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Welcome!
We champion academic freedom, advance shared governance, and organize faculty and staff to promote economic security and quality education. Contact: Chapter President Karma Chavez aaup.utaustin@gmail.com AAUP at UT Austin Expresses Concerns about UT’s “Statement on Academic Integrity”, Nov. 11, 2025 AAUP at UT Austin Stands in Solidarity with Faculty in the Texas A&M System, Nov. 11, 2025… — read more
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AAUP@UT Austin Statement on Student Freedom of Expression
November 19, 2025 The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) is concerned with defending academic freedom, freedom of expression, shared governance, due process, and fairness. As such, the AAUP Chapter at UT Austin has serious concerns about two urgent matters related to UT students’ freedom of expression: 1) the restrictions the Associate Dean for Graduate… — read more
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AAUP at UT Austin Stands in Solidarity with Faculty in the Texas A&M System
Statement by Karma Chavez, President of the AAUP chapter at UT Austin on the impending action by the Texas A&M Board of Regents regarding civil rights and academic freedom November 11, 2025 We stand in solidarity with faculty and students in the Texas A&M University System who are opposing the revisions to Policy 08.01, Civil Rights Protections… — read more
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Press Release: AAUP at UT Austin Expresses Concerns about UT’s “Statement on Academic Integrity”
Austin, TX November 3, 2025 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Karma Chávez, 480-586-5848, karmachavez@gmail.com Polly Strong, strongpolly@gmail.com AAUP at UT Austin Expresses Concerns about UT’s “Statement on Academic Integrity” The Executive Committee of the American Association of University Professors chapter at the University of Texas at Austin (AAUP @UT Austin) is pleased to see the University… — read more
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AAUP at UT Austin Press Release on Trump’s Compact
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QeowDNajL5TY8nNDZdGAZhM-wE3_nEuQEJFU_OHBQ10/edit?tab=t.0 #Compact #AcademicFreedom #InstitutionalAutonomy #AAUP Related Responses — read more
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UT Austin AAUP Chapter Fall 2025 Officer Election Results
Congratulations to our New and Continuing Officers! AAUP members affiliated with UT Austin elected all six officer positions. In addition, the President for 2025-2027 now becomes Past President. President 2025-2027 term Karma Chavez Vice President 2024-2026 term(last year of term) Lauren Gutterman Secretary 2025-2027 term Julie Minich Treasurer 2024-2026 term(last year of term) Adele Nelson… — read more
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Authoritarian Shift at UT Austin: AAUP Chapter Condemns Faculty Governance Overhaul
For Immediate Release Contact: Pauline Strong, PhD, President of the AAUP Chapter at UT Austin, strongpolly@gmail.com Austin, Texas, September 27, 2025– On September 25, 2025, University of Texas President Jim Davis communicated to faculty his plan for complying with SB 37, the new law that places restrictions on Faculty Senates in public institutions in the… — read more
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AAUP Executive Committee Letter to UT Austin Interim President Jim Davis
June 2, 2025 Dear President Davis: We, the members of the Executive Committee of the American Association of University Professors chapter at UT Austin, are writing because we are deeply concerned by your decision to appoint a single finalist for the position of Provost before convening a Consultative Committee. We are speaking for ourselves as… — read more
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Letter from AAUP Chapter at UT Austin: Revocation of International Student Visas
April 9, 2024 Dear President Davis, Provost Vanden Bout, Vice-President Cochran-McCall, Dean Ades, and Dean Reddick: The Executive Committee of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) at the University of Texas at Austin calls on you urgently to address the revocation of visas of international students on our campus. In the past week, we… — read more
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Statement on President Jay Hartzell’s Resignation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT:Dr. Pauline Turner Strong(512) 736-1410strongpolly@gmail.com AUSTIN, TEXAS — The Chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) at UT Austin just learned of President Jay Hartzell’s resignation this morning, and wishes him well in his new position at Southern Methodist University. From our perspective as an organization dedicated to promoting principles… — read more