The undersigned members of the Syracuse University community are writing to comment on the two-part article that was published in The Daily Orange on April 26, about Chancellor Nancy Cantor titled ‘Fait Accompli.’ We found these articles to be examples of irresponsible journalism that does not represent the best of what a student newspaper should exhibit. The articles were attacks poorly veiled as investigative reporting and paint a significantly skewed and inaccurate portrait of the community as a whole. It should come as no surprise in a university this size given Chancellor Cantor’s bold vision that the student reporters found a dozen faculty who are disgruntled, or were able to identify three dozen anonymous people who are critical of the chancellor. We would expect this in any large organization.

The undersigned are members of the SU community, and we are writing to unequivocally express our full support of Chancellor Cantor’s leadership and vision. We are greatly appreciative of the chancellor’s decisive action around issues of diversity and justice – like HillTV, her boundary-expanding and bold vision, her support and compassion, and the place we feel SU is becoming. We hope this letter sends a strong message that this university community has many members who appreciate Chancellor Cantor as a person and leader.
 
Dr. George Theoharis, associate professor, Teaching and Leadership, School of Education
Richard Q. Shin, associate professor, Counseling and Human Services, School of Education
Sari Knopp Biklen, Laura and Douglas Meredith Professor, Cultural Foundations of Education
Stephen Kuusisto, director, Rene Crown University Honors Program; professor, disability studies
Barbara Kwasnik, professor, School of Information Studies
Marilyn Higgins, vice president, Community Engagement and Economic Development
Barbara Applebaum, Cultural Foundations of Education
John Cardone, 2012-13 Engagement Fellow
Jackie Cuevas, assistant professor, Department of Women’s and Gender Studies
Gretchen Purser, assistant professor of sociology, Maxwell School
Sharon Contreras, Syracuse City School District superintendent
Gene Chasin, chief operating officer, Say Yes to Education Inc.
Wendy Nastasi, Cultural Foundations of Education doctoral student
Stephen C Mahan, instructor, College of Visual and Performing Arts
Robin Riley, assistant professor, women’s and gender studies
Zaline Roy-Campbell, associate professor, School of Education
Rachael Gazdick
Dawn R. Johnson, Higher Education 
Beth A. Ferri, School of Education
Deborah Kenn, professor of law
Kelly Chandler-Olcott, professor and chair, reading and language arts
Marjorie DeVault, professor of sociology
Michael Schwartz, associate professor of law
Dr. James Haywood Rolling, Jr., chair and associate professor of art education
Jan Cohen-Cruz, SU university professor and director, Imagining America
Marcelle M. Haddix, Ph.D., assistant professor, reading and language arts, School of Education
Leslie Bender, professor of law
Marion Wilson, director, Community Initiatives in the Visual Arts, School of Education
Kathleen Hinchman, professor, reading and language arts education
Jeffrey Stanton, professor, School of Information Studies
Micere Githae Mugo, Ph.D., Meredith Professor for Teaching Excellence, Department of African American Studies
Micere Mugo, professor, African American studies
Silvio Torres-Saillant, Ph.D., professor, Department of English, Latino and Latin American Studies Program
Kira Kristal Reed, Ph.D., assistant professor, Martin J. Whitman School of Management
Gina Lee-Glauser, vice president, research
Michael Schoonmaker, associate professor, Public Communications
Diane Lyden Murphy, M.A., M.S.W., Ph.D., dean, David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics
Zeke Leonard, assistant professor, program in environmental and interior design
Chandra Talpade Mohanty, professor of women’s and gender studies
Dr. Anne Teresa Demo, Assistant Professor, Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies and School of Art and Design
Christine Ashby, Assistant Professor, Teaching and Leadership
Peter A. Vanable, Ph.D., chair, Department of Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences
Cecilia Green, associate professor, Department of Sociology, Maxwell School
Gwendolyn D. Pough, Ph.D., associate professor and chair, Department of Women’s and Gender Studies
Andrew S. London, sociology
Mark Glauser, Ph.D., professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Steven J. Taylor, professor, Center on Human Policy
Mara Sapon-Shevin, professor of inclusive education, Teaching and Leadership
Julie Causton-Theoharis, Ph.D.
Rachel Brown, associate professor, Reading and Language Arts Center
Linda Carty, Ph.D., associate professor and director of graduate studies Department of African American Studies
Herbert G. Ruffin II, assistant professor of history, Department of African American Studies
Kishi Animashaun Ducre, assistant professor, African American studies
Brad Vivian, associate professor, communication and rhetorical studies
Liz Mount, doctoral candidate, sociology
T J Geiger II, doctoral candidate, composition and cultural rhetoric
Ashley Cake, graduate student instructor and doctoral candidate, comparative religion
J. Michael Haynie, Barnes Professor of Entrepreneurship, Whitman School of Management
Don C. Sawyer III, director, LSAMP Program, doctoral candidate, sociology
Mario Rios Perez, assistant professor, Cultural Foundations of Education
Anya Stanger, doctoral candidate, social science
Nicole Nguyen, School of Education
Amit Taneja, doctoral student, School of Education
Blair Ebony Smith, Ph.D. student in Cultural Foundations of Education
Jackie Orr, associate professor, Department of Sociology, Maxwell School
Jesse Nissim, Faculty Fellow, humanities
denise nepveux, postdoctoral fellow, Center on Human Policy
Hiba Haroon, graduate student, Cultural Foundations of Education
Margaret Himley, associate provost for international education and engagement
Robin Higgins, assistant director, Imagining America
Meredith Madden, doctoral student in Cultural Foundations of Education and facilitator in the Intergroup Dialogue Program
Tyrone R. Shaw, graduate assistant, Regional Holocaust and Genocide Initiative
Heidi Pitzer, doctoral candidate, Cultural Foundations of Education, School of Education
Wendy S. Harbour, Ed.D., Lawrence B. Taishoff Professor of Inclusive Education, School of Education
Renee Franklin Hill, assistant professor
Kendall Phillips, associate dean, professor, communication and rhetorical studies
Richard R. Loder, professor of sociology
Michael Burkard, associate professor, English