Dear Joy,

Thank you for writing out this important piece of professional and institutional history, painful though it must be to relive these experiences and to share them. It is a valuable read because of its thoughtful exploration of the context and implications of the very disturbing events in your recent professional life.

Sending warmest regards and support, Barbara

Barbara Walker

Associate Professor

Department of History/308

University of Nevada, Reno

Reno NV 89557

Office phone: 775-784-4303

Website: https://www.unr.edu/history/history-people/barbara-walker

From: Members <members-bounces@lists.sigcis.org> on behalf of drjoy <drjoy@joyrankin.com>
Date: Wednesday, November 28, 2018 at 10:49 AM
To: "members@lists.sigcis.org" <members@lists.sigcis.org>
Subject: [SIGCIS-Members] What happened on the list last year

Hello SIGCIS Colleagues,

First, thank you for your many on- and off-list messages of congratulations and support for my book. I deeply appreciate them, especially in the context of what I'm about to share.

Those of you who were on the list last spring saw my work savaged by a man named Brian Dear. Even then, I received on- and off-list messages of support for my scholarship. But what happened publicly was only one piece of a terrible, terrible year. 

Here is a fuller picture: https://medium.com/@drjoy/why-im-firing-michigan-state-sexual-harassment-online-harassment-and-utter-institutional-6663a6bde68e

SIGCIS as an organization did the right thing, and for that, I'm grateful.

Regards,

Joy