Stop
Censoring Palestine

In June 2025, leadership at Harvard Education Publishing Group (HEPG) unilaterally cancelled a special issue on Palestine and Education in the Harvard Education Review. This decision is a clear act of censorship and discrimination—made at a moment when research and teaching about the starvation, dehumanisation, and genocide of the Palestinian people is needed more than ever.

Read our open letter to HEPG below.

OUR OPEN LETTER

We, the undersigned scholars, educators, and education practitioners write to express our alarm at the Harvard Education Publishing Group’s (HEPG) cancellation of a special issue on Palestine and Education in the Harvard Educational Review (HER). Such censorship is an attempt to silence the academic examination of the genocide, starvation and dehumanisation of Palestinian people by the state of Israel and its allies. 

As reported by The Guardian, contributing authors of the special issue were informed late into the process that the publisher intended to subject all articles to a legal review by Harvard University’s Office of General Counsel. In response to this extraordinary move, the twenty-one contributing authors submitted a joint letter to both HEPG and HER, protesting this process as a contractual breach that violated their academic freedom. They also underscored the publisher’s actions would set a dangerous precedent not only for the study of Palestine, but for academic publishing as a whole. The authors demanded that HEPG honour the original terms of their contractual agreements, uphold the integrity of the existing HER review process, and ensure that the special issue proceed to publication without interference. However, just prior to its release, HEPG unilaterally cancelled the entire special issue and revoked the signed author contracts, in what The Guardian notes as “a remarkable new development in a mounting list of examples of censorship of pro-Palestinian speech”. 

These events reflect what scholars have termed the ‘Palestine exception‘ to free speech and academic freedom. It exemplifies anti-Palestinian discrimination, obstructing the dissemination of knowledge on Palestine at the height of the genocide in Gaza—precisely when Palestinian educators and students are enduring the most severe forms of ‘scholasticide’ in modern history. Originated by Palestinian scholars, the term scholasticide describes Israel’s deliberate and systematic destruction of Palestine’s educational system, targeting not just institutions but the intellectual and cultural foundations of the Palestinian people. Since October 2023, this has escalated from systematic devastation to the near-total annihilation of education in Gaza. These horrific developments are also amplified by scholasticide at a global scale, which takes the form of silencing and censoring knowledge about anti-Palestinian violence within educational institutions worldwide.

In addition to research on scholasticide, authors in the HER special issue explored the histories and conditions of Palestinian education through various topics, including: the erasure of Palestine in Israeli school textbooks; the ethical and educational responsibilities of English language teachers in the West Bank; the history of Palestinian teachers in Lebanon during the revolution; and the impact of crackdowns on dissent on teaching about Palestine in US higher education institutions. Censoring their contributions in effect silences an esteemed group of colleagues, comprised of a Dean from one of Gaza’s leading universities, who is a survivor of the genocide; the lead organizer of the Palestinian Right to Education Campaign; representatives of the Emergency Committee of Universities in Gaza; several renowned Palestinian scholars; and prominent academics from Black, Asian, Arab, and other racialised backgrounds. Several authors were also writing at a time when their colleagues, students, families, and friends were – and continue to be – bombed, starved, or killed. 

The decision by HEPG to abandon their own institutional mission – as well as the responsibilities that their world-leading stature demands – is scholasticide in action. It is unconscionable that HEPG have chosen to publicly frame their cancellation of the special issue as a matter of academic quality, while omitting key publicly-reported facts that point to censorship. Perhaps most disturbingly, HEPG leadership has sought to displace responsibility for their actions onto the authors and graduate student editors of the journal, calling into question the integrity of the journal’s long-standing  review processes, and dismissing the articles as “opinion pieces” unfit for publication. The latter claim ignores that HER explicitly welcomes ‘experiential knowledge’ and ‘reflective accounts’ through their Voices submission format. When genocide is ongoing, personal reflections and testimonies are not only valid but vital. Dismissing such contributions as lacking scholarly merit reflects an exclusionary view of “whose knowledge counts”—valuing western and external academic perspectives over lived experiences of violence and oppression.

We, the undersigned, stand in solidarity with the authors and graduate student editors of the special issue, who are facing and confronting censorship and discrimination. Given the serious implications of its actions, we call for HEPG to be held accountable.

In this light, we issue the following demands to HEPG:

• Public Acknowledgement of the Violation of Academic Freedom and Perpetuation of Anti-Palestinian Discrimination: HEPG must issue a public statement recognising that the cancellation of the special issue constituted a breach of academic freedom and discrimination of Palestinians and their allies.

• Safeguards for Future Editorial Independence: HEPG must implement and publicise clear policies that protect editorial independence, ensuring that HER’s review process is not subjected to external legal or political pressures that compromise academic freedom.

• Commissioning a New Special Issue on Palestine and Scholasticide: As a step toward repairing the harm caused, HEPG must commit to commissioning and publishing a new special issue dedicated to Palestine and scholasticide.

• Remedies for Affected Authors: HEPG must provide remedies to the contributing authors whose contracts were revoked, including formal apologies and acknowledgment of their work.

Until these terms are met, we also issue the following calls to action from scholars, educators and educational professionals, as well as organizations and institutions in our field: 

• Scholarly refusals: To refrain from supporting HEPG in any way, including both its imprint, Harvard Education Press (HEP), and its journal, HER by: declining to review, edit or publish with HEP and HER; and, refraining from citing or purchasing new and future work published by HEP and HER. These refusals should be enacted until HEPG demonstrates full accountability for the cancellation of the special issue.

• Sector-wide reconsiderations: We urge academic associations, presses, libraries and journals currently collaborating with HEPG to re-evaluate those relationships unless and until HEPG provides clear and public accountability.

These demands respond to Palestinians’ broader calls for academic solidarity; to ‘mobilise whatever resources are at our disposal to build institutional ties with Palestinian scholars and universities’, and to hold accountable entities complicit in their silencing and suffering. Assaults on academic freedom and the right to dissent cannot be tolerated. As scholars, educators, and members of the global academic and educational community, we have a responsibility to defend these principles and to stand with those whose voices are being suppressed. 

We hope this open letter serves not only as a statement of protest, but as an amplification of the reality our colleagues in Gaza are enduring; resisting scholasticide by every possible means, continuing to teach, learn, and uphold educational life under horrific conditions.

Please note that, unless they have signed on as individuals, this letter should not be taken as representative of the opinions or perspectives of the contributing authors and/or graduate student editors of the HER special issue cancelled by HEPG.

INITIAL SIGNATORIES

There are over 120 initial signatories of this letter, listed alphabetically atop. These individuals are among leading academics in the field of education from more than 55 universities across the world. They include field-defining scholars, editors of esteemed journals of education, and directors of prominent research centres. Additional signatories will be listed below in the order they are recieved.

