UC Berkeley’s Nezar AlSayyad Resigns and Threatens Lawsuit

UC Berkeley professor Nezar AlSayyad, who chaired the Center for Middle Eastern Studies for nearly two decades, has resigned and plans to sue the University after a three-year suspension over sexual harassment allegations.

Cinnamon Stillwell analyzes Middle East studies academia in West Coast colleges and universities for Campus Watch. A San Francisco Bay Area native and graduate of San Francisco State University, she is a columnist, blogger, and social media analyst. Ms. Stillwell, a former contributing political columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle, has written on a wide variety of topics, including the political atmosphere in American higher education, and has appeared as a guest on television and talk radio.
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