Kathleen McElroy, Ph.D., was set to lead Texas A&M’s journalism program into the future, reviving the major after a 19-year hiatus, signing off on the position on June 13. But
A university report found that fears of a conservative backlash botched the effort to hire a Black professor, Kathleen McElroy, to run its journalism program.
Awarded to Kathleen McElroy Thursday, the settlement was accompanied with an apology - in which officials admitted mistakes were made during [her] hiring process this past June.