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Massachusetts Society of Professors

The Union of Faculty and Librarians at UMass Amherst

11/12 "Threats to International Engagement and Academic Freedom" with Dr. Yangyang Cheng

MSP Presents

Dr. Yangyang ChengThreats to Academic Freedom and International Engagement:
China and Beyond

A lecture and Q&A with Dr. Yangyang Cheng
Particle Physicist and Research Scholar at Yale Law School's Paul Tsai China Center

Tuesday, Nov. 12, 4 p.m.

UMass Amherst Lederle Graduate Research Center A112

And on Zoom with registration required

Across the country, faculty and students are facing impediments to international engagement, and sometimes at significant personal risk, arising from increasingly strict federal regulations. International faculty and students are especially vulnerable, as are Chinese Americans and others with ties to countries experiencing strained US relations.

The good news is that here at UMass Amherst we have strong unions with the power to enforce robust contracts.

This MSP event and the conversations it generates will help us mobilize the UMass community to win and sustain the strongest possible protections for our research and our professional lives.


Many thanks to our co-sponsors for their support (list will be continually updated).

  • Anthropology Department
  • Asian & Asian American Certificate Program
  • Astronomy Department
  • Communication Department
  • Department of Earth, Geographic, and Climate Sciences
  • Economics Department
  • Education Policy, Research, and Administration
  • English Department
  • Feinberg Family Distinguished Lecture Series
  • History Department
  • Department of History of Art and Architecture
  • Labor Center
  • Management Department
  • Manning College of Information & Computer Sciences
  • Philosophy Department
  • Physics Department
  • Department of Psychology and Brain Sciences
  • School of Public Policy
  • Theater Department
  • UMass International Faculty and Staff Network
  • Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences
  • Women, Gender, Sexualities Studies Department

Co-sponsors of events do not necessarily endorse the views expressed by the presenter(s), either at the events in question or in other venues. Rather, co-sponsorship represents support for the discussion of issues that are often complex and difficult. We are grateful to be able to bring this conversation to the UMass community thanks to co-sponsorships from the above list of departments and programs.