Campus Watch in the Media

Barnard Tenures Scholar Opposed by Massive Campaign [on Nadia Abu El-Haj; ref. Juan Cole, Norman Finkelstein]

by Scott Jaschik
Inside Higher Ed
November 5, 2007

http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2007/11/05/elhaj

http://www.campus-watch.org/article/id/4383

In one of the most publicly contested tenure cases of the year, Barnard College announced Friday that it would promote Nadia Abu El-Haj, an anthropologist whose work on archaeology in Israel led to a major campaign against her.

A statement released by the college did not directly speak to the controversy that has raged around Abu El-Haj. "Like all tenured members of the Barnard faculty, Professor Abu El-Haj has successfully passed a highly rigorous review that involves both Barnard's own independent process and a university-wide review [at Columbia University] that reflects Barnard's partnership with Columbia and the participation of Barnard faculty in Columbia's graduate programs," the statement said.

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