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UNC-CH AAUP @unc-ch-aaup.bsky.social · 1d

Prof. Dixon reinstated!

AAUP press conference!

A conversation with the ex-Provost!

1st Amendment event!

Celebrate tenure at Namu!

Right to Light rally!

And more in this week’s chapter updates…
unc-ch-aaup.org/news#2025-10...

News | UNC Chapel Hill AAUP

News from the UNC Chapel Hill chapter of the AAUP

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UNC-CH AAUP @unc-ch-aaup.bsky.social · 1d

Prof. Dixon reinstated!

AAUP press conference!

A conversation with the ex-Provost!

1st Amendment event!

Celebrate tenure at Namu!

Right to Light rally!

And more in this week’s chapter updates…
unc-ch-aaup.org/news#2025-10...

News | UNC Chapel Hill AAUP

News from the UNC Chapel Hill chapter of the AAUP

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UNC-CH AAUP @unc-ch-aaup.bsky.social · 5d

Dwayne Dixon reinstated! Excellent work on direct action @unc-ch-aaup.bsky.social (us!). Power to the people✊.

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UNC-CH AAUP @unc-ch-aaup.bsky.social · 5d

Show up to the Faculty Council meeting! Demand the Chancellor reinstate Professor Dixon! Friday Oct 3, 3:45pm, 1001 Kerr Hall (Eshelman School of Pharmacy)

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UNC-CH AAUP @unc-ch-aaup.bsky.social · 6d

We demand Professor Dixon's immediate reinstatement, a public explanation of how this decision was reached, an affirmation of faculty and students’ rights to freedom of speech and expression, and a public apology to Professor Dixon.

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UNC-CH AAUP @unc-ch-aaup.bsky.social · 6d

AAUP NC and UNC-Chapel Hill AAUP remind UNC administrators of the UNC System Board of Governors Policy on Free Speech and Free Expression, which affirms that “it is not the proper role of any constituent institution to shield individuals from speech protected by the First Amendment, including, without limitation, ideas and opinions they find unwelcome, disagreeable, or even deeply offensive.”

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UNC-CH AAUP @unc-ch-aaup.bsky.social · 6d

With their cowardly response, UNC's administrators have not only violated Professor Dixon's basic rights. They have also infringed on students' right to an education by taking a professor out of their classroom during the middle of a semester. This unexplained and unjustified decision has intensified an existing campus atmosphere of fear and censorship, further eroding students' and faculty's trust in UNC's administration.

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UNC-CH AAUP @unc-ch-aaup.bsky.social · 6d

Let's call this what it is: UNC administrators are capitulating to a call from a right-wing group, infamous for attacking faculty, to fire a professor based on an unsubstantiated rumor.

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UNC-CH AAUP @unc-ch-aaup.bsky.social · 6d

Right-wing activists are attacking Dixon for prior membership in a group that has been inactive since 2019, and are baselessly connecting him to flyers allegedly posted by a different group on a different campus outside of North Carolina. Fox News picked up the story on September 27, 2025, without verifying the existence of the flyers, and apparently this was enough for UNC's administration to remove a professor from the classroom in the middle of the semester and bar him from campus in a manner that is wholly inconsistent with University policies.

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UNC-CH AAUP @unc-ch-aaup.bsky.social · 6d

On Monday, September 29, 2025, UNC Chapel Hill placed Dwayne Dixon, Teaching Associate Professor of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, on administrative leave following “recent reports and expressions of concern regarding alleged advocacy of politically motivated violence.” These “reports” and “expressions of concern” amounted to one unverified social media post and one Fox News story.

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UNC-CH AAUP @unc-ch-aaup.bsky.social · 6d

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News from the UNC Chapel Hill chapter of the AAUP

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UNC-CH AAUP @unc-ch-aaup.bsky.social · 6d

AAUP NC and UNC-Chapel Hill AAUP condemn the egregious violation of Professor Dwayne Dixon's First Amendment rights to free speech and free association, his Fourteenth Amendment right to due process, and his academic freedom.

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Bryan Edward Stone (שָׁלוֹם) @bestonetx.bsky.social · 7d

All across the country, as faculty rights and freedoms are under attack, @aaup.org is really stepping into the breach. If you teach in higher ed and aren't a member, please consider joining.

