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Rutgers Moves to Replace Two TPUSA Officers Over Eligibility in Professor Bray Dispute

Administrators cited undergraduate-organization eligibility rules during a broader dispute over Professor Mark Bray’s speech.

Overview

  • Director for student involvement Karima Woodyard emailed Rutgers TPUSA leaders instructing them to remove treasurer Megyn Doyle and outreach coordinator Ava Kwan and hold new elections.
  • Woodyard said both officers are ineligible because the chapter is classified as an undergraduate organization on the New Brunswick campus, while Doyle is a Newark student and Kwan is a graduate student.
  • TPUSA officers called the action a weaponization of procedure that followed their public campaign against Bray, including a petition seeking his removal.
  • Bray, author of a book on Antifa, has relocated with his family to Spain citing safety concerns, and students have circulated counter-petitions targeting both Bray and the TPUSA chapter.
  • A resolution supporting Bray’s academic freedom is slated for a Rutgers University Senate vote this week, and President William F. Tate IV publicly affirmed the university’s commitment to free speech in an op‑ed.