Emory administration must rebuild trust on campus after April 25
It is not an exaggeration to say that Emory University’s campus has been a haunted place for many community members since April 25, 2024. Now, nearly a year later, I am still waiting for Emory administrators to take concrete steps to address and remedy the events of that day to rebuild trust on campus.
I am a researcher with 20 years of experience in higher education, 10 of which I have spent at Emory as a philosophy professor. Around 11 a.m. on April 25, 2024, a heavily-armed police officer pointed a long gun at my forehead and threatened me with arrest on my own campus as police rounded up our students and colleagues near the Administration Building. Continue reading here.