August 18, 2007

Death threats allegedly issued against Middle Eastern Scholar at Barnard College

In an email from President Judy Shapiro of Barnard College to Phil Orenstein of Democracy Project, she allegedly states that Assistant Professor Nadia Abu El-Haj has received death threats.
“To clarify and provide some additional information: I do not myself believe that the people who are getting in touch with me anonymously truly need to do [...]

August 18, 2007

Alumni Group Seeks to Deny Tenure to Middle Eastern Scholar at Barnard College

Daily news reported by The Chronicle of Higher Education newsfeed.
August 15, 2007
Controversial research on Israel and the Palestinian territories has become the basis of yet another campaign to prevent a professor from winning tenure. A group of Barnard College alumni has drafted an online petition asking their alma mater to deny tenure to Nadia Abu [...]