His appointment came after the wake of the Unity for Gallaudet Movement protests of 2006,[3] when many students, staff, and alumni objected to the initial choice of Jane Fernandes as the intended next president.
R., Interview on KCPW, Salt Lake City, Utah, expressing support for university students' right to protest, February 2007.
(Download transcript of interview: http://saveourdeafschools.org/utah.pdf) Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine Davila, Robert R., Installation speech as Gallaudet's Ninth President, 2007.
(Download text of speech: http://saveourdeafschools.org/robert_davila_commencement_address_2009.pdf) Archived 2012-01-11 at the Wayback Machine Davila, Robert R., Keynote Address at National Association of the Deaf convention in Denver, Colorado, 1992.
(Download text of speech: http://saveourdeafschools.org/davila_keynote_NAD_denver_1992.pdf) Archived 2012-01-12 at the Wayback Machine Davila, Robert R., Plenary Address at PEPnet 2002: Biennial Conference on Postsecondary Education for Persons who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing.