A professor at Columbus State Community College was allegedly the target of retaliation for exercising his First Amendment rights, in part by expressing his anti-abortion views.
Grigorescu v. Board of Trustees of the San Mateo County Community College District
An adjunct professor of physics at the College of San Mateo was allegedly the target of retaliatory harassment after protesting the conversion of campus green space into a parking lot.
Isabell v. Trustees of Indiana University
An adjunct instructor at the University of Indiana South Bend was denied a full-time position, allegedly in retaliation for her views on abortion.
Taylor v. St. John’s University
An adjunct professor of history was removed from teaching and investigated after prompting a class to consider the “positives and negatives” of the Columbian Exchange.
Nikole Hannah-Jones, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
A journalist who worked on the controversial “The 1619 Project” was denied tenure by the University of Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Board of Trustees.
Gordon Klein, UCLA
A lecturer at UCLA’s Anderson School of Business was placed on mandatory leave after he refused to change his final exam procedures in the wake of the civil unrest following George Floyd’s murder.
Alyssa Oltmanns, Muscatine Community College
A theater director at Muscatine Community College was blocked from producing a play by administrators.
John Eastman, University of Colorado Boulder
A visiting professor at the University of Colorado Boulder had his duties stripped from him after appearing at the January 6 rally that preceded the Capitol violence.
Sheldon v. Dhillon
A professor at San Jose Community College was denied an offer employment due to remarks she made in class concerning the role of genetics in sexual orientation.
Jorjani v. New Jersey Institute of Technology
Third Circuit Allows Case to Proceed Against New Jersey Institute of Technology Over Alleged First Amendment Retaliation for Lecturer’s Off Campus Speech Promoting Alt-Right Views, Denying Racial Equality, Criticizing Immigration, and Predicting Future Reverence for Hitler