Harvard University has removed Gregory Davis from his post as Allston Burr Resident Dean of Dunster House after a conservative student publication unearthed a series of inflammatory social media posts attacking Whiteness, defending rioting and looting, and targeting police and President Donald Trump.
According to One America News, the controversy erupted after the Yard Report, a right-leaning student outlet, published an expos highlighting Daviss online history, prompting renewed scrutiny of Harvards ideological tilt and its standards for those in positions of authority over students. The posts, drawn largely from X between 2019 and 2020 and supplemented by an Instagram post from 2024, showcased a pattern of rhetoric that many critics say would have been career-ending had it been directed at any other racial group or at left-wing causes.
The resurfaced content included denunciations of Whiteness, assertions that rioting and looting can be parts of democracy, and harsh language aimed at law enforcement officers and President Donald Trump, raising questions about Daviss ability to fairly serve a politically and racially diverse student body. While Harvard has long tolerated or even celebrated progressive activism among faculty and staff, this episode appears to have crossed a line significant enough to trigger administrative action.
An internal email obtained by Fox News showed the university moving quickly once the posts gained public attention, signaling that the administration recognized the seriousness of the situation. We are writing to confirm that Gregory Davis is no longer serving as the Allston Burr Resident Dean of Dunster House, effective today, the email stated.
The message continued with a polite but terse farewell: We thank Gregory for serving in this role and wish him and his family the best in their future endeavors. Harvard did not explicitly acknowledge that the decision was tied to the resurfaced posts, but the timing, coming immediately after the Yard Reports coverage, left little doubt in the minds of observers.
Davis, for his part, attempted to distance himself from his own words in an email to Dunster House residents, also obtained by Fox News, in which he framed the controversy as a matter of outdated views. Recently, some media organizations have inquired regarding comments that I made on my personal social media accounts prior to my start in the Resident Dean role, he wrote.
These posts do not reflect my current thinking or beliefs. I deeply appreciate the responsibility inherent in the Resident Dean role and I value the trust that individuals have placed in me. I regret if my statements have any negative impact on the Dunster community. His message sought to reassure students that his conduct in office had been more measured than his online persona suggested.
Since becoming the Allston Burr Resident Dean, I have worked hard to ensure that Dunster House is a welcoming, warm and supportive space for all of its members, the statement continued. That continues to be the guiding force of my work today. As events outside of Harvard have affected our House and me personally, my commitment to each of you, our students, has not wavered. In my role, I have enjoyed the opportunity to work collaboratively with members of HUPD and other colleagues across campus. I respect the work they do to support our community.
Following Daviss removal, Emilie Raymer, who had been serving in an interim capacity, was formally appointed Resident Dean of Dunster House in a recent message to students. Her selection suggests Harvard is eager to project stability while quietly moving past a scandal that has further exposed the ideological double standards conservatives have long criticized.
These developments unfold as Harvard continues to grapple with accusations of entrenched left-wing bias, accusations that intensified after the January 2024 resignation of President Claudine Gay, who stepped down following a disastrous congressional hearing on campus antisemitism and allegations of plagiarism. Gays successor, President Alan Garber, has since taken steps to rein in overt faculty activism in the classroom and to reassert a more neutral institutional posture.
Garber has warned that students often feel compelled to conform to progressive orthodoxy, creating a chilling effect on free expression and undermining genuine intellectual diversity. He has pledged to restore a culture of objectivity and institutional neutrality, emphasizing that the universitys mission is to equip students with analytic tools rather than to promote specific political viewpoints, a standard many conservatives argue should apply as rigorously to administrators like Davis as it does to faculty.
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