Letter of Support!
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CREATE YOUR OWN LETTER FROM A PARENT/GUARDIAN/YOURSELF TO DEAN
Please personalize this to your hearts content…
To whom it may concern:
It has come to my attention that a change in the faculty at Hampshire College may endanger my child’s education. My child, ______________, a Div I/II/III student at Hampshire, is interested in/currently studying Queer Theory/Performance Studies under Dr. Jaclyn Pryor. Dr. Pryor is a member/the chair of my child’s Div II/III committee/My child intends to have Professor Pryor on their Div II/III committee.
Dr. Pryor’s class(es) In a Queer Time and Place/Performing Identity/Intro to Queer Theory/Devised Theatre was a transformative experience [insert more affirmative things here]. It concerns me greatly that the only professor specializing in my child’s area of study is being asked to leave. They are at college to study Queer Theory/Performance Studies, and if they cannot do that next year I may suggest that they transfer to a school that better supports its Queer Studies program and its students.
It is my understanding that Dr. Pryor is exceptionally beloved by her students, that she is actively invested in making Hampshire a safer space for queer and trans* students, and that she engages them academically, politically, and personally. It is upsetting that Hampshire would see such an astounding professor as disposable. I am deeply concerned and hope you reconsider your decision.
Yours/sincerely/gravely/queerly,
Parent name
It is my understanding that Dr. Pryor is exceptionally beloved by her students, that she is actively invested in making Hampshire a safer space for queer and trans* students, and that she engages them academically, politically, and personally. It is upsetting that Hampshire would see such an astounding professor as disposable. I am deeply concerned and hope you reconsider your decision.
Yours/sincerely/gravely/queerly,
Parent name
