Will a misdemeanor criminal offense compromise assistantship funding?

[liberationpsychnerd]

If you take part in an act of civil disobedience / nonviolent direct action and intentionally get arrested + charged with a misdemeanor (like trespassing or disobeying a police officer), will that affect your eligibility for funding? "Asking for a friend".

[Sigaba]

42 minutes ago, liberationpsychnerd said:

If you take part in an act of civil disobedience / nonviolent direct action and intentionally get arrested + charged with a misdemeanor (like trespassing or disobeying a police officer), will that affect your eligibility for funding? "Asking for a friend".

Regardless of what policies are in place at your friend's institution and department, how would your friend know that it didn't?

That is, if a professor wants your friend gone and she/he cannot say "Well, there's this arrest record...", that professor can still say legitimately, "This person isn't committed to graduate school..."

Are there other forms of political activity that find a balance between personal conviction and professionalism: voter registration, teach ins, letter writing, editorials, and so forth?