Alison Phipps, UNESCO Chair, University of Glasgow
Ameena Ghaffar-Kucher, Advanced Senior Lecturer, University of Pennsylvania
Amilcar Pereira, Associate Professor of History Education, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Andre Keet, Professor of Higher Education Studies, Nelson Mandela University
André Mazawi, Professor of Educational Studies, University of British Columbia
Andrea Dyrness, Associate Professor of Education, University of Colorado Boulder
Angeline M. Barrett, Professor of Education, University of Bristol
Ann Phoenix, Professor of Psychosocical Studies, UCL
Arathi Sriprakash, Professor of Sociology and Education, University of Oxford, President of British Association of International and Comparative Education
Audrey Bryan, Professor, Dublin City University
Azeem Badroodien, Professor of Education, University of Cape Town
Basma Hajir, Co-director of Centre for International and Comparative Education (CIRE), University of Bristol
Ben Williamson, Co-Director of the Centre for Research in Digital Education, University of Edinburgh, and Editor of Learning, Media and Technology
Carey Jewitt, Professor learning and technology, Institute of Education, University College London
Catherine Burgess, Professor Community-led Education, University of Sydney
Catherine Montgomery, Professor of Education and Editor of Compare Journal, Durham University
Celia Oyler, Professor emerita, Teachers College, Columbia University
Chaumtoli Huq, Professor of Law, CUNY School of Law
Chris Jadallah, Assistant Professor, UCLA
Crain Soudien, Emeritus Professor, University of Cape Town, University of Cape Town
Dalila Andrade Oliveira, Emeritus professor at Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil, UFMG
David Gillborn FBA, Professor of Critical Race Studies and Editor-in-Chief of Race Ethnicity and Education, University of Birmingham, UK
David Mills, Director, Centre for Global Higher Education, University of Oxford
Derron Wallace, Associate Professor of Education Policy and Africana Studies, Brown University
Dina Kiwan, Professor in Comparative Education, University of Birmingham
Elaine Chase, Professor of Education and Wellbeing, University College London
Enver Motala, Research Associate, Nelson Mandela University
Erica Burman, Professor, Institute of Education, University of Manchester
Eve Tuck, Professor, New York University
Fazal Rizvi, Emeritus Professor, University of Melbourne
Fida Adely, Associate professor, Clovis and Hala Maksoud Chair in Arab Studies, Georgetown University
Florin Salajan, Professor of Education and Co-Editor-in-Chief of Comparative Education Review, North Dakota State University
Francine Menashy, Associate Professor, Education at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), University of Toronto
Frank Coffield, Emeritus Professor of Education, UCL Institute of Education, London University
Gert Biesta, Professor of Public Education, Centre for Public Education and Pedagogy at Maynooth University, Ireland
Handel Kashope Wright, Professor of Education, Director – Centre for Culture, Identity & Education, University of British Columbia
Heath Rose, Professor of Applied Linguistics, The University of Oxford
Helen Proctor, Former Editor of History of Education Review, Professor of Education, The University of Sydney
Henry Armand Giroux, Professor and Chair of Scholarship in the Public Interest, McMaster University
Hilary Cremin, Professor of Education, University of Cambridge
Ian Cushing, Reader in Critical Applied Linguistics and Editor of Critical Studies in Education, Manchester Metropolitan University
Iveta Silova, Professor, Arizona State University
Jane Kenway, Emeritus Professor, Monash University
Jason Arday, Professor of Sociology of Education, University of Cambridge
Jason Beech, Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, University of Melbourne
Jason Todd, Senior Departmental Lecturer, University of Oxford
Javier Campos-Martinez, Assistant Professor, Universidad Austral de Chile
Jill Blackmore AM, Distinguished Professor, Deakin University, Fellow, Academy of Social Sciences
Jo-Anne Baird, Professor, University of Oxford
Joanne Dillabough, Professor, University of Cambridge
Jennifer Keys Adair, Professor, The University of Texas at Austin
Julia Paulson, Professor of Education, University of Saskatchewan and Co-editor of Compare: A journal of Comparative and International Education
Julie McLeod, Professor, University of Melbourne
June Bam-Hutchison, Professor and Director, Centre for Education Rights and Transformation, University of Johannesburg
Karen Wells, Professor, Birkbeck, University of London
Karl Kitching, Professor of Public Education, University of Birmingham
Karma Nabulsi, Professor, Senior Research Fellow, St Edmund Hall, University of Oxford
Kathryn Moeller, Associate Professor, University of Cambridge
Keita Takayama, Professor of Comparative Studies in Education, Centre for Research in Educational and Social Inclusion
Keri Facer, Professor, University of Bristol
Kevin Myers, Professor in History and Education, University of Birmingham
Krystal Strong, Associate Professor of Black Studies, Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Laila Kadiwal, Associate Professor, UCL Institute of Education
Laura Valdiviezo, Professor, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Leigh-Ann Naidoo, Adult and Community Education, University of Cape Town
Leila Kjaee, Professor, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
Leon Tikly, Professor in Education, University of Bristol
Lesley Bartlett, Professor, Educational Policy Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Leslie G. Roman, Retired Professor of Educational Studies, UBC-Vancouver
Linda Chisholm, Professor Emeritus, University of Johannesburg
Lizzi O. Milligan, Professor of Education and Global Social Justice, University of Bath, UK
Lisa Lucas, Associate Professor of Higher Education, Co-Director, Centre for Higher Education Transformations, University of Bristol
Lyn Yates, Emeritus Professor of Education University of Melbourne, University of Melboune
Maha Shuayb, Director, Centre for Lebanese Studies
Mario Novelli, Professor in the Political Economy of Education, University of Sussex
Mark Ginsburg, Senior Visiting Researcher, University of Maryland-College Park
Maya Wind, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California Riverside
Mezna Qato, Director, Margaret Anstee Centre, University of Cambridge
Michael W. Apple, John Bascom Professor Emeritus of Curriculum and Instruction and Educational Policy Studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Michelle Fine, Distinguished Professor Critical Psychology and Urban Education, Graduate Center CUNY and University of South Africa
Myriam Feldfeber, Profesora Consulta, Universidad de Buenos Aires
Nancy Stern, Professor, The City College of New York and Graduate Center, CUNY
Nazreen Dasoo, UNESCO/UNITWIN CHAIR, Values Education, University of Johannesburg
Pablo Martinis, Dean, Faculty of Humanities and Education Sciences, University of the Republic, Uruguay
Pam Christie, Professor Emeritus of Education, University of Cape Town
Paul Warmington, Professor, Centre for Race, Education and Decoloniality, Leeds Beckett University
Pauline Rose, Professor, Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge
Rachel Rosen, Professor of Sociology, University College London
Rachel Thomson, Professor of Childhood & Youth Studies, University of Sussex
Rafael Mitchell, Senior Lecturer in Comparative and International Education, University of Bristol UK
Rebecca Tarlau, Associate Professor of Education, Stanford University
Remi Joseph-Salisbury, Reader in Sociology of Education, University of Manchester
Reva Jaffe-walter, Associate Professor, Montclair State University
Reza Gholami, Professor of Sociology of Education, University of Birmingham
Ricardo Sabates Aysa, Professor of Education and International Development, University of Cambridge
Richard Hall, Professor of Education and Technology, De Montfort University UK
Rob Gruijters, Director, Centre for Comparative and International Research in Education (CIRE), University of Bristol
Robert Lingard, Emeritus Professor of Education, The University of Queensland
Robin Shields, Professor of Education, The University of Queensland
Saleem Badat, Research Professor, University of the Free State
Salim Vally, Professor, Faculty of Education, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
Sam Sellar, Professor of Education Policy, University of South Australia, Lead Editor of Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education
Sangeeta Kamat, Professor, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Sara Ahmed, Independent Scholar
Sharon Stein, Associate Professor and Professor of Climate Complexity and Coloniality, University of British Columbia
Shirin Vossoughi, Associate Professor, Learning Sciences, Northwestern University
Simon Marginson, Professor of Higher Education, University of Bristol and University of Oxford, Joint Editor in Chief of Higher Education
Sophie Rudolph, Senior Lecturer in Education, University of Melbourne
Spyros Spyrou, Professor, European University Cyprus
Stephen Roddy, Professor, University of San Francisco
Steve Strand, Professor of Education, Co-Editor of Oxford Review of Education
Steven Friedman, Research Professor, Humanities Faculty, University of Johannesburg
Stewart Riddle, Professor (Curriculum and Pedagogy) and Editor-in-Chief of the Australian Educational Researcher, University of Southern Queensland, Australia
Stuart Tannock, Associate Professor in Sociology of Education, University College London
Susan Lee Robertson, Professor, University of Manchester
Stephen J Ball, Emeritus Professor of Sociology of Education, University College London
Subini Annamma, Associate Professor of Education, Stanford University
Tatyana Kleyn, Professor, The City College of New York
tavis d. jules, Professor of Education & Co-Editor-In-Chief of Comparative Education Review, Loyola University Chicago
Tejendra Pherali, Professor of Education, Conflict and Peace, University College London
Tyler Denmead, Executive Editor, Cambridge Journal of Education
Veronica Pacini-Ketchabaw, Professor, Western University
Yasmin Gunaratnam, Professor, King’s College London
Yusuf Sayed, Professor of Global Education Policy and Equity, Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge
Zeus Leonardo, Professor of Education, UC Berkeley

