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Tracking Cancel Culture in American Higher Education The National Association of Scholars, [email protected] Updated August, 2021 Approx. Date of Action(s) in Approx. Date of Name Institution Position Question Cancellation Description of Incident Alleged Offense Response Source https://www. washingtonpost. com/local/education/co In response to the release of Bill sby-rashad- Cosby, Rashad (who used to star apology/2021/07/03/11 with Cosby on The Cosby Show) 81d1ec-dc0d-11eb- tweeted, “FINALLY!!!! A terrible Condemned on social 9bbb- Dean, College of Fine wrong is being righted- a Insensitivity about media, issued 37c30dcf9363_story. 1 Phylicia Rashad Howard University Arts 6/30/2021 6/30/2021 miscarriage of justice is corrected!” alleged sexual abuse statement of apology html https://www. Condemned on social newsobserver. Professor Miller posted on media, denounced in com/news/state/north- Associate Professor Facebook "Hey there. How about statement by School of carolina/article2525324 2 Monte Miller East Carolina University of Social Work 6/21/2021 6/25/2021 F*CK Juneteenth!!!" Racism Social Work, resignation 43.html Professor Johnson posted on Facebook "Blow up Republicans." While the meaning of this was not originally clear, Johnson later Condemned by UNCW, Associate Professor clarified that he was frustrated by resigned from board of of Health and Republicans when he posted this, nonprofit, deleted https://www. University of North Carolina, Applied Human and that the post was meant to Facebook post and campusreform. 3 Dan Johnson Wilmington Sciences 5/17/2021 6/24/2021 convey that in a hyperbolic way. Anti-Republican account org/article?id=17701 https://nypost. Professor Fischthal said the N-word com/2021/05/15/profe while reading aloud a passage from Placed under ssor-allegedly-fired-for- Hannah Berliner Adjunct Professor of Mark Twain's novel Pudd’nhead investigation, reading-racial-slur- 4 Fischthal St. John’s University English 2/10/2021 4/29/2021 Wilson. Racism suspended, terminated from-mark-twain-book/ Professor Pollack-Pelzner posted a https://www.thefire. Twitter thread alleging that org/tenured-professor- multiple Linfield University abruptly-fired-after- trustees had engaged in sexual raising-allegations-of- misconduct. He also accused anti-semitic-speech-by- Linfield President Miles K. Davis of linfield-universitys- 5 Daniel Pollack-Pelzner Linfield University Professor of English 4/29/2021 4/27/2021 remarking on "Jewish noses." Retaliation Terminated president/ Professor Strang was awarded the 2021 Inclusive Excellence Award by his employer, the University of Toledo. Strang won the award because he brings a diversity of viewpoint to the classroom, being one of the only conservative scholars on faculty. This provoked the ire of students, who took issue with sentiments Strang has expressed in past writings. For https://nbc24. example, he wrote in a 2003 article com/news/local/univer that "a corrupt society that does Condemned in student sity-of-toledo-law- John W. Stoepler not seek to prevent homosexual petition, university professor-faces- Professor of Law & activity makes it more difficult for changed award policies backlash-for-inclusivity- 6 Lee Strang University of Toledo Values 2003 4/24/2021 us to properly raise our children." Homophobia for the future award Jordan came under fire for a 50- second clip of a pre-recorded lecture for his Introduction to Cinema class. In the clip, Jordan is discussing racial assumptions students might encounter in films. He said, “I might have an assumption that Black people are just not as intelligent as white people ... Ooh, I can hear already all the people getting riled up, right? I could believe that. You know, that’s just the way I was raised and that’s just the way my values are. It doesn’t mean I’m https://thedailyaztec. going to come and lynch you. It com/105391/news/stud Lecturer of doesn’t mean I’m going to attack Widely condemned by ents-outraged-over- Television, Theater, you. It might mean I won’t hire students on social film-professors-racially- 7 Robert Jordan San Diego State University and Film 4/13/2021 4/13/2021 you, but it’s the way I think.” Racism media insensitive-remarks/ Placed under https://www.nytimes. Dr. Bauchner said in a podcast that investigation, com/2021/03/25/healt Journal of the American Medical "structural racism" no longer exists suspended, notified of h/jama-bauchner-race- 8 Howard Bauchner Association Editor in Chief 2/24/2021 3/25/2021 in the United States. Racism future termination medicine.html In an article for 4W, a "fourth-wave feminism" blog, Professor Hughes critiqued what she calls the "trans- sex fantasy." She writes, "The ‘gender identity’ movement is https://www. Professor of Gender canceling people’s free speech and insidehighered. and Women's Studies academic freedom for anyone who com/news/2021/03/25 & Eleanor M. and doesn’t fall in line, speaks out in /professor-odds-her- Oscar M. Carlson opposition, or