"The assignment in question was supposed to be a reaction to an academic article on gender. But the paper written by junior Samantha Fulnecky failed to provide empirical evidence or even citations for her own beliefs, resulting in her failing grade. The essay was turned in on November 9. The teaching assistant - whose name Truthout is withholding due to privacy and harassment concerns - gave Fulnecky a 0 out of 25 points, stating that the student's editorializing was not accompanied by an evidence-based approach."
"Students in the class were asked to review a paper entitled "Gender Typicality, Peer Relations, and Mental Health: A Study on Adolescents." According to the paper's abstract, the study examines "whether being high in gender typicality is associated with popularity, whether being low in gender typicality is associated with rejection/teasing, and whether teasing due to low gender typicality mediates the association with negative mental health." Fulnecky's response included minimal reference to the paper, except to criticize gender nonconformity from her religious perspective."
University of Oklahoma students demonstrated in solidarity with a transgender graduate teaching assistant who was suspended after a student claimed a failing grade was given due to Christian beliefs. The assignment required a reaction to a study on gender typicality, peer relations, and mental health. Junior Samantha Fulnecky received a failing grade after turning in an editorialized response that lacked empirical evidence and citations. The teaching assistant gave Fulnecky a 0 out of 25 points for failing to use an evidence-based approach. Fulnecky criticized gender nonconformity from a religious perspective and asserted that eliminating gender would separate people from "God's original plan for humans," despite the study making no such call.
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