As Duke alumni, we recognize the fundamental right of graduate student workers to organize for equitable conditions in their workplace. Their struggle carries on a fierce legacy of Duke’s workers organizing to meet basic needs despite the University’s greed and negligence. Now, University Administration is weaponizing the unionization efforts of Duke’s current graduate students, filing a challenge to the right of all graduate students nationwide to unionize.
This moment is a moral call to all Duke alumni: we must show up to help defend the future of workers’ rights, racial justice, and a just democracy for all — starting right here at Duke University.
The undersigned alumni are unified in unequivocal solidarity with the Duke Graduate Students Union, and we call on University Administration to:
- Support graduate students’ right to unionize through an unobstructed election;
- Disengage and disavow from the University’s outrageous attempt to overturn a 2016 National Labor Relations Board decision affirming the right of all graduate students — nationwide — to unionize;
- Show up at the bargaining table in good faith, dedicated to constructive negotiations.
We pledge to cease our donations and other forms of in-kind support to the University until Duke ends its obstruction of graduate student workers’ right to unionize and collectively bargain. We urge all alumni to do the same.
Signed,
Gino Nuzzolillo, BA Trinity 2020
Ethan Ready, Trinity 2020
Mark Pinsky, Trinity 1970
David Hamill, Trinity 1969
Kayla Carlisle, BA Trinity 2020
Madeleine Scully, Trinity 2022
Jeffrey Gold, Trinity 1972
Mumbi Kanyogo, BA Trinity 2019
Jordan Richardson, BS Trinity 2019
Katie Nelson, BA Trinity 2019
Sara Behn, BS Trinity 2021
Blue Miller, BA Trinity 2020
Elizabeth Edel, BA Trinity 2020
Maria Moreno, BA Trinity 2020
Reed McLaurin, AB Trinity 2018
Bill Boyarsky, Trinity 1969
Ivan Robles, Trinity 2020
Luke Farrell, BS Trinity 2019
Kristel Black, BA Trinity 2019
Matthew Tribby, BS Trinity 2019
Andy Moursund, BA Trinity 1967
Julia Knorr, BS Trinity 2019
Brianna Buford, BA Trinity 2020
Julia Borbely-Brown, Women’s College; BA 1970
Jasmine Syed, BA Trinity 2019
Sydney Roberts, Trinity 2019
Anya Ranganathan, BS Trinity 2017
Margot Armbruster, BA Trinity 2022
Erick Aguilar, BA Trinity 2019
Sandra Luksif, Trinity Philosophy 2020
Nina Wilder, BA Trinity 2020
Harrison Branner, BA & BS Trinity 2020
Jesse Mangold, BS Trinity 2019
Nicole Kim, Trinity 2016
Huck Gutman, Graduate College MA 1968, Ph.D. 1971
Georgia Young, BS Biology from Trinity 2020
Tara Smith, BA Trinity 2020
Shailen Parmar, Trinity 2021
Jazmynne Cruz, BA Trinity 2018
Logan Beyer, BS Trinity 2017
Annabella Helman, BS Trinity 2021
Mihir Bellamkonda, BA Trinity 2021
Zean Liao, BS Trinity 2019
Danielle Purifoy, Nicholas School/PhD 2018
Elizabeth Barahona, BA Trinity 2018
Sarah Cross, Trinity 1996
Jake Stanley, BA Trinity 2012
Melina Nolas, BS Trinity 2019
Conor Smith, BA Trinity 2017
