"Sang Hea Kil, a longtime member of the university's justice studies department and a faculty adviser for its students for justice in Palestine chapter, is the latest in a growing list of university professors and staff who have been suspended, investigated, and in some cases dismissed or forced out in connection to the wave of pro-Palestinian protests that swept US campuses in the first year of Israel's war in Gaza."
"Maura Finkelstein, another tenured professor, was fired from Muhlenberg College, a private liberal arts college, following her criticism of Israel's most recent war in Gaza, while Katherine Franke, a Columbia University law professor and longtime advocate for Palestinian rights was forced out amidst what she called a toxic and hostile environment for legitimate debate around the war in Israel and Palestine."
A tenured San Jose State University professor was fired last month over pro-Palestinian activism and is contesting the dismissal. The firing is described as the first tenured faculty removal from a public university linked to campus protests against Israel's war in Gaza. The case joins a string of suspensions, investigations, dismissals, and forced departures of professors and staff tied to pro-Palestinian protests on US campuses. Previous similar cases include the 2014 firing of Steven Salaita and recent actions involving tenured professors at private and Ivy League institutions. The situation raises concerns about academic freedom, campus free speech, and questions about faculty extramural speech rights amid political pressure.
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