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“Obviously, they knew the hiring could be controversial,” said
Daniel Kreiss, associate professor at the Hussman School. “But I think it’s all quite silly to be honest.”
Despite the comment, UNC-Chapel Hill is no longer offering her tenure, and she will instead start a fixed five-year term as Professor of the Practice on July 1.
The journalist will be reviewed for tenure once her contract ends.
“It’s disappointing, it’s not what we wanted and I am afraid it will have a chilling effect,” said
Susan King, Dean of UNC Hussman of the move, adding that she is not sure why the board rejected her application. “I’m not sure if that’s ever happened before,” she added.
1619 Project founder Nikole Hannah-Jones loses UNC tenure offer amid backlash over her un-factual and biased work
UNC officials this week confirmed Nikole Hannah-Jones would join its journalism school as a professor with a five-year contract this summer
It comes three weeks after it was announced she would have tenured position
Conservatives expressed outrage at the tenure offer citing Hannah-Jones controversial 1619 Project for the New York Times
The series reframed American history to start in 1619, when the first slaves from Africa arrived to Virginia, rather than 1776 when independence was declared
It was heralded by some and criticized by others, including former President Donald Trump, who was opposed to the idea that it could be taught in schools
UNC-Chapel Hill says the Pulitzer prize winner is a perfect fit to teach in its journalism school. A local conservative group published an unsigned attack against her.