Madelyn Winchester, Trinity 2020
Felicia Arriaga, Trinity and Graduate School 2012, 2015, 2018
Selen Berkman, BS Trinity 2021
Helen Gilles, Pratt 2015
Julia Whitten, MEM Nicholas School of the Environment 2020
Jordan Diamond, BA Trinity 2021
Ricardo Matias, BA Trinity 2019
Arunika Chandra, Nicholas School of Environment 2020
Lindsey Andrews, PhD Trinity 2013
Jaime Gonzalez, PhD, Literature 2021
Luka Arsenjuk, PhD, Trinity College of Arts and Sciences (Program in Literature) 2010
Elizabeth Corinne Blalock, BA Trinity, Law School, Graduate School 2005, 2014, 2019
Matthew Somoroff, Graduate School 2014
Kevin Gallin, PhD, English 2022
Tassity Johnson, BA Trinity 2010
Narissa Petchumrus, MPP Sanford & MEM Nicholas 2023
Eric Brandom, PhD, graduate school 2012
Kali Murray, Law 1999
Heather Whittemore, JD 2020
Camila Saavedra, BA Trinity 2022
Mark Lebetkin, BA Trinity 2003
Yair Rubinstein, PhD, Trinity 2013
Ibrahim Butt, BA Trinity 2020
Imani Mosley, PhD, GSAS 2019
Claire Ravenscroft, Graduate School 2020
Shannon Bonney, BS Trinity 2021
Micaela Brewington, BS Trinity 2019
Anne-Marie Angelo, PhD History 2013
Erica Fretwell, Trinity Grad School 2011
Lucas Perkins, The Graduate School 2011
Akanksha Ray, BA Trinity 2020
Conner McLeod, BA Trinity 2021
Lucy Dong, BA Trinity 2020
Christina Wang, BA Trinity 2022
Elizabeth Griffin, BSE Pratt 2019
Alec Wall, BS Trinity 2019
Michael Burrows, PhD Public Policy 2018
Hadeel Abdelhy, BA Trinity 2020
Jacob Remes, PhD GSAS 2010
Nathan Hensley, PhD (English) 2009
Katherine Gan , BA Trinity 2022
Elizabeth Shulman, BS Trinity 2020
Rob Morhard, Pratt 2020
Craig Fiedorek, BS Trinity 2020
Matthew Thiessen, Grad school 2010
Jacob Soule, Graduate School 2020
Samantha Votzke, B.S. Trinity 2019
Robin Turner, BA Trinity 1995
Gina Turrini, Econ PhD 2018
Margaret Zenke, BA Trinity 2020
Anne Gulick, Graduate School 2008
Karen Cook , Phd music 2013
Enikoe Bihari, Nicholas School 2022
Casey Williams, Trinity BA, PhD 2014, 2022
Phoenix Feng, Nicholas School of the Environment, Master of Environmental Management 2021
Jini Watson, Graduate School, PhD in Literature 2006
Ted Tatos, BA Trinity 1995
Gustavus Stadler, English, PhD 1997
Bryn Hammarberg, BA Trinity 2019
Santiago Bejarano Hernandez, Trinity 2016
Serena Singh, UNC BA 2020
Elizabeth Rollins, Nicholas School of the Environment 2020
Hayden Kantor, Trinity 2005
Daniel Ruccia, PhD, Department of Music 2013
Snehal Patel, Trinity College, Program II - BA in Community Health and Social Medicine 2002
Nicholas Robbins, PhD in Mathematics 2007
Catherine Morse, Nicholas MEM 2020
Janell Watson, PhD, Graduate School 1995
Sarah Ellis, BA Trinity 2008
William Smith, BSE Pratt 2021
A K M Adam, Graduate School (Religion) 1991
Daryl Hare, BS Trinity 2004
Douglas Schocken, BA Trinity, MD Medicine 1970 BA, 1974 MD
Kevin Georgas, Divinity School, Mdiv 2015
Shane Boyle, BA Trinity 2005
Alex Kotch, Graduate School, Music Composition MA/PhD 2013
Mark Helaey, PhD 2000
