BY JOHN K. WILSON Last week, the Catholic University of America (CUA) fired psychology professor Melissa Goldberg one week after she invited doula Rachel Carbonneau to address her class, Psychology 379: Lifespan Development. Doulas coach women during the birthing process, and Carbonneau discussed helping “birthing persons” deal with having abortions and assisting transgender men. One…
BY NOTRE DAME OF MARYLAND UNIVERSITY AAUP CHAPTER On September 13, the Notre Dame of Maryland University (Baltimore, MD) community was notified by email of the decision of its board of trustees to admit male undergraduates to its women’s college. A task force of the board worked privately for a year. Faculty at NDMU have…
BY HANK REICHMAN One of the country’s most prominent evangelical Christian activists, Karen Swallow Prior holds a PhD in English Literature from the University at Buffalo, taught for two decades at the Rev. Jerry Falwell’s Liberty University, and is currently Research Professor of English and Christianity and Culture at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. In May,…