[AISWorld] [FORGED] Re: Censorship in academia
Cecil Eng Huang Chua
aeh.chua at auckland.ac.nz
Sat Jan 28 18:55:41 EST 2017
For those of you worried about your future under various new regimes, have you considered New Zealand as a career destination? :)
I don't follow changes in New Zealand law, but when I applied 6 years ago, the combination of a PhD and an IT degree meant permanent residency.
Just sayin.
Cecil Chua
-----Original Message-----
From: AISWorld [mailto:aisworld-bounces at lists.aisnet.org] On Behalf Of Nima Kordzadeh
Sent: Sunday, 29 January 2017 11:22 AM
To: Samir Chatterjee <profsamir1 at gmail.com>
Cc: aisworld at lists.aisnet.org
Subject: [FORGED] Re: [AISWorld] Censorship in academia
Dear Samir,
Thank you very much for your message. I know that scholars and academics from all over the world are signing a petition to hopefully reverse the executive order. As of now, the petition (available here
<https://notoimmigrationban.com/>) has been signed by 18 Nobel Laureates and more than 4,000 academics from different disciplines. I would also appreciate it if you (and other AIS community members) read the petition and sign and share it with colleagues if you agree with it.
Kind regards,
Nima
*--*
*Nima Kordzadeh, Ph.D.*
Assistant Professor of Informatics
Southern AIS 2017 Program Chair
College of Business
Idaho State University
Pocatello, ID 83209-8020
Office: (208) 282-5731
kordnima at isu.edu
On Sat, Jan 28, 2017 at 2:55 PM, Samir Chatterjee <profsamir1 at gmail.com>
wrote:
> Nima,
> It is truly sad times we are living in. This is no longer the America
> that I knew. I don't know how all this will be resolved except to say
> that several lawsuits have started and perhaps some impeachment can happen.
>
> But I would encourage all conference organizers to have
> videoconference available to any participant that may be in the same situation as you.
> Samir
>
> On Jan 28, 2017 1:30 PM, "Nima Kordzadeh" <n.kordzadeh at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Thanks for your response, Bill. I believe it has been done by the
>> admin of the AIS Facebook page as I received this private message
>> from him/her after my first try to leave a comment on that post: "The
>> conference is in Portugal not the US." I am not sure how this
>> response is related to the issue though. I responded to that private
>> message and explained the situation, but still my following comments
>> on that post were instantly deleted.
>>
>> Best.
>> Nima
>>
>> *--*
>>
>> *Nima Kordzadeh, Ph.D.*
>> Assistant Professor of Informatics
>> Southern AIS 2017 Program Chair
>>
>> College of Business
>> Idaho State University
>> Pocatello, ID 83209-8020
>> Office: (208) 282-5731
>> kordnima at isu.edu
>>
>> On Sat, Jan 28, 2017 at 2:17 PM, Hefley, William <
>> William.Hefley at utdallas.edu> wrote:
>>
>> > An interesting question is buried behind your email. Were the
>> > supposed deletions a conscious action by an AIS volunteer or
>> > staffer, or was it
>> done
>> > by some admin or informatics (software or program) at Facebook?
>> >
>> > bill
>> >
>> > Bill Hefley, Ph.D., CDP, COP
>> > Clinical Professor
>> > Naveen Jindal School of Management
>> > The University of Texas at Dallas
>> > 800 West Campbell Rd., SM 33
>> > Richardson, TX 75080-3021
>> > Tel: 1-972-883-5006
>> > Office: JSOM 3.420
>> > Email: William.Hefley at utdallas.edu
>> > Books:
>> > http://www.amazon.com/William-E.-Hefley/e/B002D1CTD0/
>> > http://www.vanharen.us/index.php?route=product/search&filter
>> _name=Hefley
>> >
>> >
>> > Faculty Advisor, Project Management Club Member, Academic Senate
>> > Member, Academic Council
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On 1/28/17, 3:08 PM, "AISWorld on behalf of Nima Kordzadeh" <
>> > aisworld-bounces at lists.aisnet.org on behalf of
>> > n.kordzadeh at gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> > Dear colleagues,
>> >
>> > As you may know, the European Conference on Information Systems
>> (ECIS)
>> > will
>> > be held in Portugal in June 2017 and as a junior scholar, I
>> > would
>> love
>> > to
>> > attend that conference to learn what research projects my
>> > colleagues are
>> > working on. I noticed that the AIS Facebook page has posted
>> information
>> > about that conference and has asked: "Have you made your plans
>> > to
>> join
>> > us
>> > in Portugal? ECIS 2017 will be fantastic." I left a comment on
>> > that post as
>> > follows:
>> >
>> > "I have not, because then I would be banned from coming back to
>> > the United
>> > States, thanks to Trump's executive order."
>> >
>> >
>> > That comment was deleted in five seconds apparently by the page
>> admin.
>> > I
>> > re-posted this:
>> >
>> > "I have not, because then I would be banned from coming back to
>> > the United
>> > States, thanks to Trump's executive order. (PLEASE DON'T DELETE THIS
>> > MESSAGE LIKE YOU DID LAST TIME.)"
>> >
>> >
>> > And it was deleted instantly again.
>> >
>> > Given that we, the IS community, are supposed to study and
>> > promote
>> the
>> > use
>> > of social media channels for effective communication in business,
>> > healthcare, education, etc., and to communicate our ideas,
>> challenges,
>> > and
>> > concerns, is it acceptable that we have such an obvious and
>> > extreme case of
>> > censorship on the main social media page of our community? In
>> general,
>> > is
>> > censorship acceptable in academia?!
>> >
>> > Your input would be greatly appreciated.
>> >
>> > Kind regards,
>> > Nima
>> >
>> > *--*
>> >
>> > *Nima Kordzadeh, Ph.D.*
>> > Assistant Professor of Informatics
>> > Southern AIS 2017 Program Chair
>> >
>> > College of Business
>> > Idaho State University
>> > Pocatello, ID 83209-8020
>> > Office: (208) 282-5731
>> > kordnima at isu.edu
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