ADDITIONAL SIGNATORIES

126 Lisa Hajjar, Professor, UCSB
127 Simina Dragoș, Research Fellow and Affiliated Lecturer, University of Cambridge
128 Ariana Youn, Education Policy and Research Communications Adviser, ODI – ERICC
129 Megan Wilson, Co-Director, Clarion Alley Mural Project
130 Jee Rubin, Visiting Fellow, Centre for International Education, University of Susse
131 Lucy Davis, Associate Professor, Aalto University
132 Catherine Gegout, Associate Professor in International Relations, University of Nottingham
133 Simon Dawes, Senior Lecturer, Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ), France
134 Kevin Kester, Associate Professor of Comparative Education and Peace/Development Studies, Seoul National University
135 Michalinos Zembylas, Professor, Open University of Cyprus
136 Marna Wolak, Adjunct professor, University of San Francisco, and elementary school teacher, San Francisco Unified School District
137 Patrick Alexander, Professor of Education, Oxford Brookes University, UK
138 Adel Iskandar, Director, Centre for Comparative Muslim Studies, Associate Professor of Global Communication, Simon Fraser University
139 Abdellali Hajjat, Associate Professor of Sociology, Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
140 Alice Willatt, Research Fellow , University of Oxford
141 Mark LeVine, Professor of History of Palestine/Israel, UC Irvine
142 Malcolm Richards, Senior Lecturer in Education, University of the West of England Bristol
143 Seán Nortz, PhD candidate, Adjunct Professor, City University of New York
144 Tasnim Ali, PhD researcher, University of Cambridge
145 Costas Douzinas, Emeritus Professor, Birkbeck, University of London
146 Ritesh Shah, Co-Director, Centre for Asia Pacific Refugee Studies, University of Auckland
147 Danny Dorling, 1971 Professor of Geography, University of Oxford
148 Rebecca Gordon, Senior Lecturer in Social Sciences, University of the West of Scotland
149 Claire Neaves, Researcher, Department of Education, University of Oxford
150 Yahya Delair, Lecturer, University of Exeter
151 Sharon Walker, Lecturer, School of Education, University of Bristol
152 Priyanka Soni, DPhil Candidate, University of Oxford
153 William Baker, Associate Professor in Sociology and Education, University of Bristol
154 Zaiba Patel, DPhil Student, University of Oxford
155 Elizabeth Maber, Associate Professor of Sociology of Education, University of Cambridge
156 Alessia Frola, PhD candidate, University of Bristol – School of education
157 Lorna Smith, Associate Professor in Education, University of Bristol
158 Diane Levine, Lecturer, University of Leicester, University of Johannesburg
159 Katharine Burn, Associate Professor of Education, University of Oxford
160 Paulina Ruiz, Lecturer in Education, School of Education, University of Bristol
161 Dayana Nayan, Postgraduate student, University of Bristol
162 Sarah Gillie, Senior Lecturer, Education and Childhood, University of the West of England
163 Haira Gandolfi, Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge
164 Hesty Marwan, Postgraduate student, University of Bristol
165 Leila Mouhib, Lecturer, Université libre de Bruxelles and Université de Mons, Belgium
166 Alison Oldfield, Senior Lecturer, University of Bristol
167 Nurul Ain Johar, PhD student, University of Bristol
168 Soofia Amin, Assistant head teacher, UCL
169 Debbie Aitken, Associate Professor of Medical Education, University of Oxford
170 Jude Brady, Senior Research Manager, Cambridge University Press & Assessment
171 Kristine Langhoff, Professor of Social Work, University of Sussex
172 Gene Feder, Professor of primary care, University of Bristol
173 Nadia Talukder, Visiting Lecturer, Birmingham Newman University
174 Sara Bragg, Associate Professor and Sociology of Education, UCL Institute of Education
175 Lavinia Haslam, Creative Researcher, University of Lancashire
176 Betzabé Torres Olave, Research Fellow, University of Leeds
177 Yuvraj Singh, Doctoral Student, Department of Education, University of Oxford
178 Lisa Björkman, Associate Professor, University of Louisville
179 Sara Tolbert, Professor, Monash University
180 Jairo I. Fúnez-Flores, Assistant Professor of Curriculum Studies, Texas Tech University
181 Steven Marsh, Professor of Hispanic Studies, University of Illinois, Chicago
182 Marina Gall, Associate Professor of Music Education and Social Justice and President of the European Association for Music in Schools, University of Bristol
183 Mona Jebril, Research Associate, University of Cambridge
184 Juliet Millican, Associate Research Fellow IDS and CEO Re-alliance, a UK registered charity, IDS, ECCP, Re-Alliance,
185 Ursilla Brown, Secondary school teacher, St Bernadette Catholic Secondary School, Bristol
186 Karishma Desai, Assistant Professor, Rutgers University- New Brunswick
187 Manuel Souto, Otero Professor, University of Bristol
188 Joseph D. Steele, Independent researcher, Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis
189 Walter Johnson, Professor, Harvard
190 Anthony Alessandrini, Professor of English, City University of New York
191 Lindsey Horner Lecturer in Education and International Development University of Edinburgh
192 Cris Gutierrez, EcoPeace Educator, United States
193 Mary Mendenhall, Associate Professor, Teachers College, Columbia University
194 Stephanie Knox Steiner, Assistant Professor, Department of Peace and Conflict Studies, University for Peace
195 Mannat Ahmed Khan, MSc. Education student, University of Oxford
196 Amelia Farber, Research Assistant, PhD student, University of Oxford
197 Theresa O’Keefe, Senior Lecturer, Sociology & Criminology, University College Cork
198 Ghaith Alfakhry, AMES president, Association for Medical Education in Syria
199 Georgina McAllister, Associate Research ISS, University of Sussex, UK
200 Jenny Gibson, Professor of Neurodiversity and Developmental Psychology, Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge
201 Anne Irfan, Lecturer/Assistant Professor, University College London
202 Annapurna Menon, Teaching Associate, University of Sheffield
203 Elsa Roland, Academic, Université libre de Bruxelles
204 Donna Bryce, Senior Lecturer, University of Augsburg
205 Farah Ahmed, Senior Research Associate, Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge
206 Shirin Saeidi, Associate Professor of Politicsl Science, University of Arkansas
207 Deirdre McDonald, Librarian V, Texas A&M University-San Antonio
208 Jonathan Tridgell, Chair of Oxford University LGBT+ Network, University of Oxford
209 Scott Sorli, Independent Scholar, CUPE 524
210 Vijay Iyer, Professor, Harvard University
211 Harvey J. Graff, Professor Emeritus of English & History, Ohio Eminent Scholar, and Academy Professor, Ohio State University
212 Karolína Letochová, MSc Education student, University of Oxford
213 Wina Yoman, Student, University of Oxford
214 Feliciano Castaño Villar, PhD, University of Jaén, Spain
215 Usama Mirza, Doctoral Researcher, University of Cambridge
216 Grace Player, Associate Professor, University of Connecticut
217 Patricia Martuscelli, Lecturer in International Relations, University of Sheffield
218 Rabea Khan, Senior lecturer in International Relations, Liverpool John Moores University
219 Catia Cecilia Confortini, Professor, Peace and Justice Studies Program, Wellesley College
220 Michael Birenbaum Quintero, Associate Professor of Music, Boston University
221 Niamh McGuirk, Assitant Professor, Dublin City University
222 Sébastien Hine, Independent researcher, Formerly of UNESCO and Save the Children
223 Malek Ibrahim, MS Graduate, Researcher, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
224 Hawa Sabriye, Doctoral Candidate (EdD), University of Toronto, OISE
225 Sarah Hale, PhD Student, University at Buffalo
226 Kevin Winkler, Curriculum and professional development coordinator, City University of New York
227 Michel Pimbert, Professor Emeritus, Coventry University
228 Andrea Brower, Assistant professor, Gonzaga University
229 Garrett Graddy-Lovelace, Provost Associate Professor, American University, School of International Service
230 Steven Volk, Professor of History Emeritus, Oberlin College
231 Asma Zubairi, Assistant Professor in International Education                           University College London
232 Karla Thomas, PhD Candidate, Northwestern University
233 Aizuddin M Anuar, Assistant Professor, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
234 Kelsey Dalrymple, Teaching Faculty, Educational Policy Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Wisconsin-Madison
235 Ilham Khuri-Makdisi, Associate Professor of History, Northeastern University
236 Paul Petrequin, Residential Faculty, History, Arizona, United States
237 Sang Kil, Professor, San Jose State university
238 Jared Sacks, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Johannesburg
239 Rowena Azada-Palacios, Assistant Professor / Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Ateneo de Manila University / University of Edinburgh
240 Nancy Khalil, Assistant Professor, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
241 Rick Ayers, Professor emeritus, University of San Francisco
242 Qasir Shah, Lecturer in Education, University College London
243 Pauline Musembi, Race Equality Officer in Education, Liverpool
244 Nelson Flores, Professor, University of Pennsylvania
245 Jo Miller, Lecturer, University of the Witwatersrand
246 Rocio Fernandez, Postdoctoral researcher, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia
247 Loz Hennessy, Researcher in Climate Justice, University of Bristol, UK; UCU
248 Samer Abdelnour, Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor), University of Edinburgh
249 Patricia Redondo, FaCHE- UNLP, UNLP-ARGENTINA
250 Amber Martin, Doctoral lecturer, Hunter College
251 Alberto Galaz, Professor, Universidad Austral de Chile
252 María Rojas, Postdoctoral Researcher, Chile
253 Gary Fields, Professor of Graduate Division, University of California, San Diego
254 Lois Weiner, Professor Emerita, Education, New Jersey City University
255 Ian Barnard, Professor of Rhetoric and Composition, Chapman University
256 Ichamati Mousamputri, Doctoral Scholar, Newcastle University
257 Karen Mariángel, Académica, Universidad de Chile
258 Suad Joseph, Distinguished Research Professor, University of California, Davis
259 Alyssa Dunn, Professor of Curriculum and Instruction, University of Connecticut
260 Stephanie Cariaga, Associate Professor, California State University, Dominguez Hills
261 Chi-ming Yang Professor University of Pennsylvania
262 Jameson Goetz, Student, Brooklyn, NY
263 Liza Featherstone, Adjunct professor /instructor, Local 7902, UAW
264 Jáfia Naftali Câmara, Senior Research Associate, University of Bristol
265 Gerardo Muñoz, Académico, Universidad Austral de Chile
266 Line Kuppens, Assistant Professor, University of Amsterdam
267 Rebecca Arkell, PhD student, Goettingen University
268 Carla Barqueiro, Assistant Professor, International Relations, Goucher College
269 David Stovall, Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago
270 Nika Maglaperidze, PhD Candidate, Maynooth University
271 Lorena Berrios, Académica, Universidad de Chile
272 Hugo Parra-Munoz, Lecturer, Universidad Metropolitana de Ciencias de la Educación, Chile
