Individuals

Andrew Ross is a professor of Social and Cultural Analysis at New York University (NYU) and a longtime anti-Israel activist. He has served on the advisory board and “Organizing Collective” of the U.S. Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (USACBI) and is a vocal supporter of boycotts targeting Israel. Ross’s activism intensified after Hamas’s October 7, 2023 massacre, as he took on a leading role in Faculty for Justice in Palestine (FJP) and repeatedly framed Israel’s war of self-defense as “colonial war.”

Jacob Remes is an Associate Professor at NYU’s Gallatin School and the founding director of the Initiative for Critical Disaster Studies. While presented as a historian of modern North America, Remes has become a vocal campus activist, consistently attacking Israel, equating Zionism with white supremacy, and defending encampments that foster hostility toward Jewish and pro-Israel students.

Nikhil Pal Singh is an associate professor of Social and Cultural Analysis at New York University (NYU). Beyond his academic position, Singh has a long record of demonizing Israel, dismissing Jewish historical ties to the land, and promoting campaigns that foster hostility toward Jewish and pro-Israel students. He also serves as an advisory board member of the U.S. Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (USACBI), aligning himself with efforts to delegitimize Israel within academia.

Mkhaimar Abusada is a visiting lecturer in political science and Middle East and North African Studies at Northwestern University, serving from October 1, 2024, through September 30, 2025. He is normally based at Al-Azhar University in Gaza, where he is an Associate Professor of Political Science and former department chair. While presented as an academic exchange, Abusada’s appointment is tied to Northwestern’s concessions to pro-Palestinian encampment protesters, raising questions about the university’s judgment in bringing figures with extremist affiliations into the classroom.

Shirin Vossoughi is an Associate Professor of Learning Sciences at Northwestern University. Beyond her academic work, she has become an outspoken voice in campus activism, using her platform to amplify antisemitic narratives, defend disruptive protests, and promote rhetoric that legitimizes groups and individuals hostile to Israel.

Wendy Pearlman is a professor of political science whose work focuses heavily on Palestine, Israel, and the Arab-Israeli conflict. Beyond her academic research, she has established a record of aligning herself with campus activism that promotes hostility toward Israel and fosters an environment of antisemitism on campus.

Sheila A. Bedi is a clinical professor of law at the Northwestern Pritzker School of Law and serves as director of the Community Justice and Civil Rights Clinic. Through her position, she involves law students in social-justice movements, focusing on strategies aimed at challenging over-policing and mass imprisonment. Beyond her academic role, Bedi has used her legal expertise to intervene directly in pro-Palestinian activism, offering both public support and legal services to activists engaged in disruptive and controversial protests.

Sarah Miriam Schulman is a professor who has used her academic standing to promote anti-Israel activism and provide cover for extremist groups on campus. As of May 2023, she had been a professor at the College of Staten Island (CUNY) since 1999 and, since September 2022, held the Ralla Klepak Chair in Creative Writing at Northwestern University. She has also been affiliated with the New York Institute for the Humanities at NYU since 2009. Schulman has served as faculty advisor for the Students for Justice in Palestine (CSI SJP) chapter and has been on the advisory board of Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) since 2010, both groups central to promoting anti-Israel rhetoric on campuses.

Arthur Butz is a tenured associate professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Northwestern University, where he has taught at the McCormick School of Engineering since the 1970s. He received three degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota in 1965. In 1974, Northwestern granted him tenure, just two years before he published his infamous Holocaust denial book. Despite decades of controversy and international condemnation, Butz has retained his position at the university, giving him continued academic legitimacy and access to institutional resources even as he spreads antisemitic propaganda.

Jessica Winegar is a professor at Northwestern University, where she serves as the Harold H. and Virginia Anderson Chair and Associate Professor of Anthropology and Middle East and North African Studies. She teaches in the Middle East and North African Studies (MENA) Program and received her Ph.D. from New York University in 2003. At Northwestern, Winegar has used her academic platform to advance radical activism, consistently pushing narratives that demonize Israel while creating a hostile campus environment for Jewish students. Her writings and teaching often frame Zionism as a form of obstruction to scholarship, reinforcing one-sided perspectives in the classroom and normalizing antisemitic rhetoric under the guise of academic critique.

Hamid Dabashi, the Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature at Columbia University, has a long record of spreading antisemitic conspiracy theories, demonizing Israel, and legitimizing extremist rhetoric. In April–May 2024, he actively supported Columbia’s pro-Hamas encampment, aligning himself with disruptive campus protests that fostered hostility and intimidation toward Jewish students.

Mohamed Abdou, a visiting professor at Columbia University’s Middle East Institute in Spring 2024, openly expressed support for Hamas, denied its war crimes, spread antisemitism, and participated in Columbia’s pro-Hamas encampment. His rhetoric glorifies terrorists, promotes hostility toward Jews and Americans, and undermines campus safety.