University of Michigan Jewish Students Alarmed at Steven Salaita Lecture

Jewish students at the University of Michigan are accusing Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies faculty of providing a platform for anti-Semitism by inviting former academic--and notorious hate-tweeter--Steven Salaita to speak at its Martin Luther King, Jr. Symposium.

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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