Members in the Media

  • Terri Friedline, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor AAUP President, was quoted in Inside Higher Ed (August 3, 2026) about AAUP National’s recent endorsement of candidate Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan’s Democratic U.S. Senate primary election.

  • Sam Bagenstos, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor AAUP Treasurer and member-at-large of the governing Council of the AAUP, was cited in NPR news (July 13, 2026) about the Trump administration’s decision to withdraw an aggressive proposal to block all Medicaid and Medicare funding for hospitals that provide pediatric gender-affirming care: “The fact that the Trump administration is backing off from this action is ‘a victory for people who are defending the rights and interests of trans people,’ says Sam Bagenstos, a professor at Michigan Law who served as general counsel at HHS under the Biden administration. ‘But I don’t think it indicates a more general retreat from the aggressive posture of the Trump administration.'”

  • Leaders of AAUP and AFT penned a letter (May 5, 2026) in support of Derek Peterson, Ali Mazrui Collegiate Professor of History and African Studies Associate Chair, following criticism he received for his commencement address that mentioned pro-Palestinian student activism. Signatories included AAUP and AFT national leadership and Julie Boland, University of Michigan–Ann Arbor AAUP Chapter President.

  • Gretchen Keppel-Aleks, organizing member of the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor AAUP, discussed the impacts of federal funding cuts to research, including the implications for her work on greenhouse gas, global carbon cycle, and wildfire risks with the Ann Arbor Observer (November 25, 2025).

  • University of Michigan-Ann Arbor AAUP President, Julie Boland, co-authored an opinion piece with Scott Greer in Michigan Advance (November 12, 2025), which called attention to the university’s decision to relocate and limit the display of a quilt that visualized Palestinian activism on campus and cited a recent AAUP and Middle East Studies Association report on the weaponization of civil rights law across colleges and universities.

  • Leila Kawar and Terri Friedline, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor AAUP officers, published an article in Michigan Advance (September 29, 2025) about the growing resistance to oppression on campus, particularly with regard to Palestinian activism.

  • Julie Boland, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor AAUP President, participated in a campus forum, “What Do I Want in a New U-M President?”, which was covered in an article in The Michigan Daily (September 23, 2025).

  • University of Michigan-Ann Arbor AAUP officers, Julie Boland and Leila Kawar, contributed an essay to a recent The Michigan Daily series (September 1, 2025) about the need for a president that is committed to shared governance with faculty. AAUP officers from the University of Michigan-Dearborn chapter, Daniel Birchok and Emily Luxon, also contributed an essay.

  • Samuel Bagenstos was elected to the national Council of the AAUP as a member-at-large, with a term through 2028.

  • Julie Boland and Yi-Li Wu were quoted in an article in the Chronicle of Higher Education (May 14, 2025) on now ex UM President Santa Ono’s bid to become President of the U of Florida.
  • Scott Greer and Julie Boland wrote an opinion piece for Bridge Michigan (May 12, 2025) about the search for a new UM President.
  • Mark Moldwin wrote an article for Eos (May 9, 2025) about the current crisis and the federal funding of science.
  • Leila Kawar wrote an article for Academe Blog (May 2, 2025) about the local event at University of Michigan for the Coalition for Action in Higher Education (CAHE) National Day of Action on April 17, 2025.
  • Leila Kawar was quoted in a Michigan Daily (March 17, 2025) article on President Santa Ono’s appearance at the Anti-Defamation League’s “Never is Now” summit on March 3, 2025.
  • Report of the UMAAUP lecture by Elizabeth Anderson on academic freedom in The Michigan Daily (February 1, 2024).
  • Kentaro Toyama and Valerie Traub explained the reasons for re-establishing the local AAUP chapter in 2022 in The Michigan Daily (March 22, 2022).