nehring
Susan Sage Heinzelman
Elizabeth Hedrick
Wayne A. Rebhorn
Matt Cohen
Larry Carver
John Rumrich
Mia Carter
Natalie Sharpe
Eric S. Mallin
Heather Houser
Betty Sue Flowers
Patricia M. Garcia
Neal Ballard
Chad Bennett
Julie Avril Minich
Elizabeth Richmond-Garza
Edward Carey
Lance Bertelsen
Cecilia Smith-Morris
Helena Woodard
Jení© Gutierrez
Frank Whigham
Alan Friedman
Allen MacDuffie
Elizabeth McCracken
Lisa Moore
Phillip J. Barrish
Joseph E. Kruppa
Barbara Harlow
Roger deV. Renwick
Elizabeth Scala
Ian Hancock
John Trimble
Joseph J. Moldenhauer
Jacqueline Henkel
James Magnuson
James B. Ayres
Lisa Olstein
James Loehlin
Michael Winship
Daniel Birkholz
Laura Furman
Wayne Lesser
Warwick Wadlington
Brian A. Bremen
Snehal Shingavi
George S. Christian
Gary N Underwood
Geraldine Heng
Robert G. Twombly
Jim Magnuson
Douglas Bruster
Janine Barchas
Clay Stromberger
Evan Carton
Les Faigley
Neville Hoad
Thomas Cable
John Moran Gonzalez
Charles Rossman
Jennifer-Kate Barret
James Wimsatt
Martin Kevorkian
Ann Cvetkovich
Michael Adams
Liz Fisher
Elizabeth Cullingford
David Wevill
Rolando Hinojosa-Smith
Jennifer Wilks