"The complaint by the student, Samantha Fulnecky, follows a series of similar conflicts at colleges around the country over how professors should talk about gender in the classroom, a battle in which each side insists it is protecting academic freedom and First Amendment rights. The instructor who flunked Fulnecky on the essay has been placed on administrative leave while the school investigates the episode, according to a statement the University of Oklahoma posted on social media."
"Dozens of professors have lost their jobs or been disciplined in recent months over issues related to political speech, often because of posts on social media. Texas A&M University fired a faculty member who was accused of teaching a course that recognized more than two genders, after a video of her discussing gender in class was posted online. In the University of Oklahoma case, the school conducted a formal grade appeal process, which "resulted in steps to ensure no academic harm to the student from the graded assignment," the school said."
"The instructor, who was not named in the university's statement, declined to comment, writing in an email that, "as advised by my lawyer, I will not be making any public statements at this time." The Oklahoman newspaper reported that the instructor, in explaining Fulnecky's poor grade, wrote that she had deducted points because the essay "does not answer the questions for this assignment, contradicts itself, heavily uses personal ideology over empirical evidence in a scientific class, and is a"
A University of Oklahoma student, Samantha Fulnecky, received a zero on a psychology essay that cited the Bible and labeled 'the lie that there are multiple genders' as 'demonic.' The student filed a complaint alleging religious discrimination. A graduate-student instructor who graded the essay was placed on administrative leave while the university investigates. A formal grade appeal process resulted in steps to ensure no academic harm from the graded assignment. The instructor declined to comment citing legal advice and said points were deducted because the essay did not answer the assignment, contradicted itself, and relied on personal ideology over empirical evidence. Recent months have seen multiple faculty discipline cases related to political speech and gender instruction, including a Texas A&M firing.
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