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Harvard Removes Dunster House Resident Dean After Resurfaced Social Media Posts

The move followed student reporting that highlighted years-old posts critical of police plus “whiteness.”

Overview

  • Faculty deans informed residents by email that Gregory Davis is no longer serving as Allston Burr Resident Dean of Dunster House, effective immediately.
  • Emilie Raymer, who served during Davis’s absence, was announced to continue in the resident dean role.
  • Davis told House affiliates the posts do not reflect his current beliefs and expressed regret for any harm to the community, noting respect for campus colleagues including HUPD.
  • The resurfaced posts, largely from 2019–2020 with an additional 2024 Instagram post, included calls to “hate the police,” a defense of rioting and looting, and a meme saying “If he dies, he dies” after Trump’s COVID-19 diagnosis.
  • The student outlet Yard Report first surfaced the posts; Davis’s X account later appeared deleted, and his spouse started a GoFundMe claiming the family was given 10 days to vacate university housing.