273 Ahmad Naji, Ph.d candidate of multilingualism, University of Pannonia
274 mohamed mathee, PhD, Senior Lecturer, Department of Religion Studies, University of Johannesburg
275 Robert Harvey, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, USA/France
276 Michael J. Murphy, Professor of Gender and Sexuality Studies, University of Illinois Springfield
277 Sally Tomlinson, Emeritus Professor of Education Policy Goldsmiths London and Hon Research Fellow Dept of Education University of Oxford, Dept  of Education University of Oxford
278 Theresa Montano, Professor, Cal State University Northridge
279 Jordan Corson, Associate Professor of Education and Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Stockton University
280 Jane Lehr, Professor, Palestine, Arab, Muslim (PAM) Caucus of the California Faculty Association (CFA)
281 Samila Amanyraoufpoor, Lecturer, California Faculty Association
282 Jonathan Rosa, Associate Professor of Education, Stanford University
283 Sadhvi Dar, Reader in Interdisciplinary Management and Organisation Studies Queen Mary University of London
284 Tanya Soto, Doente – investigadora, USEK
285 Tracy Buenavista Professor of Asian American Studies, California State University, Northridge
286 Lori Beckett, Honorary Professor, Bangor University
287 Ken Jones, Emeritus Professor, Goldsmiths, University of London
288 John Charles Bradley, Postdoc, The New School
289 Samer Shehata, Associate Professor, University of Oklahoma
290 Carole Browner, Professor, UCLA
291 Majed Muhtaseb, California state polytechnic university Pomona.
292 Alexis Riley, Assistant Professor, NYU
293 Reem Ben Giaber, PhD Candidate and PGTA and Research Assistant, Institute of Education, UCL
294 Judith Hillier, Associate Professor of Science Education, University of Oxford
295 Daniel Morales-Doyle, Associate Professor, University of Illinois Chicago
296 Hannah Copeland, Esol teacher and researcher, Further and higher education, UK
297 Gulzar R. Charania, Associate Professor, University of Ottawa
298 Sinead Matson, Postdoctoral Researcher, Maynooth University
299 Sadia Habib, Senior Lecturer in Education, University of Manchester
300 Enio José Serra dos Santos, Scholar, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
301 Antero Garcia, Professor, Stanford University
302 Angela Melchiorre, E-Learning Manager, Global Campus of Human Rights
303 Margaret Malarkey, Registered Nurse, Portland, Oregon
304 Hannah Cooper, Teacher, UK
305 Inmaculada García-Sánchez, Professor, Education & Anthropology, University of California, Los Angeles
306 Kaleb Germinaro, Assistant Professor, University of Illinois Chicago
307 Sean D. Hernández Adkins, Independent Scholar, United States
308 Darlene Lee, Lecturer, UCLA
309 Mary F.E. Ebeling, Professor of Sociology, USA
310 Katherine Wilson, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Hunter College/CUNY
311 Ozan Jaquette, Associate professor, UCLA
312 Sophina Choudry, Senior Lecturer, Education, University of Manchester
313 Umar Ruhi, Professor, University of Ottawa
314 Jenna Mittelmeier, Senior Lecturer in International Education, University of Manchester
315 Jeff Share, Lecturer, UCLA
316 Tatiana Becerra Posada, Associate Professor, Universidad de Cordoba
317 Linda Morrice, Professor of Education and Migration, University of Sussex
318 Arshad Ali, Associate Professor, Education, University of California, Santa Cruz
319 Marie Flynn, Associate Professor, DCU
320 Leila Neshat Mokadem, PhD scholar, CEO, NASUWT
321 Amanda Lashaw, Continuing Lecturer,  UC Santa Cruz
322 William C. Smith, Sr. Lecturer in Education and International Development, University of Edinburgh
323 Catherine Bayley, Anti-Racism Consultant, Leeds Beckett University
324 Jasmine Y. Ma, Associate Professor of Education, New York University
325 Sami Safadi, Senior Academic Tutor (PG), United Kingdom
326 Shaakirah Kasuji, Teacher of Geography, Leicestershire
327 Shabnam Javdani, Associate Professor, New York University
328 Saira Mahmood, Student, University of Oxford
329 Catherine Harper, Deputy Vice-Chancellor for the Student Journey, The British University in Egypt
330 Rouhollah Aghasaleh, Associate Professor, California State Polytechnic University- Humboldt
331 Ola Demkowicz, Senior Lecturer in Psychology of Education, The University of Manchester
332 Helen Hanna, Lecturer, University of Manchester
333 Catherine Burwell, Associate Professor, Curriculum and Learning, University of Calgary
334 Leigh Patel, Professor, University of Pittsburgh
335 Sheila Trahar, Professor Emerita of International Higher Education, University of Bristol
336 Nirmala Erevelles, Professor, Alabama
337 Mara Sapon-Shevin, Professor emerita of inclusive education, Syracuse University
338 Leilani Sabzalian, Associate Professor of Indigenous Studies in Education, University of Oregon
339 Thomas Delahunty, Department of Education, Maynooth University
340 Neus Crous-Costa, Researcher, Observatorio de Sostenibilidad
341 Thérèse Farrell, Assistant Professor in Early Childhood Education, Dublin City University
342 Finola Kerrigan, Professor of Marketing, University of Birmingham
343 Marijke Hecht, Assistant Professor, The Ohio State University
344 Joshua Schreier, Professor of History, New York, NY
345 Walda Katz-Fishman, Professor of Sociology (retired), American Association of University Professors
346 Heike Schotten, Professor, University of Massachusetts Boston
347 Harper Keenan, Assistant Professor, University of British Columbia
348 Claudia M. Triana, Ph.D Student, University of Wisconsin-Madison
349 Makynzie Horvath, PhD Student , International Education Policy, University of Maryland
350 Lilian Martin, Senior Lecturer, UWTSD
351 Lauren Bouttell, Research Associate, University of East Anglia
352 Sabina Vaught, Professor, University of Pittsburgh
353 Carlos Taibo, Professor, Political Science, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
354 Mara Fridell, Asst Professor, CAUT Canada
355 Edwin Mayorga, Associate Professor, Swarthmore College
356 Dana Morrison, Associate Professor of Educational Foundations & Policy Studies, West Chester University of Pennsylvania, APSCUF (Union)
357 Sara Bashir Malik, Senior Consultant, UK
358 Betina Hsieh, Endowed Professor of Teacher Education, University of Washington
359 Ana Carolina Diaz Beltran, Assistant Professor, UT Rio Grande Valley
360 Lisa Ortiz, Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh
361 Ahlam Muhtaseb, Professor of Media Studies, California State University, San Bernardino
362 Suvir Kaul, A M Rosenthal Professor Emeritus, University of Pennsylvania
363 Sandra Schmidt, Associate Professor, Teachers College, Columbia University
364 Andrew B. Torres, Clinical Assistant Professor of English Education, New York University
365 Yenny Hinostroza Paredes, Academic, Universidad de Talca, Chile
366 Roseann Liu, Assistant Professor of Educational Studies, Swarthmore College
367 Lori Maria Walton, Professor, The University of Scranton
368 Will McInerney, Visiting Fellow, LSE Centre for Women, Peace, and Security
369 Hafsa Garcia, Teacher, NEU
370 Michael O. West, Professor, Penn State University
371 Mojtaba Azadi, Associate Professor, San Francisco State University
372 Cynthia Lewis, Professor Emerita, Education, University of California, Santa Cruz
373 Stephanie Flores, Professor, Loyola University MD
374 Nicole Mirra, Associate Professor, University of California Los Angeles
375 Lara Saguisag, Associate Professor and Chair of Children’s Literature and Literacy, New York University
376 Emily Lu, Grad student, Florida State University
377 Kristen Gillespie-Lynch, Professor of Psychology, College of Staten Island and The Graduate Center CUNY
378 John Regalio, Professor,  USA
379 JY Teoh, Honorary Senior Lecturer, Brunel University London
380 Ken Habib, Professor, California
381 Charlotte Jacobs, Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Pennsylvania
382 Dennis Hunt, Retired Professor and Music Teacher, USA
383 Rebecca Maria Goldschmidt, PhD Candidate, Faculty of Arts Hiroshima City University
384 Osama Koraishi PhD Student Bursa Uludag university
385 Katherine S. Cho, Assistant Professor in Higher Education, Loyola University Chicago
386 Maggie Beneke, Associate Professor, University of Washington
387 Edward Curammeng, Associate Professor, California State University, Dominguez Hills
388 Mohit P. Mehta, Assistant Professor of Elementary Education, Texas State University
389 Django Paris, Professor, University of Washington
390 Lara Handsfield, Professor Emerita, Illinois State University
391 Mary Catherine Stoumbos, Adjunct Professorial Lecturer, American University
392 Wayne Au, Professor, Scholar
393 Paul Yoder, Associate Professor of Teacher Education, Eastern Mennonite University
394 Ramón Antonio Martínez, Associate Professor, Stanford University
395 Crystal Uchino, Research Associate, Japan
396 Kezia Lewins, Senior Lecturer, University of the Witwatersrand
397 Elijah Lin, MS Student, UW Madison Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis
398 Ana Duarte PhD candidate Instituto de Educação
399 Howard Winant, Distinguished Professor of Sociology Emeritus, University of California, Santa Barbara
400 Pauline Baldwin, Lecturer, Prefectural University of Hiroshima, Shunan University, Yasuda Women’s University, Hijiyama University
401 Thea de Borja, Lecturer, CSULB
402 Souheir Edelbi, Lecturer, Western Sydney University, Australia
403 Felia allym, Professor, University of Bath, UK
404 Stasha lauria, Lecturer, Brunel university
405 Mohamed Seedat, Emeritus Professor, Institute for Social and Health Sciences, Unisa
406 Ioanna Palaiologou, Associate Professor, School of Education University of Bristol
407 Ann Ishimaru, Professor, University of Washington
408 Maria Barry, Assistant Professor, Dublin City University
409Monica Omullane, Research fellow, UCC
410 Nasima Badsha, Retired, Formerly, University of the Western Cape, South Africa
411 Aaishah Lombard, Lecturer, University of Johannesburg
412 Shahnaaz Suffla, Professor, University of South Africa
413 Arundhati Velamur, Postdoctoral Fellow, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
414 Karen Dale, Professor, Lancaster University
415 Nick Malherbe, Researcher, University of South Africa
416 Fikile Nxumalo, Associate Professor, University of Toronto
417 Malose Langa, Professor, South africa
418 Sarojini Nadar, Professor, Desmond Tutu Research Centre in Religion and Social Justice, University of the Western Cape
419 Precious Biyela, Senior Lecturer, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
420 Saajidha Sader, Academic, University of KwaZulu-Natal
421 Meghan Finn, Senior Lecturer, University of Johannesburg
464 Michelle Starr, Sociology of Education Researcher and Lecturer, University of Limerick                                                                       
423 Rasigan Maharajh, Chief Director, National Education Health and Allied Workers Union
424 Liz Murray, Research partner and classroom teacher, Victoria, Australia
425 Na-iem Dollie, Chief Editor, University of Johannesburg
426 Noor Nieftagodien, Professor, University of the Witwatersrand
427 Michelle Anjirbag-Reeve, Independent scholar, UK
