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UNC students say Nikole Hannah-Jones tenure shouldn t have been in question

UNC students say Nikole Hannah-Jones tenure shouldn t have been in question
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UNC trustees OK Nikole Hannah-Jones tenure application

The university announced in April that Hannah-Jones, who won a Pulitzer Prize for her work on the New York Times Magazine’s 1619 Project that focused on the country’s history of slavery, would be joining the journalism school’s faculty as the Knight Chair in Race and Investigative Journalism in July with a five-year contract. Before Wednesday, the school had said little about why tenure was not offered, but a prominent donor revealed he had emailed university leaders challenging her work as highly contentious and highly controversial before the process was halted. Hannah-Jones attorneys announced last week that she would not report for work without tenure, prompting a call from Student Body President Lamar Richards, who’s also a trustee, for the board to convene a special meeting.

UNC Board of Trustees votes 9-4 to approve Nikole Hannah-Jones tenure application

UNC Board of Trustees votes 9-4 to approve Nikole Hannah-Jones tenure application
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UNC Trustees OK Tenure for Journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones

Davis said that in granting tenure to Hannah-Jones the board was reaffirming its commitment to the university’s highest values of “academic freedom, open scholarly inquiry, commitment to diversity of all types, including viewpoint diversity, and promotion of constructive disagreement and civil public discourse.” The university had announced in April that Hannah-Jones who won a Pulitzer Prize for her work on The New York Times Magazine’s 1619 Project focusing on America’s history of slavery would be joining the journalism school’s faculty. It said she would take up the Knight Chair in Race and Investigative Journalism in July with a five-year contract.

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