UC Berkeley Students Defend Nezar AlSayyad From Sexual Harassment Allegations

UC Berkeley students are defending professor Nezar AlSayyad after an investigation into sexual harassment allegations from a graduate student and the possibility that his tenure may be revoked. Predictably, they warn against “quick judgement” when “the subject is being identified in the news as a Middle Eastern scholar.”

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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