428 Hlengiwe Ndlovu, Senior Lecturer, South Africa
429 Danica Sims, Senior lecturer, Course Director, University of Oxford
430 Carolyn McKinney, Professor, School of Education, University of Cape Town
431 Allyson Tintiangco-Cubales, Professor, San Francisco State University
432 Ashley Visagie, Lecturer, University of Cape Town, School of Education
433 Catherine Kell, Emeritus Associate Professor of Education, University of Cape Town
434 Sandra Baxter, Research Associate, University of Cambridge
435 Andrew Howes, Professor, University of Manchester Institute of Education
436 Pedro Mzileni, Senior Lecturer, University of Zululand, South Africa
437 Tania van der Merwe, Postgraduate Education Specialist, University of the Witwatersrand
438 Rebecca Pointer, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Centre for Science Communication, Journalism Department, Stellenbosch University
439 Rochelle Kapp, Emerita Associate Professor, School of Education, University of Cape Town
440 Mike Baynham, Emeritus Professor of TESOL, University of Leeds
441 Laura Burocco, Affiliated Researcher, Centre for Research in Anthropology-CRIA of the University Institute of Lisbon- ISCTE
442 Lubna Nadvi, Senior Lecturer, School of Social Sciences, University of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa
443 Haidar Eid, Associate Prof. Literature and Cultrual Stuides, AlAqsa University
444 Janice Williamson, Professor Emerita, University of Alberta
445 Iman Khan, PhD Researcher, Loughborough University London
446 Nadira Omarjee, Lecturer, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
447 Isabel Machado Da Silva, Assistant Professor, Dublin City University
448 Ruby-Ann Levendal, Director Transformation, Palestinian Soladarity Organization @ Nelson Mandela University
449 Ziyad Motala, Professor of Law Howard University Washington D.C., Howard Law School Washington D.C.
450 Louis George Reynolds, Retired Associate Professor at Paediatrics, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Cape Town, South Africa
451 Annie Lazarski, Masters of Library and Information Studies Student, Dublin, Ireland
452 Sheree Borge, Lecturer in German Studies, Munster Technological University
453 David Rawlings, Senior Lecture in Education, University of Bristol
454 Emanuele Braga, Researcher, Bicocca University IT
455 Najma Agherdien, Curriculum and Teaching Lead, Centre for learning, teaching and development
456 Jeanne Bouyat, Lecturer, Sciences Po Grenoble
457 John O’Regan, Vice-Dean International, Professor of Critical Applied Linguistics, University College London
458 Maddalena Fragnito, Adjunct professor, Roma Tre University
459 William Hardman, University Teacher and UCU Liverpool Branch Vice-President, University of Liverpool, English Language Centre
460 Miriam Reynoldson, PhD Candidate, Melbourne
461 Salim Guessoum, Lecturer in IR, GUELMA University – Algeria
462 Roy Leighton, Director, Cambridge Peace Education Research Group
463 Carol Anne Spreen, Associate Professor, NYU
464 Matthew Stifter, Assistant Director of Partner University Study Abroad Programs, American University Staff Union – SEIU Local 500
465 Peter de Lisle, Academic Director, Inanda Seminary
466 Sarah Gaylard freelance teacher; freelance writer and editor of educational materials South Africa
467 Magda Skalecka, Lecturer, MTU
468 Samuel Martin, Lecturer in Foreign Languages, University of Pennsylvania
469 Mia Hicks, PhD candidate, University of Wisconsin Madison
470 John Willoughby, Professor Department of Economics, American University
471 Kalwant Bhopal, Professor of Education and Social Justice, University of Birmingham
472 Munawwar Najim, Associate Prof., Islamic University of Gaza
473 Kyle Halle-Erby, Postdoctoral Scholar, UCLA
474 Carla Shalaby, Staff, University of Michigan
475 Dan Whittall, Teacher of Geography, Calderdale NEU (signing in a personal capacity)
476 Monica Gonzalez Ybarra, Associate Professor, University of Illinois
477 Sunisa Nuonsy, Faculty, NY
478 Urmitapa Dutta, Associate Professor, University of Massachusetts Lowell
479 Ujju Aggarwal, Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Experiential Learning, The New School
480 Conor Tomás Reed, Faculty, West Chester University
481 Lucien Baskin, Doctoral candidate in urban education, CUNY graduate center
482 Irna Senekal, Director, Nelson Mandela University, South Africa
483 Nako Abdullah, Doctoral Researcher and Lecturer in Education, University of Bristol and Institute of Teacher Education, Malaysia
484 Coomerene Muilerman-Rodrigo, Doctoral researcher, The Open University, UK
485 Caroline Oliver, Professor of Sociology, UCL Institute of Education
486 Shirley Walters, Professor Emerita, University of the Western Cape
487 Brit Williams, Associate Professor of Higher Education, University of Vermont
488 Dolores Delgado Bernal, Professor, Loyola Marymount University
489 Paulette Coetzee, Lecturer, Nelson Mandela University
490 Heather Jacklin, Retired Senior lecturer, University of Cape Town
491 Banu Modak, Palestine
492 Mokubung Nkomo, Retired Professor of International Education & Comparative Education, Scientific Resource Management Holdings
493 Mariana Ramirez, Associate Director, UC Irvine
494 Jasmin Patrón-Vargas, Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University
495 Sarah Barkin, Assistant Teaching Professor, University of Colorado Boulder
496 Zimitri Erasmus, Associate Professor, Anthropology, Wits University, Johannesburg
497 Gabriel Rodriguez, Assistant Professor, University of Illinois Urbana-Chsmpaign
498 Randy Ziglar, MPA, Community Peace Educator, United States
499 Birgul Kutan, Assistant professor, University of Sussex, United Kingdom
500 Mirte Bautmans, Lector, Rotterdam
501 Christina Noto, Student at CU Denver, University of Colorado Denver
502 Cathryn Magno, Professor, University of Fribourg
503 Kalie Naidoo, Independent psychologist, South Africa
504 Anna Lees, Professor, University of Washington
505 Vishnu Nair, Lecturer, University of Reading
506 Maria Luisa Alonso, Consultant, Independent researcher
507 Brianna Suslovic PhD candidate University of Chicago
508 Alexander Black Doctoral Researcher University College London (Institute of Education)
509 Erica Meiners Professor Northeastern Illinois University, University Professionals of Illinois, IFT
510 Magdy Aqel Professor Islamic University of Gaza
511 David Palumbo-Liu Louise Hewlett Nixon Professor Stanford University
512 Nancy LaPierre Retired educator Western Massachusetts
513 Elena Ioannidou Associate Professor University of Cyprus
514 Bill Boyle Professor of Education, University of Manchester, UK [1989-2014] [1989-2014]
515 Christa Robinson Doctoral Candidate Michigan State University
516 Rachel McMillian Assistant Professor Indiana University Indianapolis
517 Dirck Roosevelt Professor (retired) Teachers College, Columbia
518 Michelle Stack Associate Professor University of British Columbia
519 Jeji Varghese Associate Professor CSAHS, University of Guelph
520 Jeremiah Chin Assistant Professor of Law University of Washington
521 Dina AlMasri Education Adviser Jordan
522 Adnan Masri Retired senior manager Jordan university
523 Anita Chikkatur Professor Carleton College
524 Elaheh Pooyandeh Peace Educator MODARA (NPO), Iran
525 David Block Honorary Professor Universitat Pompeu Fabra
526 Grace Chen Assistant Professor New York University
527 Ileana Jiménez Postdoctoral fellow Stony Brook University (SUNY)
528 Scot Esposito Educator Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain
529 Rekia Jibrin Assistant Professor, Critical Studies of Education UC Santa Cruz, Education Department
530 Amanda R Tachine Assistant Professor University of Oregon
531 René Espinoza Kissell Assistant Professor University of California, Santa Cruz
532 Iman Bugaighis Professor The Libyan Authority for Scientific Research
533 Sara Rezvi Assistant Professor, School of Education Dominican University
534 Farah Ali Assistant professor of Hispanic studies DePauw University
535 Nic Fryer Senior Lecturer and Course Leader, MA Education Middlesex University
536 Lee Iskander Sessional Instructor University of British Columbia
537 Sarah Logan Adjunct Professor Philadelphia, PA
538 Krystal Rubie Race equality Trainer and consultant. NEU
539 Julia Karpicz Adjunct / Part-time Lecturer University of California, Los Angeles
540 Ali Blake Assistant Professor School of the Art Institute of Chicago
541 Edward Kilcullen English teacher Japan
542 Samroz Jakvani Policy American Muslim Health Professionals
543 Damaris C. Dunn Post- doctoral researcher Drexel University
544 Anna Traianou Professor of Education Goldsmiths, University of London
545 Rashad Bagus Independent researcher; retired lecturer South Africa
546 Jill Bradbury Associate Professor, Psychology University of the Witwatersrand
547 Saili S. Kulkarni Associate Professor SJSU
548 Pravindharan Balakrishnan PhD candidate King’s College London
549 F. Ahmed Teaching Fellow in Stylistics and Education Aston
550 Maggie ONeill Professor of Sociology & Criminology University College Cork
551 Marie Delage-Martin Education Trade Union Case worker and former teacher NEU/ Unite
552 Julia Elyachar Associate Professor Princeton University
553 Nidal Al Haj Sleiman Research Officer London School of Economics and Political Science
554 Kara Mitchell Viesca Professor University of Nebraska-Lincoln
555 Deirdre Horgan Professor of Education IFUT
556 Paul Martin University Distance Learning Tutor UCU
557 Usman Tahir MSc Education student, University of Oxford. Research Manager Oxford Press University of Oxford
558 Markus Zimmer International consultant and advisor Harvard Graduate School of Education EdD
559 Habiba Noor Lecturer Trinity University
560 Bhaic Moses Youth Worker, Gendered Intelligence / Creative Facilitator & Evaluator GMB UK
561 Nazlin Bhimani Research Support & Special Collections Librarian Institute of Education Library, University College London
562 Michael Abrams Popular Educator Hands On Collective
563 Anna J Markowitz Associate Professor, Departmetn of Education UCLA
564 Muhammad Khalifa Professor of Educational Administration and Executive Director of Urban and Rural Initiatives The Ohio State University
565 Tania Saeed Associate Professor Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) Pakistan
566 Miwa Takeuchi Associate Professor University of Calgary, Canada
567 Tess Cimino Fulbright Scholar USA
568 Frenand Leger Associate Professor Carleton University
569 Theodore Chao Assistant Professor California State University, Fullerton
570 Casey Wong Assistant Professor Atlanta, Georgia
571 H. Samy Alim Professor UCLA
572 Sheila Orr Assistant Professor Saginaw Valley State University
573 Kyle Mays Professor African American Studies UCLA
574 Elizabeth Rushton Professor of Education University of Stirling
575 Chandra Talpade Mohanty Distinguished Professor Syracuse University
576 Sumun Pendakur Educator Speaker, Strategist Sumun Pendakur Consulting
577 Jeremy Singer Assistant Professor University of Michigan-Flint
578 Melinda Lemke Associate Professor Educational Policy University at Buffalo, SUNY
579 Maren Aukerman Associate Professor of Education University of Calgary
