December 1, 2000

Professors at Occidental College Protest Tenure Denial

By SCOTT CARLSON

Faculty members and students are protesting a tenure denial at Occidental College in which a popular professor says her career was derailed after she was told that her department did not care for her ''New York Jewish personality."

Gail M. Gottfried, who teaches psychology and cognitive science, says her troubles began after a pretenure review three years ago. Like her earlier reviews, it was positive. ''But one of the senior members of my department came to

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