PEN America Says Dismissal of University of Mississippi Scholar Raises Serious Questions
December 19, 2020
December 19, 2020
NEW YORK, Dec. 19 -- PEN America issued the following news release on Dec. 17:
PEN America today said the reported dismissal of a tenure-track faculty member at the University of Mississippi raised serious questions about academic freedom. The scholar, Garrett Felber, had previously criticized his department chair for rejecting funds to support his work on mass incarceration and immigrant detention, and had critiqued the university's fundraising practices and the appointment of its . . .
PEN America today said the reported dismissal of a tenure-track faculty member at the University of Mississippi raised serious questions about academic freedom. The scholar, Garrett Felber, had previously criticized his department chair for rejecting funds to support his work on mass incarceration and immigrant detention, and had critiqued the university's fundraising practices and the appointment of its . . .