#FireGeoffreyMiller

           - tweeted Sunday by Professor Geoffrey Miller, Dept. Psychology, UNM

Below is the letter I wrote to the University of New Mexico, where Miller has a permanent post. I'm asking everyone who reads this to email (feel free to cut and paste this letter) and/or call (which I will be doing this week) and use the hastag #FireGeoffreyMiller this week.

Phone: (505) 277-4121
Fax: (505) 277-1394
[email protected]

Hello,

I recently saw the article about Geoffrey Miller's fatphobic tweet stating that fat PhD candidates ought not apply because they lack the discipline to complete a dissertation.

I feel it is my duty to personally contact you because of not only the egregiousness of this statement for its obvious fatphobia, but also because of the gendered and racialized nature of the issue of fatness/weight in the United States. I hope that it is clear that - through this statement - he is further discouraging women (under-represented in tenure track positions) and people of color (under-represented across the board in academia by nearly every measure) from pursuing academic careers. I hope that you understand the seriousness of his statement.

I have faith that you will deal with Mr. Miller's decision with the severity it merits.

#FireGeoffreyMiller

Sincerely,

Virgie Tovar