Alyce Miller
Overview
Alyce Miller has expressed support for the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement, as well as for pro-BDS U.S. Congresswoman Ilhan Omar.As of January 2020, Miller was a Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Indiana, Bloomington (IU).
Supporting BDS
In 2015, Miller signed an open letter calling for the academic boycott of Israel.The open letter was addressed to the Modern Language Association (MLA), “calling on the association to pass a resolution endorsing the boycott of Israeli academic institutions.”
In January 2017, the MLA Delegate Assembly approved a resolution (2017-1) acknowledging “the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel contradicts the MLA’s purpose” and conflicted with another resolution (2002-1), that condemned boycotts against scholars. Therefore, the Assembly “resolved that the MLA refrain from endorsing the boycott.”
In January 2017, the MLA Delegate Assembly approved a resolution (2017-1) acknowledging “the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel contradicts the MLA’s purpose” and conflicted with another resolution (2002-1), that condemned boycotts against scholars. Therefore, the Assembly “resolved that the MLA refrain from endorsing the boycott.”
Supporting Ilhan Omar
On February 12, 2019, Miller tweeted at Omar: “You’re amazing. I don’t believe your remarks were anti-Semitic. You were criticizing Israel and the larger problem of lobbyists.”Ilhan Omar was elected to the U.S. Congress in 2018. In February 2019, top Congressional leaders denounced Omar for tweeting anti-Semitic remarks.Omar has demonized Israel and endorsed BDS. In July 2019, Omar introduced a pro-BDS resolution in the U.S. Congress, which she described as “an opportunity for us to explain why it is we support…the BDS movement.”
On March 4, 2019, Miller tweeted, “A resolution to criminalize criticism of Israel (meaning the government) and claiming such criticism is anti-semitic---are you kidding me?@IlhanMN has nothing to apologize for. If her name weren't Ilhan Omar, no one would have blinked.”On March 27, 2019 Miller tweeted, “Rep Omar is not an anti-semite, despite the fact that you seem to enjoy promoting this falsehood. Criticizing a right-wing foreign government is not anti-semitic.PS--you can't write off Palestine in one sentence.”
Social Media and Weblinks
University Website: https://english.indiana.edu/about/emeriti/miller-alyce.htmlTwitter: https://twitter.com/alycelmiller
- Status:
- Professor
- University:
- Univ Indiana, Bloomington UI
- Organizations:
- BDS
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- Last Modified:
- 05/04/2026
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