580 Judith McKenzie Emeritus Professor University of Cape Town
581 Elaine Unterhalter Professor of Education and International Development UCL
582 Hugo ka Canham Professor University of South Africa
583 Omer Aijazi Assistant Professor University of Manchester
584 Barira Shahid Senior Lecturer UAE
585 Robin D. G. Kelley Professor of History University of California, Los Angeles
586 Christopher Ballantine Professor Emeritus University of KwaZulu-Natal
587 Esther O. Ohito Associate Professor Rutgers University – New Brunswick
588 Katheryne Leigh-Osroosh Assistant Professor New York
589 Vivienne Bozalek Emerita Professor and Honorary Professor University of the Western Cape
590 David Bowers Research Assistant Professor of Mathematics Education University of Tennessee Knoxville
591 Gregory Michie Retired K-12 and university educator Chicago Teachers Union
592 Paula Ensor Professor Emeritus University of Cape Town
593 Gerardo R. López Professor and Editor-in-Chief, Educational Administration Quarterly Michigan State University
594 Enrique Alemán, Jr. Professor Trinity University
595 Sonya M. Alemán Professor University of Texas, San Antonio
596 Leonisa Ardizzone Director, Peace Education Center of the Hudson Valley & Visiting Professor of Education, Vassar College Peace Education Center of the Hudson Valley and Vassar College
597 Sarah Godsell Senior Lecturer, History Education University of the Witwatersrand
598 Hiba Salem Research Fellow University of Oxford
599 Manuel Nieves Masters Student, Posgraduation in Communication and Contemporary Culture Universidade Federal da Bahia
600 Cathrine Brun Deputy Director Centre for Lebanese Studies
601 Kelsey Shanks Professor of Education Ulster University
602 Vini Lander Professor Emerita Leeds Beckett University
603 Sepehr Vakil Associate Professor, Northwestern University n/a
604 Rachel Brooks Professor of Higher Education University of Oxford
605 Victoria Elliott Professor in English and Education University of Oxford
606 Lisa Rofel Professor Emerita, Anthropology University of California, Santa Cruz
607 OiYan Poon Adjunct Associate Professor University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
608 Cristal Sabbagh High school Art teacher USA
609 Treva B. Lindsey Professor OSU
610 George Bunch Professor University of California, Santa Cruz
611 Carrie Griffin Associate Professor Univerisity of Limerick
612 Deepti R Bhat PhD student University of Bristol
613 Katherin Barg Senior lecturer in Education University of Bristol
614 Prithvi Perepa Associate Professor School of Education, University of Birmingham
615 Grahame Hayes Honorary research associate University of KwaZulu-Natal
616 Shaddai Tembo Senior Lecturer Bath Spa University
617 Jeremy Knox Associate Professor of Digital Education University of Oxford
618 Tuhina Sharma Student, University of Cambridge Faculty of Education
619 P. Zitlali Morales Professor University of Illinois Chicago
620 Máiréad Dunne Professor of the Sociology of Education University of Sussex
621 Natalie Davis Assistant Professor University of Michigan
622 Rehad Desai Senior Research Associate University of Johannesburg
623 Erin McCloskey Professor Vassar College
624 Rishi Krishnamoorthy Assistant Professor University of Toronto
625 Megan Franke Professor UCLA
626 Rita Kohli Professor UC Riverside
627 Naomi Mae W. Assistant Professor University of Wisconsin-Madison
628 Tesha Sengupta-Irving Associate Professor of Learning Sciences & STEM Education Berkeley School of Education
629 Cynthia Okpokiri Lecturer University of East Anglia
630 Alex Allweiss Assistant Professor, Department of Teacher Education Michigan State University
631 Jessica Pykett Professor of Social and Political Geography University of Birmingham
632 Shireen Al-Adeimi Assistant Professor Michigan State University
633 Debby Hylton Senior Lecturer University of Roehampton
634 Michelle Dillon Senior Lecturer in nursing London
635 Federick Ngo Associate Professor University of Nevada Las Vegas
636 Lateefah Id-Deen Associate Professor Kennesaw State University
637 Noah Jenkins Research Associate Harvard Business School
638 Ece Turnator Librarian MIT
639 Jed Brown Associate Professor University of Colorado Boulder
640 Hilde Refstie NTNU
641 Geetha M research Scholar and education Practicioner Tata Institute of Social Sciences
642 Gonzalo Hidalgo Bazan Postdoctoral Researcher Department of Education, University of Oxford
643 Hannah Carrim PhD Candidate; Teacher Educator University of Cape Town
644 Judith Kegan Gardiner Professor of English and of Gender and Women’s Studies Emerita University of Illinois at Chicago
645 Lottie Hoare Senior Teaching Associate University of Cambridge
646 Brita Phuthi PhD Candidate Oslo Metropolitan University
647 Deena Baskin-Atkinson Student Experience Officer University and College Union
648 Sakina Jafri PhD Researcher University of Cambridge
649 Ahmed Kamal Junina Assistant Professor of Applied Linguistics, Head of the English Department Al-Aqsa University, Gaza, Palestine
650 José Hildo de Oliveira Filho Postdoctoral researcher CEBRAP São Paulo
651 Melanie Vaxevanakis Founder University of Bristol
652 Vishanthie Sewpaul Emeritus Professor UKZN
653 Jennifer Manikkam Social Worker Retired
654 Amy Kapit Researcher Independent
655 Sandra Jennifer Manikkam Social Worker Cape Town, South Africa
656 Aisha Abrahams Lecturer South African
657 Riya Kartha Doctoral Student University of Cambridge
658 Linda Harms Smith Emeritus Professor University of Pretoria University of Pretoria, South Africa
659 Amelia Simone Herbert Assistant Professor of Education and Urban Studies Barnard College, Columbia University
660 Dave Backer Associate Professor of Education Policy Teachers College, Columbia University
661 Carlos García Retired teacher México
662 Willow-Samara Allen Associate Professor, School of Education and Technology Royal Roads University
663 Diana Rodríguez Gómez Assistant Professor University of Wisconsin-Madison
664 Shawna Carroll Professor Capilano University, Canada
665 Avery Gonzales Project Manager World Class Scholars
666 Mikayla Feliciano Student School
667 Mocke Jansen van Veuren Deputy HOD Wits Dept of Film and TV
668 Ruth Sacks Associate Professor University of Johannesburg
669 David Andrew Associate Professor Johannesburg, South Africa
670 Niyousha Bastani Senior Teaching Associate University of Cambridge
671 David Paton Associate Professor Department of Visual Art, University of Johannesburg
672 Nina Barnett Researcher University of Johannesburg
673 Caterina Mazzilli Research Officer ODI Global – ERICC
674 Peter Tiernan Associate Professor Dublin City University
675 Andrene Wright-Johnson Assistant Professor University of Wisconsin-Madison
676 Fatima Mohamed Ali Senior Lecturer in Education University of the West of England
677 Murad Guliyev History teacher ADA University
678 Sarah Sartori Strategic Project Lead & Sanctuary Chair South East Technological University, Ireland
679 Penny Rabiger Independent Researcher and Consultant Leeds Beckett University
680 Gihan Ismail Researcher University of Bath
681 Natalia Ortiz Clinical Assistant Professor New York, NY
682 Lucy Graham Associate Professor South Africa
683 Tiffany Lee Distinguished Professor University of New Mexico
684 Nai Lang PhD student University of Bath
685 Rosa Rivera-McCutchen Professor Hunter College CUNY
686 Michelle Graffagnino Senior Lecturer in education University of Bristol
687 Matt Blackmore Teacher UnitedKingdom
688 Charlotte Wilson Teacher Leicestershire
689 rosalind hampton Associate Professor University of Toronto
690 Pablo Montes Assistant Professor TCU
691 Linda Kim Associate Professor Drexel University
692 Jose I. Icaza Retired associate professor Tecnológico de Monterrey, México
693 Navtej Purewal Professor University of the Arts London
694 Nigel Fancourt Associate Professor of Education & Values University of Oxford
695 Kate Noble Secondary School Teacher England
696 Tom G. Griffiths Professor University of Newcastle
697 Alexandre da Trindade e Oliveira Researcher Unversidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) / Brazil
698 Erinaldo Moura do Nascimento Professor Escola do seixos
699 Mateus Founder and Lead Tutor Mindshop Knowledge Society
700 Lorena Rojas PhD student Chile
701 Ronaldo Travassos Professor-pesquosador (aposentado) Escola Politécnica de Saúde Joaquim Venâncio -Fiocruz
702 Graciela Baum Professor Universidad Nacional de La Plata
703 María Alejandra Álvarez Taborda Doctoral researcher University of Cambridge
704 Carlos Carballo Profesor Titular FaHCE- UNLP (Argentina)
705 Francisco J. Carrillo Emeritus Professor of Knowledge Based Development World Capital Institute
706 Sebastián Ansaldo Researcher and lecturer Social Sciences, Universidad Alberto Hurtado, Chile
707 Eduardo Lopez Teacher Mindshop Knowledge Society
708 Annchen Doherty Freelance English language coach and ELT4Palestine Tutor Spain
709 Melcion Mateu Departament d’Educació. Teachear in Public High School
710 Clara Soler Teacher Escola Pia Sarrià (Barcelona)
711 Jehan Al-Azzawi Director, Educators for Peace Scotland
712 Diane Conti CEO Turkiye
713 Patrick Alexander Professor of Education Oxford Brooke’s University
714 Ellen Fleischmann Retired Professor University of Dayton
715 Anya Doherty University teacher, UAB Barcelona Spain
716 Agustín Ilarregui Graduate Universidad Nacional de La Plata
717 Najat Rahman Professor Université de Montréal
718 Gary Wilder Professor CUNY Graduate Center
719 Cahaya PhD Candidate Kyoto University
720 Mary Edwards Artist Educator London UK/Cape Town SA
721 Yasmina Haddad Co-Chair, Middle East North Africa Special Interest Group, Comparative International Education Society University of Wisconsin-Madison
722 Leena Elmasry PhD Student University of Malaya
723 Denise Lyons Academic Ireland
724 Maria A. Navarro Lecturer Spain
725 Andrea Abbas Professor of the Sociology of Higher Education University of Bath
726 Lorna Assistant Headteacher London
727 Beth Sennett Learning Designer Falmouth University
728 Spyros Themelis Associate Professor University of East Anglia
729 Amir Moosavi Assistant Professor Rutgers
730 des mooney Tutor/lecturer/practitioner SETU
731 Nancy Kendall Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor and Department Chair Department of Educational Policy Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison
732 Judith Tucker Professor Emerita Georgetown University
733 John Halaka Professor of Visual Arts University of San Diego
734 Irene Williams Professor of English University of San Diego
735 Louis Cristillo Independent Scholar Retired
736 Diane Keeling Professor of Rhetoric University of San Diego
737 Daniel Zitnick Senior Lecturer Wellesley College
738 Heather McKnight Researcher Magnetic Ideals Collective, UK
739 Jason Nunzio Dorio Associate Director UCLA
740 Komal Waqar PhD student McGill University
741 Greg William Misiaszek Professor Beijing Normal University
742 Maria Bebis Teacher Generalitat of Catalonia
743 Julia Snell Professor of Sociolinguistics University of Leeds
744 Morgan Harper PhD Candidate University of Toronto
745 Sunera Thobani Professor University of British Columbia
746 Amy Jaffa DPhil Candidate Oxford University
