diff --git a/client/coral-admin/src/components/UserDetail.js b/client/coral-admin/src/components/UserDetail.js
index 31ad999dc..b917d81eb 100644
--- a/client/coral-admin/src/components/UserDetail.js
+++ b/client/coral-admin/src/components/UserDetail.js
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ class UserDetail extends React.Component {
       unbanUser,
       unsuspendUser,
       modal,
+      rejectUsername,
     } = this.props;
 
     // if totalComments is 0, you're dividing by zero
@@ -122,6 +123,8 @@ class UserDetail extends React.Component {
     const banned = isBanned(user);
     const suspended = isSuspended(user);
 
+    console.log(user);
+
     const slotPassthrough = {
       root,
       user,
@@ -155,6 +158,10 @@ class UserDetail extends React.Component {
               )}
               label={this.getActionMenuLabel()}
             >
+              <ActionsMenuItem onClick={() => rejectUsername({ id: user.id })}>
+                Reject Username
+              </ActionsMenuItem>
+
               {suspended ? (
                 <ActionsMenuItem onClick={() => unsuspendUser({ id: user.id })}>
                   {t('user_detail.remove_suspension')}
@@ -167,7 +174,6 @@ class UserDetail extends React.Component {
                   {t('user_detail.suspend')}
                 </ActionsMenuItem>
               )}
-
               {banned ? (
                 <ActionsMenuItem onClick={() => unbanUser({ id: user.id })}>
                   {t('user_detail.remove_ban')}
@@ -376,6 +382,7 @@ UserDetail.propTypes = {
   unbanUser: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
   unsuspendUser: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
   modal: PropTypes.bool,
+  rejectUsername: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
 };
 
 export default UserDetail;
diff --git a/client/coral-admin/src/containers/UserDetail.js b/client/coral-admin/src/containers/UserDetail.js
index fb1508a2f..2046f9c74 100644
--- a/client/coral-admin/src/containers/UserDetail.js
+++ b/client/coral-admin/src/containers/UserDetail.js
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import UserDetailComment from './UserDetailComment';
 import update from 'immutability-helper';
 import { showBanUserDialog } from 'actions/banUserDialog';
 import { showSuspendUserDialog } from 'actions/suspendUserDialog';
+import { withRejectUsername } from '../../../coral-framework/graphql/mutations';
 
 const commentConnectionFragment = gql`
   fragment CoralAdmin_UserDetail_CommentConnection on CommentConnection {
@@ -131,6 +132,7 @@ class UserDetailContainer extends React.Component {
         loading={loading}
         error={this.props.data && this.props.data.error}
         loadMore={this.loadMore}
+        rejectUsername={this.props.rejectUsername}
         {...this.props}
       />
     );
@@ -148,6 +150,7 @@ UserDetailContainer.propTypes = {
   selectedCommentIds: PropTypes.array,
   unbanUser: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
   unsuspendUser: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
+  rejectUsername: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
 };
 
 const LOAD_MORE_QUERY = gql`
@@ -281,5 +284,6 @@ export default compose(
   withUserDetailQuery,
   withSetCommentStatus,
   withUnbanUser,
-  withUnsuspendUser
+  withUnsuspendUser,
+  withRejectUsername
 )(UserDetailContainer);
diff --git a/client/coral-framework/utils/user.js b/client/coral-framework/utils/user.js
index f50fca335..63a552110 100644
--- a/client/coral-framework/utils/user.js
+++ b/client/coral-framework/utils/user.js
@@ -33,3 +33,12 @@ export const isSuspended = user => {
 export const isBanned = user => {
   return get(user, 'state.status.banned.status');
 };
+
+/**
+ * isUsernameRejected
+ * retrieves boolean based on the username status
+ */
+
+export const isUsernameRejected = user => {
+  return get(user, 'state.status.username.status');
+};