From the Harvard Crimson: Gregory K. Davis was removed from his post as Dunster House resident dean effective immediately, according to a message circulated to House affiliates Monday morning... Davis wrote that he has been removed from the role and that, to his knowledge, no interim resident had been appointed... In a separate email about two hours later to House affiliates, Dunster Faculty Dean Taeku Lee announced that Emilie Raymer — who served as interim dean this fall when Davis was on parental leave — would continue in the role. But Lee did not address the circumstances around Davis’ removal or specify how long Raymer would remain in the role of interim dean.
...Davis was appointed to the role in 2024 and came under intense scrutiny in October 2025 after Yard Report — a right-wing aggregator that launched publicly in September — resurfaced years-old social media posts in which he appeared to condone violence and looting at protests and sharply criticized law enforcement and President Donald Trump. In a 2020 thread on X, Davis wrote that he would not fault individuals who wished harm upon Trump and attached a meme that stated, “If he dies, he dies.” The article also included posts from the same year in which Davis characterized “rioting and looting” as part of a democratic process and called police officers “racist and evil.”
...Following the online backlash, Davis expressed regret for the impact of the posts and emphasized respect for campus colleagues, including members of the Harvard University Police Department, in an October message circulated to House affiliates. Dunster House Faculty Deans Taeku Lee and Shirley Lee reaffirmed their support for students, writing that Dunster “is a community that welcomes all members.” At the time, Davis wrote that he looked forward to returning to the House in January...
Full story at https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2026/1/5/gregory-davis-removed/.
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