even calls for the Condemned in university-over-gender- 9 Donna Hughes University of Rhode Island Endowed Chair 2/28/2021 3/23/2021 right to debate." Transphobia university statement identity https://www. nationalreview. com/corner/brown- professor-gets- hounded-off-twitter- for-article-saying-its- okay-to-take-your-kids- Professor Oster wrote an article in on-vacation/? The Atlantic titled "Your utm_source=recirc- Unvaccinated Kid Is Like A desktop&utm_medium Vaccinated Grandma," in which =article&utm_campaign she argued that, due to the low =right- risks of COVID-19 for children, rail&utm_content=top- Professor of parents should take them on Widely denounced on stories&utm_term=four 10 Emily Oster Brown University Economics 3/18/2021 3/18/2021 vacations this summer. COVID-19 heterodoxy social media th Professor Kindsvatter posted a video on YouTube titled “Racism https://www. and the Secular Religion at the sevendaysvt. University of Vermont,” in which Student petition for com/OffMessage/archiv he, among other things, critiqued firing, condemned by es/2021/03/16/uvm- the concept of "whiteness" and dean, students allowed professors-viral-video- Associate Professor expressed a feeling of ostracization to transfer out of prompts-calls-for-his- 11 Aaron Kindsvatter University of Vermont of Counseling 3/8/2021 3/13/2021 due to it. Racism courses resignation In a blog post, Professor Smith wrote, “If you believe that the coronavirus did not escape from the lab in Wuhan, you have to at least consider that you are an idiot who is swallowing whole a lot of Chinese cock swaddle.” He later clarified that “It appears that some https://www.cbs8. people are interpreting my com/article/news/local/ reference to ‘Chinese cock usd-professor-under- swaddle,’ as a reference to an investigation-for-racial- ethnic group. That is a Student petition for comments-in-a- misinterpretation. To be clear, I firing, denounced in blog/509-e5234427- was referring to the Chinese university statement, e645-461e-9c74- 12 Thomas Smith University of San Diego Professor of Law 3/10/2021 3/12/2021 government.” Racism under investigation 84a47be2ad0d In an online video meeting, Professor Sandra Sellers, one of https://www.nbcnews. Professor Batson's colleagues, com/news/education/g lamented that the lowest eorgetown-law- performing students in her classes professor-resigns-over- tend to be black. Batson did not Placed under insensitive-remarks- Adjunct Professor of denounce Sellers' statement investigation, about-black-students- 13 David Batson Georgetown University Law 3/2021 3/11/2021 during the meeting. Racism resignation n1261034 In an online video meeting, Professor Sellers lamented that the https://www.nbcnews. lowest performing students in her com/news/education/g classes tend to be black. She said, eorgetown-law- "I end up having this angst every professor-under-fire- semester that a lot of my lower Placed under comments-about-black- Adjunct Professor of ones are Blacks, happens almost investigation, students-performance- 14 Sandra Sellers Georgetown University Law 3/2021 3/11/2021 every semester." Racism termination n1260559 https://abcnews.go. Placed on com/US/wireStory/alab Professor Wood allegedly dressed administrative leave, ama-professors-leave- in a Confederate soldier's uniform student petition for insensitive-photos- 15 Bob Wood University of South Alabama Professor of Finance 2014 3/5/2021 during a 2014 Halloween party. Racism firing 76297701 https://abcnews.go. Placed on com/US/wireStory/alab Professor Sharland allegedly posed administrative leave, ama-professors-leave- Professor of with a whip and noose during a student petition for insensitive-photos- 16 Alex Sharland University of South Alabama Marketing 2014 3/5/2021 2014 Halloween party. Racism firing 76297701 https://abcnews.go. Placed on com/US/wireStory/alab Professor Weldy allegedly posed administrative leave, ama-professors-leave- Assistant Professor of with a whip and noose during a student petition for insensitive-photos- 17 Teresa Weldy University of South Alabama Management 2014 3/5/2021 2014 Halloween party. Racism firing 76297701 During the vice-presidential debate in October 2020 between Mike Pence and Kamala Harris, Professor Burnett Tweeted “the moderator needs to talk over Mike Pence until https://www. he shuts his little demon mouth Disrupting institutional campusreform. 18 Lora Burnett Collin College Professor of History 10/7/2020 2/25/2021 up.” working environment Termination org/article?id=17021 Professor Machelidon used the N- word several times in a lecture. The exact context is currently unknown. When students raised Placed under https://abc11. Professor of World concerns, she defended herself by investigation, com/meredith-college- Languages and claiming that she is not American condemned in college veronique-machelidon- Cultures; and that many from other statement, student racism-culture- 19 Veronique Machelidon Meredith College Department Head 11/2020 2/23/2021 countries do not know the word.