Trinity College in Connecticut places Johnny Eric Williams on leave over controversial comments...
Trinity College in Connecticut put Johnny Eric Williams on leave, it announced Monday evening.
Williams, an associate professor of sociology at Trinity, previously said he’d left the state amid physical threats that followed his use of racially charged language on social media. The college also closed down for a day last week over such threats. Reached via email Monday, Williams said he was “heartbroken” over the college’s decision, which came without a faculty review.
Joanne Berger-Sweeney, Trinity's president, said in a statement that a leave “is in the best interest of both [Williams] and the college,” and that a dean’s review of Williams’s case continues.
Meanwhile, she said, “the principles that underlie this particular set of events go far beyond the actions of any one person. These involve principles that concern how we think about academic freedom and freedom of speech, as well as the responsibilities that come with those fundamental values.”
Read the rest at: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2017/06/27/trinity-college-connecticut-announced-monday-thats-it-put-johnny-eric-williams-leave
DU thread on the issue from a few days ago:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10141805813
