Charles H.F. Davis III was quoted regarding the increase in student activism on campuses
Charles H.F. Davis III was quoted regarding the increase in student activism on campuses across the country following the onset of the Israel-Hamas war.
Davis was quoted in two articles in the Chronicle of Higher Education: “The Israel-Hamas War Is Escalating. Colleges Are Caught in the Middle” and “What’s Different About Student Activism Over the Israel-Hamas War.”
Faculty members, donors, and advocates for both sides in the conflict have flooded administrators’ inboxes with a flurry of letters, statements, and petitions in recent weeks, demanding that they denounce, speak up for, or stay silent in response to campus protests against the Israel-Hamas war.
Regarding the role of faculty in supporting students on their campuses, Davis said “The pen is kind of our weapon of choice. My desire to be visible and to show up is not just one of exercising moral, political courage, but to let my students know that I see you, I’m here with you, and that I can’t articulate these things in my work or in my classes. And I actually show up when rubber meets the road.”