The AAUP@KSU supports our Faculty Senate’s vote last week (9/1/2021) resolving that the USG should allow its campus presidents to decide on whether to institute mask mandates on their own campuses. Our chapter believes that given the COVID-19 surge in Cobb County, the least we can do to keep the community safe is require masks.
Here is some further reading:
“Cobb County declares state of emergency as COVID cases surge” by Matt Bruce, Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Aug. 20, 2021)
“The faculty member who quit: State policy ‘literally becomes teachers die trying'” by Maureen Downey, Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Aug. 27, 2021)
“UGA professor speaks out against dean, USG mask policy in open letter” by Joe Fu, The Red and Black (Sept. 3, 2021)
“KSU faculty senate votes overwhelmingly in favor of push for vaccine, mask mandates” by Thomas Hartwell, Marietta Daily Journal reprinted by Yahoo! News (Sept. 6, 2021
“The Masked Professor v. the Unmasked Student” by Anemona Hartocollis, New York Times (Sept. 7, 2021)
Dr. Amber Schmidtke’s Twitter feed, currently focusing on COVID-19 data in Georgia
If you agree with the need for masks on campus, come join us for protests on the campus green next week following with coordinated AAUP protests across the state. If you can join us on any of those days, let us know by completing this form.
Also, you can indicate your support for our masking statement here.