747 Nisa Shai Scholar Malaysia
748 Rafael Simões Professor Teachers Union of Espírito Santo Brasil
749 Eve Mayes Senior research fellow Deakin University
750 Catherine Hartung Senior Lecturer Department of Education, Swinburne University of Technology
751 Melanie Baak Associate Professor of Education University of South Australia
752 Erika Weber Professor Lewis and Clark Graduate School of Education and Counseling
753 Michael Flanagan Retired US Navy Captain, USS LIBERTY supporter University of Colorado
754 Muna Saleh Associate Professor Concordia University of Edmonton
755 Aireale J. Rodgers Assistant Professor University of Wisconsin-Madison
756 Fadoua Govaerts Researcher teaching fellow University of Bath
757 Sruti Bala Associate Professor University of Amsterdam
758 Douwe Korff Em. Prof. International Law, LondonMet Uni, London (UK), Visiting Fellow, Yale University (ISP project)
759 Alfredo Roldán-Flores Parent of Student MPS, USA/North East
760 Marina Tulin Assistant Professor University of Amsterdam
761 Heather Cantino retired educator Harvard B.A., Lesley M.Ed., member SE OH Jewish Voice for Peace
762 Elsa Auerbach Professor Emerita UMass Boston
763 Rosli Omar Associate Professor (retired) Universiti Malaya
764 Emma Goldman-Sherman Theatre Artist, Poet, Dramaturg, Teacher and Coach Dramatists Guild
765 Fawzia Afzal-Khan Visiting Professor Princeton University
766 Sally Fleschner Rule of law consultant graduate of Univ. of Pa.
767 Nevzat Adil Braille Proofreader Austin, TX
768 Miriam E. David Professor Emerita of Sociology of Education University College London University College London UK
769 Andrew Paul Gutierrez Prof. Emeritus University of California at Berkeley
770 Nira Yuval-Davis Professor Emeritus University of East London
771 Brian Kelly Reader in History Queen’s University Belfast
772 Marie Kennedy Professor Emerita University of Massachusetts Boston
773 Joan Hazbun Retired History teacher Archdiocese of Philadelphia Catholic teachers
774 Nancy Murray Director of Education, ACLU of MA (retired) ACLU of MA
775 Manzar Foroohar History Professor Emerita Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo
776 Jonathan Rosenhead London School of Economics
777 Marta Guttenberg Harvard AB 1969, retired physician educator
778 Steven Zade Lecturer in multi-racial education – retired Leeds Education Authority UK
779 Penny Green Queen Mary University of London
780 Glyn Secker Retired lecturer & teacher UK
781 Anna Kristina Hultgren Professor and UKRI Future Leaders Fellow The Open University
782 Leonard Lapon Teacher (Retired) Boston Latin School
783 Nikki Barry Assistant professor Univeristy of California, Los Angeles
784 Rosalind Edwards Professor of Sociology University of Southampton
785 Kalonji Nzinga Assistant Professor University of Colorado Boulder
786 Caleb Sewell PhD Student in Urban Education University of Pittsburgh
787 Kareem Kalil PhD Student University of Colorado
788 Mary James Professor of Education emerita University of Cambridge
789 Ben Kirshner Professor of Education University of Colorado
790 Alexis Hunter Graduate Student University of Colorado, Boulder
791 Rebecca Ruth Gould Distinguished Professor of Comparative Poetics and Global Politics School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London
792 Melissa Campanella Research Associate University of Colorado – Boulder
793 Rebecca Vaughan Adjunct lecturer PSC
794 Morten Greaves Post doctoral researcher University College Dublin
795 Marcy Newman Educator/college counselor (former literature professor) IJAN and JVP
796 Paulina Rodriguez Anaiz Postdoctoral Researcher University of Oxford
797 Madeleine Arnot Emerita Professor of Sociology of Education University of Cambridge
798 Jill Toh PhD Candidate University of Amsterdam
799 Anneke Newman Senior Postdoctoral Fellow University of Ghent
800 Robert Reiner Emeritus Professor LSE United Kingdom
801 Susan Bramhall Radcliffe/Harvard alumna Radcliffe ’68
802 Hugh Lauder Professor of Education and Political Economy University of Bath
803 Mohammad Fadel Professor of Law University of Toronto
804 Lori Beckstead Associate Professor Toronto Metropolitan University
805 Massih Zekavat Postdoc fellow University of Groningen
806 Niloofar Haeri Professor AAUP
807 Mimi Shalf PhD Student University of Colorado, Boulder
808 Joel Andreas Professor of Sociology Johns Hopkins University
809 Suzanne Lenon Professor University of Lethbridge
810 Amir Feroze Assistant Professor Japan
811 Yasmin Jiwani Professor Emeritus Concordia University
812 Kenichi Yoshida Academic Advisor Fuller Seminary
813 Annabel Wilson Research Fellow N/A
814 Nadia Edmond Principal Lecturer (retired) University of Brighton
815 Naved Bakali Associate Professor University of Windsor
816 Mina Sol Anthropology Lecturer SOAS, University of London
817 Ann Marie Beals Professor Wilfrid Laurier University
818 Kenjus T. Watson Asst Professor of Urban Education American University, School of Education
819 Madison Gara Teaching Assistant University of Guelph
820 Jennifer Ruth Professor Portland State University
821 Harriet Evans Emeritus Professor/Visiting Professor University of Westminster/LSE
822 Richard Ward Writer USA
823 Rev. David M. Hindman, EdD Retired Campus Minister, The United Methodist Church The College of William and Mary
824 Ruth San Martin Professor OPSEU Local 244
825 Kathy Schultz Professor and dean emerita University of Colorado Boulder School of Education
826 Elizabeth Meyer Professor University of Colorado Boulder, School of Education
827 Ana Figueiredo Associate Professor Universidad de O’Higgins, Chile
828 Katy Newell-Jones Former Honorary Research Fellow Nuffield Department for Medicine, Oxford University, UK
829 Said Fakkarr retired teacher Medouna ,Morocco
830 Terri S. Wilson Associate Professor School of Education, University of Colorado Boulder
831 Ricardo Fuentealba Assistant profesor Universidad de O’Higgins, Chile
832 María Trebilcock Assistant professor ICSo UOH Rancagua Chile
833 Christopher Kirchgasler Assistant Professor University of Wisconsin–Madison
834 Margarita Colindres 2nd Year PhD Student CU Boulder
835 Aliya Jafari Education consultant Jordan
836 Peter Coates Emeritus Professor of History University of Bristol, UK
837 Tony Booth Professor of Education UK.
838 Syeda Mariam Asaad HGSE Alumna HGSE Alumna
839 Susan McDowell CELTA Trainer Freelance
840 Colin Mooers Emeritus Professor Toronto Metropolitan University
841 Jean Beaman Associate Professor of Sociology CUNY Graduate Center
842 Michael Litwack Associate Professor of English and Film Studies University of Alberta
843 Taymy Caso Associate Professor University of Alberta
844 Mariah Cannon Researcher Institute of Development Studies
845 Adam Woodage Postgraduate researcher University of Birmingham
846 Claudia Hui Senior Research Analyst Brookings Institution
847 Catarina Trota freelance researcher Portugal
848 Ellen Olmstead Professor Montgomery College
849 Yomna El-Serafy PhD student University of Cambridge
850 Gareth Brinkworth PhD Student Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge
851 Tamer Said Lecturer University of Cambridge
852 Vivienne Anderson Professor of Education New Zealand
853 Aspasia Eleni Paltoglou Manchester, UK
854 Shona McIntosh Senior Lecturer University of Bath, UK
855 David Kahane Professor of Political Science University of Alberta
856 Maíra Mendes Assistant Professor Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
857 Margot Francis Associate Professor, Centre for Women’s and Gender Studies Brock University
858 Rick Andrighetti Associate Professor, Teaching Stream University of Waterloo
859 Suma Cheru Graduate Student Teachers College, Columbia University
860 Ibtissem Fakhet Assistant professor University of Skikda. Algeria
861 Fatuma Chege Professor Kenyatta University, Kenya
862 Martin Brown Porofessor of Education School of Policy and Practice, DCU Institute of Education, Ireland
863 Jonah Rubin Sr. Manager of Campus Organizing Jewish Voice for Peace
864 Jessica Cattelino Professor of Anthropology and American Indian Studies UCLA
865 Tony Meehan Practitioner of Nonviolent Resistance (NVR), DProf United Kingdom
866 Nicole Ponsford Founder and CEO GEC (Global Equality Collective)
867 Omar M. Ramahi Professor University of Waterloo
868 Iwi Ugiagbe-Green Professor (Equity in Education) Manchester Metropolitan University
869 Cheryl Ng Doctoral candidate Manchester Metropolitan University
870 Chris Millora Lecturer in Education Goldsmiths University of London
871 Marta Cristina Azaola Associate Professor in Education University of Southampton
872 Paul Reid Senior Lecturer University of Lancashire
874 Shira Avni Associate Professor Canada
875 Fred Wojnarowski Postdoctoral Fellow LSE
876 Francisco Vidal Castro Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies Universidad de Jaén
877 Denisha Jones Executive Director Defending the Early Years
878 Sharlene Swartz Director, Professor Human Sciences Research Council; University of Cape Town
879 Ellen Fleischmann Professor Emerita University of Dayton
880 Trevor McCandless Research Fellow Education Deakin University
881 Wafa Khlif Professor of Accounting TBS Education
882 Toyin Agbetu Lecturer of Anthropology UCL
883 Caroline Breeden PhD researcher University of Cambridge
884 Andy Brock Curator “Re Education” Substack Independent Adviser
885 Tangi Jerome Manager HumAhive
886 Sinéad Mc Glacken PhD student Teacher Early Years Educator University of Galway Ireland
887 Fabienne Doucet Professor New York University
888 Gihan Ismail Doctoral Researcher University of Bath
889 Elon Dancy Professor United States
890 Md Shajedur Rahman Honorary research fellow University of Birmingham
891 Shamila Hussain Teacher West Yorkshire
892 Sophie Auvin ELA Teacher Lima, Peru
893 Khuzama Khan Non-profit Canada
894 Gail Carroll PhD Candidate School of Education, University of Bristol
895 Anna Blume Professor of the History of Art State University of New York, Fashion Institute of Technology
896 Aline Courtois Reader in Education University of Bath
897 Luqman Muraina PHD candidate University of York
898 Tayyaba Ati Educator Pakistan
899 Craig Smith Faculty in the University Library at the University of Michigan University of Michigan
900 Stan Squires Retired Canada
901 Jodie McGoldrick PhD Candidate University of Portsmouth
902 Geneviève Greer Researcher Independent
903 Amir Jones Researcher United Kingdom
904 Abigail Spangler Associate Director Room to Read
905 Noella Binda Niati Assistant Professor of Education and International Development University of Cambridge
906 Gray Rinehart Researcher ERICC
907 Myles-Jay Linton Senior Lecturer University of Bristol
908 Rosemary Deem Emeritus Professor of Higher Education Management Royal Holloway (University of London) UK
909 Lin Wai Phyo PhD candidate University of Cambridge
910 Hannah Hoechner Associate Professor in Education & Global Development University of East Anglia
911 Michael Angel Vazquez Professor of Ethnic Studies Mt. San Antonio College
912 Gabriel Silvano Alumni University of Illinois at Chicago
913 Elina Moraitopoulou Post-doctoral Research Fellow School of Social Sciences, University of Manchester
914 Chandler Miranda Assistant Professor Molloy University

