Some faculty members at the University of Montana aren’t happy that officials there are trying to find a job for the spouse of a professor they would like to hire.
According to the Missoulian, the history department would like to hire Maha Nassar as its Middle East scholar. And to seal the deal, administrators hope to create a tenure-track job for her husband, Scott C. Lucas, a University of Arizona assistant professor who teaches Islamic law and the Koran.
Faculty members at the university wonder where the money will come from to pay Mr. Lucas and what exactly he would teach, and they are upset about how quickly the situation has evolved, the newspaper reported.
The president of the University of Montana, George M. Dennison, told the paper that the institution’s provost would make the final decision. —Audrey Williams June
