Ithaca College Professor Says Political Views Influenced Her Tenure Denial

A sociology professor at Ithaca College who has been denied tenure there twice says colleagues and administrators let their political views on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict get in the way of their judgments on her tenure bid.

The assistant professor, Margo Ramlal-Nankoe, has hired the same law firm that represented Norman G. Finkelstein, who was denied tenure at DePaul University last year after a highly public battle that focused on his critical writings about Israel.

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