QUESTIONS & COMMITMENTS

Why are ‘scholarly refusals’ necessary in this case?

The scholarly refusals outlined in the letter are strategies of direct action. History shows that collective refusal is a powerful tool for resisting repression in and through education. The call for scholars, educators, and education professionals to isolate HEPG academically and economically follows in this tradition, and targets both its imprint, Harvard Education Press (HEP), and its journal, Harvard Education Review (HER). The power and authority of publishers like HEPG comes primarily from its authors and audience. It relies on us—the academic community—to contribute the labour and resources necessary for its reputational and financial success.  This includes any instances in which we submit, edit, review, cite or purchase from its press or journal. Withholding our engagement from HEPG thus allows us to leverage its dependence on us as a clear signal that complicity in scholasticide, discrimination and censorship will not be tolerated.

Could direct action strategies unintentionally harm graduate students at HER?

It’s important to recognise that graduate students have already been harmed by the publisher’s own actions. The cancellation of the special issue went ahead despite the tireless efforts of student editors to protect it. The overriding of their editorial independence is both unacceptable and deeply concerning. In this context, our scholarly refusals are not about abandoning students, but about challenging such interference and pushing for a structural change that could ultimately protect future graduate student editors and secure genuine editorial independence for them. 

We acknowledge that HER will face challenges in the months ahead. In light of these challenges, we welcome student editors who feel disadvantaged, targeted or scapegoated by HEPG to contact us, so that we can offer support. This may include exploring the possibility of editorial internships at other journals where they can continue developing their professional skills. To this end, if you are an education journal editor able to offer support, please contact us on campaigns [at] academicaccountability [dot] com.

On what basis is HEPG’s ‘quality control’ rationale considered superficial?

In our open letter, we outlined that framing the cancellation of the special issue as a matter of academic quality–while omitting publicly-reported facts pointing to censorship–is misleading. We also highlighted that their characterisation of some papers as “opinion pieces” is disingenuous, given that the journal has an established opinion format (“Voices”); we also find this language exclusionary, as it devalues lived experience and reflective scholarship.

Beyond this, HEPG’s framing of the issue as one of academic quality collapses under established principles of editorial scrutiny in academic publishing: first, articles do not normally reach the contract stage until the scholarly merit of the work has been reviewed; and second, even in instances where legitimate quality concerns arise late into the process, a publisher acting in good faith would have worked with editors to resolve it–through revisions, a delayed timeline, or rescheduling–and not by unilaterally cancelling an entire issue outright.

How does this campaign affect authors already published with HEPG or HER?

It doesn’t. What’s published is published, and that work remains part of the scholarly record. The open letter is explicit that we are calling on authors to refrain from citing or purchasing “new and future work”. It emphasises “future” intentionally, to ensure that authors who have already published with HEPG or HER are not penalised. Our aim is to challenge ongoing and future complicity, not to undermine past scholarship.

How does this campaign affect authors whose papers are already under review?

If your paper or manuscript is already under review, the decision is yours. You can join our campaign by withdrawing your submission – protecting it from a publisher whose editorial independence has proven fragile, and from the risk of it being disregarded or uncited in the future. We recognise how difficult this choice can be, especially after investing time and effort into a lengthy review process.

That said, we expect the number of authors in this position to be small, and the cause we are working towards requires some sacrifice. At a time when scholars in Gaza have lost everything , our struggle against global scholasticide is interconnected with theirs. In that context, contributing some of our own time and effort is the least we can do. There are many leading journals in your field that could be an alternative home for your paper.