North Carolina Conference of the AAUP @ncaaup.bsky.social · 7d

UNC CH Chapter & NC AAUP statement re Prof. Dwayne Dixon: @aaup.org

AAUP NC and UNC-Chapel Hill AAUP condemn the egregious violation of Professor Dwayne Dixon's First Amendment rights to free speech and free association, his Fourteenth Amendment right to due process, and his academic freedom. 1/

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UNC-CH AAUP @unc-ch-aaup.bsky.social · 7d

www.dailytarheel.com/article/2025...

UNC professor placed on leave following alleged affiliation with 'anti-racist, anti-fascist' organization

Dwayne Dixon, a professor of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, has been placed on administrative leave effective immediately.

www.dailytarheel.com

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UNC-CH AAUP @unc-ch-aaup.bsky.social · 14d

UAW immigration emergency hotline is open for AFT / AAUP members: (888) 416-2110

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UNC-CH AAUP @unc-ch-aaup.bsky.social · 15d

Faculty First Responders Resources

See below for some resources on digital security, academic freedom, and building institutional responses to support colleagues.

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UNC-CH AAUP @unc-ch-aaup.bsky.social · 15d

www.chronicle.com/article/unc-...

UNC-Chapel Hill Board Hides Information from the Public, Says Former Provost in Lawsuit

In closed-door meetings and deleted messages, he alleges, they discuss matters of policy.

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UNC-CH AAUP @unc-ch-aaup.bsky.social · 20d

A group used FOIA to request many course syllabi, this initial request appears to be denied by the University. Faculty would appreciate direct communication from university leadership on this topic.

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UNC-CH AAUP @unc-ch-aaup.bsky.social · 20d

www.wunc.org/education/20...

Who owns a public university syllabus?

Anti-DEI groups claim they belong to the public. University leaders say they are faculty members' intellectual property. A look at the copyright debate.

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UNC-CH AAUP @unc-ch-aaup.bsky.social · 20d

www.dailytarheel.com/article/2025...

Conservative-leaning group requests syllabi from 74 UNC courses, uses keyword 'DEI'

The University has not responded to The Oversight Project's public records request, and is currently determining which course materials fall under intellectual property exemptions and which ones must ...

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Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · Aug 14

Science for democracy. Much needed. Powerful @science.org editorial by @gretchentg.bsky.social & @chenoweth.bsky.social

“The ability to tell the truth, especially when it does not suit any particularly partisan aims, is an essential prerequisite for a free society”

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Scientists’ role in defending democracy

The United States’ democratic leadership, commitment to freedom of expression, and investment in the pursuit of knowledge have long enabled its preeminence in science and technology. Yet today we are ...

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UNC-CH AAUP @unc-ch-aaup.bsky.social · 21d

On September 25th at 5:30pm at the UNC FedEx Center, UNC Global Affairs and the UNC Center for Information, Technology, and Public Life (CITAP) will host a special Diplomatic Discussion on “When Nothing Seems True: Information Warfare and the Fight For Democracy.” global.unc.edu/event/diplom...

'When Nothing Seems True: Information Warfare and the Fight for Democracy' with Jennifer Davis and Daniel Kreiss - UNC Global Affairs

Join UNC Global Affairs and the Center for Information, Technology and Public Life (CITAP) for a Diplomatic Discussion with Jennifer Davis ’94, ’97 (JD) and Daniel Kreiss on information warfare. Info...

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UNC-CH AAUP @unc-ch-aaup.bsky.social · Sep 2

The campus community is invited to print shirts and posters bearing the quote from poet June Jordan that appeared prominently on the mural:

I told you I loved you and I wanted genocide to stop.

Meet outside Hanes Art Center at 3pm on Wed. Sept. 3. Bring a blank shirt if you'd like to screenprint.

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UNC-CH AAUP @unc-ch-aaup.bsky.social · Sep 2

AAUP NC and the UNC-CH chapter of AAUP stand in solidarity with the professors and students whose academic freedom and free speech rights were violated by the cover-up, removal, and destruction of the student-created mural “I told you I loved you (Gaza Solidarity).”

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UNC-CH AAUP @unc-ch-aaup.bsky.social · Jun 23

The UNC-CH AAUP chapter president sat down with 97.9 The Hill’s Aaron Keck to discuss the fight for tenure at UNC. The AAUP has called on the BoT to explain an unusual months-long delay in approving tenure for dozens of faculty this year.

Listen to the discussion: chapelboro.com/the-aaron-ke...

On Air Today: Fighting for Tenure on Campus, with UNC's Michael Palm - Chapelboro.com

UNC's Michael Palm discusses the Board of Trustees' recent delay on approving tenure applications - and faculty's demand for an explanation.

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