Statement on BOT's Decision Regarding Nikole Hannah-Jones's Appointment - UNC English & Comparative Literature
Statement on BOT’s Decision Regarding Nikole Hannah-Jones’s Appointment As members of the faculty of the Department of English and Comparative Literature, we write to express our alarm about the recent denial of tenure of Nikole Hannah-Jones for an endowed Knight professorship at the UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media. Should the UNC Board of Trustees’ decision stand, it has implications that extend far beyond the facts of this case. We address three of those issues below. Our first concern is about shared governance and the belief in the integrity and professionalism of the pro...
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