The university has responded to my lawsuit with a motion to dismiss. You can find their response here.
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How not to deal with pronouns as a professor
2 weeks ago
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Apparently the Office of Civil Rights in the U.S. Department of Education launched a civil rights investigation at Taft College due to “misgendering”. What horrific events spurred the investigation? The student’s professors tried to use the plural pronouns but didn’t always succeed. It is understandably difficult for someone delivering collegiate-level instruction to remember to refer...
More coverage of my case in the media
2 weeks ago
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The most interesting one appeared in the Chronicle of Higher Education (reposted on Medium), where the author argued that activist faculty have screwed themselves. For many years the courts have deferred to academia, but political behavior by faculty and universities during the past couple of decades has resulted in a more interventionist approach: Unfortunately, universities are giving courts...
My op-ed on post-tenure review in NC
3 weeks ago
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Was just published by the Martin Center:
Let’s Actually Reform Post-Tenure Review
Woke Joke Part 7: On to the Supreme Court
2 months ago
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The Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit ruled against me 2-1. The ruling was widely seen as substantially restricting the academic freedom of professors in the 4th Circuit (MD, NC, SC, VA and WV); I’ve included links to some media mentions below. The dissenting judge wrote a strong dissent, part of which I’ve quoted: Our job, however, is not to appraise the value of Porter’s speech...
