Linfield University president defends firing of tenured professor, says he has no plans to resign
Updated May 01, 2021;
Posted Apr 30, 2021
President Miles K. Davis also Friday recalled that he had discussed physical characteristics of Jews and other Semitic peoples with professor Daniel Pollack-Pelzner, after he had previously denied to an independent investigator making any such comments. “I might have well said that from a physical characteristic perspective, you d be hard pressed to tell the difference amongst Semitic people. It wasn’t a racist thing about measuring Jewish noses. Photo courtesy of Linfield
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Linfield University President Miles K. Davis on Friday rebuffed calls to resign and defended this week’s abrupt firing of an English professor who criticized him.
Linfield University fires professor who spoke out against sexual misconduct, raised allegations against president
Updated 7:26 PM;
Today 6:37 PM
The university’s provost Susan Agre-Kippenhan sent a message to faculty and students, referencing the school’s “extraordinary step” of firing a faculty member, alleging “serious breaches of the individual’s duty to the institution.”LC-Courtesy of Linfield College
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Linfield University on Tuesday fired English professor Daniel Pollack-Pelzner, a public advocate for students and faculty who had complained about alleged sexual abuse by board trustees.
Pollack-Pelzner, 41, also earlier this month accused university President Miles K. Davis of making anti-Semitic comments to fend off criticism of how the school handled those sexual abuse complaints. Pollack-Pelzner first shared the allegations on a Twitter thread this month.
Professor says Linfield President Miles K. Davis made anti-Semitic comments; Davis alleges ‘smear campaign’
Updated Apr 12, 2021;
Posted Apr 12, 2021
Linfield University President Miles K. Davis faces new allegations by two psychology professors that he made an inappropriate remark about Jews and the Holocaust during a 2018 meeting with faculty. Davis said he was heartsick about the new allegation and doesn’t remember making such a comment.
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Simmering tension has burst into public view again at Linfield University as a longtime professor accused the school’s president of making anti-Semitic comments to fend off criticism of how the school has handled sexual abuse complaints by students and faculty.
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