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April 27, 2021 Linfield fires professor who alleged antisemitism and mishandling of sexual misconduct allegations Linfield University has fired Dr. Daniel Pollack-Pelzner, a tenured English professor and faculty member of the Board of Trustees who recently alleged he had experienced antisemitism from the president and board chair in the process of reporting sexual misconduct allegations against trustees to the board. Linfield University told the News-Register the termination, made Tuesday after...

Linfield University fires professor who reported allegations of antisemitism April 27, 2021 10:57 pm Daniel Pollack-Pelzner, an English literature professor at Linfield University, says he has been targeted with antisemitic attacks after calling out sexual harassment at the school. (Courtesy of Pollack-Pelzner) Advertisement (JTA) — Linfield University has fired a Jewish professor who accused the school’s president of making antisemitic remarks. Daniel Pollack-Pel...

Linfield University fires professor who spoke out against sexual misconduct, raised allegations against president Updated 7:26 PM; Today 6:37 PM The university’s provost Susan Agre-Kippenhan sent a message to faculty and students, referencing the school’s “extraordinary step” of firing a faculty member, alleging “serious breaches of the individual’s duty to the institution.”LC-Courtesy of Linfield College Facebook Share Linfield University on Tuesday fired English professor Dani...

Small Christian University in Oregon Grapples with Accusations of Antisemitism The allegations, and the official response that critics are calling insufficient or even misguided, illustrate the challenges of identifying, calling out and remedying allegations of antisemitism in an environment with a tiny Jewish population and relatively little familiarity with the mores surrounding discourse about Jews. (JTA) — When the new president of his small Oregon university made a remark about Jewish no...

Because Pollack-Pelzner has tenure, university policies appear to dictate that he must be granted a hearing before being terminated. Pollack-Pelzner, who has taught at Linfield for more than a decade, recently went public with his allegations of antisemitism, prompting local and national press coverage. He and other professors alleged that Davis made antisemitic comments regarding Jewish noses and the Holocaust. Linfield, a university near Portland with some 2,000 students, has almost no organi...

  Linfield University on Tuesday terminated Daniel Pollack-Pelzner, Ronni Lacroute Chair in Shakespeare Studies, citing his breaches of “duty” to the institution. Pollack-Pelzner, a faculty trustee, recently said that members of Linfield’s Board of Trustees had retaliated against him for urging that they do more about reported sexual misconduct among their ranks. Pollack-Pelzner, who is Jewish, also said that some members of the board, including Linfield president Miles Davis, made anti-...

In Oregon, a small Christian university with few Jews grapples with accusations of antisemitism A 2018 photo of the Linfield University campus in McMinnville, Ore. (George Rose/Getty Images) Advertisement (JTA) — When the new president of his small Oregon university made a remark about Jewish noses, Daniel Pollack-Pelzner was unnerved. But Pollack-Pelzner, a professor at the school, was willing to assume that the president had merely made a tactless mistake.  “At the time, I t...

No Confidence Vote and Planned Faculty Trustee Changes at Linfield By   Linfield University’s arts and sciences faculty voted no confidence in President Miles Davis and David Baca, chair of the university’s Board of Trustees, this week, 59 to 11. The resolution on which the vote was based calls for the leaders’ resignations, referencing the Linfield board’s ongoing sexual harassment and anti-Semitism scandal. The “words and actions of President Miles Davis and Chair David Baca have ...

Professor says Linfield President Miles K. Davis made anti-Semitic comments; Davis alleges ‘smear campaign’ Updated Apr 12, 2021; Posted Apr 12, 2021 Linfield University President Miles K. Davis faces new allegations by two psychology professors that he made an inappropriate remark about Jews and the Holocaust during a 2018 meeting with faculty. Davis said he was heartsick about the new allegation and doesn’t remember making such a comment. Facebook Share Simmering tension has burst int...

Bradley W. Parks Originally published on April 12, 2021 3:34 pm The Pacific Northwest chapter of the Anti-Defamation League wrote a letter to Linfield University’s Board of Trustees on Thursday expressing disappointment and concern over claims of antisemitism chronicled in a professor’s social media posts. Linfield President Miles Davis said in a responding letter that the professor’s tweets were part of a “smear campaign” against university administration. Last week Linfield pro...