Carnegie Mellon says it will take ‘swift action’ against professor’s social media posts about Charlie Kirk’s murder
Carnegie Mellon University, a private school in Pittsburgh, said on Monday that it will take “swift action” in response to controversial social media posts by Uju Anya, an associate professor of second language acquisition, about…
Assessment
Carnegie Mellon's promise of swift action puts the university in a bind between free speech protections and public condemnation of violent rhetoric. The professor's deleted posts celebrating a political assassination cross a line that most institutions cannot ignore. Watch for whether the university defines its policy on speech that glorifies violence against public figures.