Guy Tchwanto, BA Trinity 2020
Bryan Pitts, PhD, History 2013
Jess Issacharoff, PhD, Literature 2019
Robert Penner, PhD 2012
Michael McGurk, Graduate School, PhD 2022
Jeannette Acevedo Rivera, Trinity 2014
Scott Barish, Graduate School 2017
Cynthia Current, Officially UNC grad but received women's studies certificate and taught in that department 2011
Kevin Nathan, Pratt, BSE 2010
Joseph Longarino, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, PhD 2019
Gerry Canavan, Trinity PhD 2012
Lindsey Long Joyce, Divinity 2012
Austin Ely, BS Trinity 2012
Chase Gregory, Phd Literature 2019
Katie Jane Fernelius, BA Trinity 2016
Kemen Austin, PhD School of Environment 2018
D. Stephen Long, Graduate School (Religion) 1991
Daniel Bell Jr, Divinity School MDiv Graduate School PhD Divinity 1991, Graduate School, 1998
Joseph Ren, PhD Graduate School 2022
Quinn Baker, BS Trinity 2023
Hannah Ontiveros, PhD Trinity 2021
John Thornton, M. Div Divinity 2015
Joanna Parkman, MEM, Nicholas 2021
Sean Ward, PhD, Trinity 2016
Joe Beck, BA Trinity 2020
Carolyn Laubender, PhD 2017
Brendan Higgins, Graduate School 2016
Margot Weiss, PhD in Cultural Anthropology, The Graduate School 2005
David Laytham, Ph.D. Graduate School 1999
Carmen Jarrin, The Graduate School 2010
Joel Shuman, Divinity MTS Graduate Arts and Sciences PhD D1993 G1998
Deja Beamon, BA Trinity 2013
Madeleine Paris, BS Trinity 2022
Ben Crawford, Trinity 2002
Emma Wilson, Trinity 2014
Patrick Liu, BS+MEng Pratt 2022
D. Edward Davis, Music PhD 2016
Christienna Fryar, AB Trinity 2005
Matthew Taft, PhD Trinity 2022
Rachel Baisden, MDiv, Divinity School 2018
Mitch Fraas, PhD, History, 2011, Arts and Sciences 2011
Trey Walk, Trinity 2019
Adjoa Ewool, BA Trinity 2020
Bernice Meja, B.S and B.A Trinity 2021
Desiree Martin, PhD Graduate School (Graduate Program in Literature) 2004
Hannah Borenstein, PhD 2022
Chris Perry, Pratt 2011
Sanjay Kishore, BA, Trinity 2013
Liz Brown, BA Trinity 2018
Liza Rebold, BA Trinity 2018
Elizabeth Speed, BA Trinity 2018
Caroline Westwood, BS Trinity 2019
Asha Nanda, Trinity 2018
Jamal Burns, BA, Trinity 2021
Riley Griffin, Trinity 2018
Jake Ulrich, Ph.D. Pratt 2022
Sunny Frothingham, BA Trinity 2014
Ethan Ahuna, Trinity 2019
Hannah Rogers, PhD 2020
William Hardee, Trinity, Fuqua 2019, 2020
Catherine Dragone, BA Trinity 2018
Megan Frothingham, BA Trinity 2009
Jack Lubin, BA Trinity 2018
Steven Herrera Tenorio, BS Trinity 2021
Kyra Exterovich-Rubin, Trinity 2019
Rachel Rubin, Trinity 2019
Lenna Catrett, BA Trinity 2021
Jacqueline Perez, BA Trinity 2021
Tykira Fisher, BA Trinity 2021
Ryan Vu, PhD Literature 2018
Wib Gulley, BA Trinity 1970
Steve Hassey, BA Trinity 2019
Jonathan Osei, BA Public Policy 2018
Ashley Wilson, BA, Trinity 2020
Liyu Woldemichael, Trinity 2022
Chaya Bhat, BS Trinity 2019
Anna Katz, Trinity 2018
Julia Kaufman, BA Trinity 2018
Robert Creamer, BA Trinity 1969
Margaret Small, BA Trinity 1968
Madison Barnes, Trinity, Nicholas Trinity 2018
