The AAUP has written to Antioch’s President. Twice.

Guess what it’s about?

By Liz Flyntz Antioch College, Class of 2002 | Past President, Antioch College Alumni Association (2022–2024) | Former Member, Board of Trustees | AAUP Member

In February 2026, Antioch College terminated the appointment of tenured professor michael casselli without convening the Faculty Promotion and Review Committee or the Board of Trustees, the bodies its own Faculty Personnel Handbook designates for termination for cause. The Board rescinded the termination in March and ordered an FPRC review. The review did not materialize. The American Association of University Professors has since written twice to President Jane Fernandes urging the hearing the handbook requires. Both letters are confirmed public and appear below.

Letter 1. For screen reader access, please use the link to the PDF below.

May 14, 2026

By mid-May, casselli’s institutional access, faculty-page listing, and the FPRC review the Board had ordered in March remained outstanding. The AAUP wrote.

Download: AAUP letter, May 14, 2026 (PDF)

PDF link below.

June 2, 2026

Six days after the AAUP’s first letter, on May 20, the administration changed casselli’s status from paid leave to indefinite suspension without pay, conditioned on terms the college alone would judge met. No hearing was held. None was scheduled. The AAUP wrote again.

Download: AAUP letter, June 2, 2026 (PDF)

The hearing has not happened.