October 15, 1999

Controversial Professor Reaches Settlement to Leave Art Institute of Chicago

By COURTNEY LEATHERMAN

Kelly Dennis is gone from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, but not forgotten.

A critical theorist and expert on pornography who claimed that she had been "stalked by Christian" students on the campus, Ms. Dennis incited passions during her three-year tenure (The Chronicle, August 13). Students described her alternately as "brilliant," the kind of "strong woman" the institute needed, and as condescending, "opinionated," and sex-obsessed.

She

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