Post by blackcrowheart on Jan 6, 2006 13:46:30 GMT -5
CU Names Two Professors To Panel Probing Churchill
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(AP) BOULDER, Colo. Two professors were named Wednesday to replace
two other professors who resigned from the panel investigating
allegations of research misconduct against a University of Colorado
professor who likened some Sept. 11 victims to one of the architects
of the Holocaust.
Robert N. Clinton, a law professor at Arizona State University and a
faculty member of that school's American Indian Studies Program, and
Jose E. Limon, professor of American and English literature at the
University of Texas at Austin and director of that university's
Center for Mexican-American Studies, are joining the panel, CU
spokeswoman Pauline Hale said in a statement.
They replace Bruce Johansen, a communications professor who studies
American Indians at University of Nebraska at Omaha, who resigned in
November after questions were raised about whether he could be
objective about Ward Churchill's work, and Robert A. Williams,
professor of law and American Indian studies at the University of
Arizona.
"We are pleased that professors Limon and Clinton have agreed to
serve in this important capacity," Hale said in a statement. "They
bring strong credentials through scholarship, teaching and leadership
in their respective fields of study."
Churchill's essay comparing some World Trade Center victims to Nazi
Adolf Eichman, which was widely publicized early last year, touched
off a firestorm and an inquiry by the university into whether he
could be fired over his statements. The Committee on Research
Misconduct began its investigation after officials determined
Churchill was protected by the First Amendment.
In September a faculty committee recommended investigating seven
allegations involving plagiarism, misuse of others' work and
falsification and fabrication in his research work.
Churchill has denied the allegations.
cbs4denver.com/local/local_story_005071036.html
(AP) BOULDER, Colo. Two professors were named Wednesday to replace
two other professors who resigned from the panel investigating
allegations of research misconduct against a University of Colorado
professor who likened some Sept. 11 victims to one of the architects
of the Holocaust.
Robert N. Clinton, a law professor at Arizona State University and a
faculty member of that school's American Indian Studies Program, and
Jose E. Limon, professor of American and English literature at the
University of Texas at Austin and director of that university's
Center for Mexican-American Studies, are joining the panel, CU
spokeswoman Pauline Hale said in a statement.
They replace Bruce Johansen, a communications professor who studies
American Indians at University of Nebraska at Omaha, who resigned in
November after questions were raised about whether he could be
objective about Ward Churchill's work, and Robert A. Williams,
professor of law and American Indian studies at the University of
Arizona.
"We are pleased that professors Limon and Clinton have agreed to
serve in this important capacity," Hale said in a statement. "They
bring strong credentials through scholarship, teaching and leadership
in their respective fields of study."
Churchill's essay comparing some World Trade Center victims to Nazi
Adolf Eichman, which was widely publicized early last year, touched
off a firestorm and an inquiry by the university into whether he
could be fired over his statements. The Committee on Research
Misconduct began its investigation after officials determined
Churchill was protected by the First Amendment.
In September a faculty committee recommended investigating seven
allegations involving plagiarism, misuse of others' work and
falsification and fabrication in his research work.
Churchill has denied the allegations.