![Ryan Pagelow Megan Red Shirt-Shaw speaks at Dominican University in River Forest, Illinois, on Jan. 17, 2023. Two University of South Dakota faculty members, Megan Red Shirt-Shaw and her husband, John Little, have long included their gender pronouns and tribal affiliations in their work email signature blocks. But both received written warnings from the university in March that doing so violated a policy adopted by the South Dakota Board of Regents in December. (Ryan Pagelow/Dominican University via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/b14fcb44e30e407387f64c29b4aa0fff/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Megan Red Shirt-Shaw speaks at Dominican University in River Forest, Illinois, on Jan. 17, 2023. Two University of South Dakota faculty members, Megan Red Shirt-Shaw and her husband, John Little, have long included their gender pronouns and tribal affiliations in their work email signature blocks. But both received written warnings from the university in March that doing so violated a policy adopted by the South Dakota Board of Regents in December. (Ryan Pagelow/Dominican University via AP)
![Patty Solis John Little sits for a portrait in 2022 at the Solis Photography Studio in Sioux Falls, S.D. Two University of South Dakota faculty members, Little and his wife Megan Red Shirt-Shaw have long included their gender pronouns and tribal affiliations in their work email signature blocks. But both received written warnings from the university in March that doing so violated a policy adopted by the South Dakota Board of Regents in December. (Solis Photography via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/0ebd98ac965f44ea9251d810512ac861/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
John Little sits for a portrait in 2022 at the Solis Photography Studio in Sioux Falls, S.D. Two University of South Dakota faculty members, Little and his wife Megan Red Shirt-Shaw have long included their gender pronouns and tribal affiliations in their work email signature blocks. But both received written warnings from the university in March that doing so violated a policy adopted by the South Dakota Board of Regents in December. (Solis Photography via AP)