Dunster House Resident Dean Gregory Davis Removed After Resurfaced Social Media Posts

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.

In the message — which was relayed to the Dunster community by a resident tutor — Davis wrote that he has been removed from the role and that, to his knowledge, no interim resident had been appointed.

“It has been the greatest honor of my life to serve as the Resident Dean for Dunster,” Davis wrote. “I will miss my work with students and staff immensely.”

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.

Administrative matters previously seen by Davis — including Ad Board petitions, grade reviews, course enrollment issues, and permissions — will be handled by Lauren E. Brandt ’01, associate dean of students, according to Davis’ message.

Davis did not clarify what led to his removal in his message.

Davis was appointed to the role in 2024 and came under intense scrutiny in October 2025 after Yardreport — 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.”

Yardreport blasted Davis’ comments, accusing him of harboring hostile feelings toward “White people, police, Republicans, and President Trump” and calling on Harvard to fire him immediately.

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.

College spokesperson Jonathan Palumbo, Taeku Lee, and Shirley Lee did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Davis’ removal.

—Staff writer Sebastian B. Connolly can be reached at [email protected]. Follow him on X @SebastianC4784.

—Staff writer Summer E. Rose can be reached at [email protected]. Follow her on X @summerellenrose.