Professor Luka has been a faculty member of Bard College since 2005. She stood for tenure in 2010 and again in 2013 and was denied tenure both times. Professor Luka has recently filed an official complaint with the New York State Division of Human Rights which details deeply flawed and discriminatory aspects of her tenure review process, particularly discrimination based on sexual orientation. You can request and read a copy of the complaint on her website.

This petition serves as a vehicle for current and former students and members of the Bard community to voice their strong support for Professor Luka. We recognize Professor Luka as a wonderful teacher, inspiring mentor, and dedicated researcher. She is an extremely valuable asset to Bard and absolutely deserves tenure. We are shocked and appalled that such systematic discrimination has occurred and been ignored, particularly at an institution like Bard. We urge President Botstein and Dean Dominy to reverse this egregious wrong by granting tenure to Professor Luka.

(Photo attribution, Folke Lehr)