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About Liz Magill
Mary Elizabeth Magill (born 1966) is an American legal scholar and academic administrator who served as the ninth president and 27th leader of the University of Pennsylvania since July 1, 2022. An administrative and constitutional law scholar, Magill began her academic career at University of Virginia where she worked for 15 years, becoming Joseph Weintraub–Bank of America Distinguished Professor of Law and the Elizabeth D. and Richard A. Merrill Professor. She next joined Stanford Law School as dean and Richard E. Lang Professor of Law, serving from 2012 to 2019 when she returned to the University of Virginia to become provost.
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“In that moment I was focused on our university's long-standing policies aligned with the U.S. Constitution which say that speech alone is not punishable.”
“I was not focused on, but I should have been, the irrefutable fact that a call for genocide of Jewish people is a call for some of the most terrible violence human beings can perpetrate [...] It's evil, plain and simple.”
“Our Jewish community is afraid. Our Muslim, Arab, and Palestinian communities feel unseen and unheard. I condemn the death threats and doxing that many at Penn are experiencing based only on their identity, their affiliations, or their views of the suffering in this war.”
“Rep Elise Stefanik: I am asking, specifically calling for the genocide of Jews, does that constitute bullying or harassment?
Magill: If it is directed and severe, pervasive, it is harassment.
Stefanik: So the answer is yes.
Magill: It is a context-dependent decision, congresswoman.”
Magill: If it is directed and severe, pervasive, it is harassment.
Stefanik: So the answer is yes.
Magill: It is a context-dependent decision, congresswoman.”
About Liz Magill
Mary Elizabeth Magill (born 1966) is an American legal scholar and academic administrator who served as the ninth president and 27th leader of the University of Pennsylvania since July 1, 2022. An administrative and constitutional law scholar, Magill began her academic career at University of Virginia where she worked for 15 years, becoming Joseph Weintraub–Bank of America Distinguished Professor of Law and the Elizabeth D. and Richard A. Merrill Professor. She next joined Stanford Law School as dean and Richard E. Lang Professor of Law, serving from 2012 to 2019 when she returned to the University of Virginia to become provost.