Clare Fisher, BA Trinity 2015
Jane Peabody, Pratt 2022
Jessica Sullivan, B.A. Trinity 2021
Carlos Diaz, BS Trinity 2022
Sonia Nayak, PhD Arts & Sciences 2020
Ed Norman, Ba Trinity 1983
Meredith Brown, BS Trinity 2022
Arnie Katz, A.B. Trinity 1968
Leah Abrams, BA Trinity 2020
L.J. Cooper, Ph.D. Trinity 2021
Nayeli Garci-Crespo, Ph.D. Trinity 2006
Aliza Kajani, BSE Pratt 2020
JV Sena Alencar, BS Trinity 2017
Sheridan Wilbur, BA Trinity, MA Graduate School 2019, 2021
Leah Reed, MDiv, Divinity School 2021
Alan Shusterman, BA Trinity 1970
Gale Touger, BSN 1972
Rachel Karasik, Nicholas School 2016
John Stadler, PhD, The Graduate School 2018
Julia Notar, PhD 2022
James South, PhD 1995
Melissa White, BA Trinity 2021
Elsa Costa, HGSAS PhD History 2021
Annika Sharma, BS Trinity 2020
Connor Johnson, BSE Pratt 2019
Nelia Ekeji, BA Trinity 2019
Ella Dunham, BA Trinity 2022
Michael Becker, PhD Grad School 2021
Aliza Lopes-Baker, BA Trinity 2011
Michaela Dwyer, BA Trinity 2013 2013
Valerie Gartner, PhD Genetics & Genomics 2022
Rick Frothingham, BSE Pratt 2008
Shom Tiwari, BA Trinity 2019
Lisa Guraya, BA Trinity 2018
Paul Conroy, Trinity 1968
Claire Breen, BA Trinity 2020
Jean Cary, BA Duke Women’s College history 1971
Sarah Thornburgh, BS Trinity 2016
Sarabesh Natarajan, Trinity 2022
Samayra Siddiqui, BA Trinity 2017
Sarah Darwiche, BA Trinity 2017
Lane Windham, BA Trinity 1991
Raymond Allen, PhD The Graduate School 2021
Karla Sosa, The Graduate School 2022
Sara Anderson , Law 1975
Daniel Bessner, PhD History 2013
Elizabeth Shesko, The Graduate School, Ph.d. in History 2013
Alisa Harrison, Graduate School, PhD 2008
Noeleen McIlvenna, PhD History 2004
Lesley McCollough, BA Trinity 1991
Orion Teal, PhD (History) Graduate School 2012
Harlan Gradin, Trinity 1978
Elesha Coffman, PHD 2008
Paula Hastings, Graduate School 2010
Sarah Heilbronner, PhD Graduate School 2012
Jessica Stark, English 2020
Heather Venable, PhD, Trinity 2011
Daniel Levinson Wilk, PhD in history 2005
Paige Raibmon, History, PhD 2000
Vanessa Freije, PhD History 2015
Amanda Hughett, PhD, History 2017
Kristopher Nordstrom, Sanford MPP 2006
Kecia Ali, PhD, Arts and Sciences 2002
Cynthia Quattrocchi, BA Trinity 2018
Wilson Korol, Sanford (MPP) and Nicholas (MEM) 2007
Donna Hicks, Women’s College 1969
Alexander Galloway, PhD, Literature Program 2002
Elisabeth Nicula, BA Trinity 2000
Sam Kooistra, BA Trinity 2008
Treva Lindsey, MA, PhD Graduate School of Arts & Sciences 2006, 2010
Clifford Welch, PhD in History 1990
Anna Ioanes, Trinity 2006
Shirley Mathur, BS Trinity 2022
Caroline Light, Trinity 1991
Kelly Kennington, Ph.D., History 2009
Olivia Simpson, Trinity 2020
Adriana Parker, BA, Trinity 2018
Myrna Ivonne Wallace Fuentes, PhD in a history (Graduate School) 2006
Jonathan Beller, PhD Literature 1994
Katya Gorecki, PhD, Graduate School, English 2020
Tyler Long, Trinity 2021
Janelle Taylor, Trinity 2019
Joan Walker, BA Trinity 1971
Madeline Sell, School of Medicine 2020
Adam Joyce, Duke Divinity School with an Mdiv 2012
Daniel Clark, PhD, History 1989
Varun Prasad, BA Trinity 2020
Tevin Brown, BS Trinity 2019
Corinna Zeltsman, PhD Trinity 2016
Neferti Tadiar, PhD Literature 1996
David Romine, History PhD 2018
Gordon Mantler, PhD, History (Trinity) 2008
Annie Lo, BA Trinity 2018
Richard Allen, Duke Law, JD 2008
Delaney Demark, BS Trinity 2022
Russell Coldicutt, MA - the Graduate School (English) 2019
Ashley Hare, BA Trinity 2020
Joseph Kim, Trinity, BA Program II 2019
Hayley McMahon (née Farless), BA, Trinity 2017
Gregory Larsen, PhD Nicholas School 2023
Hayden Childs, MPP Sanford 2000
Mitra Kiciman, BS Trinity 2021
Kevin Spencer, PhD 2022
Dominique Brégent-Heald, PhD History 2004
Stephanie Yuhl, PhD History 1998
Leslie Meyersjoseph, Trinity 1990
Abby Seeskin, PhD 2017
Nico Bodkin, BS Trinity 2020
Jennifer Ricano, BA Trinity 2020
Apoorva Ramamurthy, M.S. from The Graduate School 2019
Felicity Turner, Graduate School, PhD 2010
Zarena Aslami, BA Trinity 1994
Nico Baumbach, PhD Literature 2009
Aikya Soni, B.S. Trinity 2018
Omid Safi, BA Trinity, MA Trinity, Ph.D. Trinity 1992, 1997, 2000
Bryce Cracknell, B.A. Trinity 2018
Michelle Li, BA Trinity 2019
Irene Liu, Ph.D. Biology 2014
Ashton Merck, PhD History 2020
Aryan Poonacha, Duke Kunshan 2023
Rory Eggleston, BS/BA Trinity 2017
Barry Sharoff, Trinity 1968
Ben Cox, School of Medicine, PhD 2020
Tazra Mitchell, MPP Sanford 2011
Aliza Makhani, BS Trinity 2018
Caroline Petronis, BA Trinity 2021
Celia Naylor, MA, PhD, Trinity College of Arts and Sciences (History) 2001
John Wares, Trinity Zoology (now Biology) 2000
Sabriyya Pate, BA Trinity 2019
Jeffrey Marcus, PhD Zoology, Trinity 2002
Alex Culbert, Pratt 2019
Nicholas Simmons, Trinity 2020
Natasha Marcus, Law School, J.D. 1994
John Stinchcombe, PhD, Biology 2001
Sarah Fletcher, BA Trinity 2018
Celia Macrae, BA Trinity 2019
Chanelle Croxton, Trinity 2012
Kyler Griffin, Trinity 2012
Olivia Neely, BA Trinity 2020
Joseph Nagy, BA Trinity 2021
Aimee Chabot, PhD Business 2020
James Finnegan, M.A. in Teaching 2016
Charles Carpenter, MTS, Divinity School 2018
Eric Turner, Duke Divinity School, MDiv 2020
Sarah Williams, MScGH 2019
Chanel Richardson, MS Pratt 2021
Tori Lee, The Graduate School 2022
Thomas Klug, BS Trinity 2018
Simon Warren, MEM Nicholas MPP Sanford 2021
Dwight Tan, SOM PA Program, MHS 2022
Allie Charlton, BA Trinity 2020
Charlotte Sununu, BA Trinity 2021
Matthew Vining, MPP Sanford 2023
Chantel Morey, BA Trinity 2012
Uwa Ihionkhan, BA Trinity 2020
Jiehan Zheng, BS Trinity 2018
Zanne Garland, Ba Trinity 2003
Guadalupe Pulido, Trinity 2021
Natalie Meltzer, MPP Sanford 2022
Anastasia Kārkliņa, BA Trinity, PhD Graduate School Class of 2014 and Class of 2021
Joel Luther, Trinity 2015
Naveen Hrishikesh, BS Trinity 2019
Ashley Elrod, PhD Graduate School (History) 2017
Ryan Poe, 2010
Elizabeth Yonko, Pratt 2018
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