Brandeis University: Professor Found Guilty of Harassment for Protected Speech

Case Materials

• "Brandeis’ Inexplicable War Against Its Faculty," Robert Shibley, July 3, 2008
• "Brandeis University Committee on Faculty Rights and Responsibilities: Report from May 15 Faculty Meeting," May 22, 2008
• "Final Faculty Meeting Senate Chair Report, May 15, 2008," May 15, 2008
• "Brandeis Faculty Senate Minutes, May 1, 2008," May 1, 2008
• "Report from the Committee on Faculty Rights and Responsibilities, Brandeis Faculty Meeting," April 10, 2008
• "Statement by Provost Marty Krauss," April 10, 2008
• "Brandeis Faculty Senate Minutes, March 13, 2008," March 13, 2008
• "Brandeis University Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes, January 31, 2008," February 6, 2008
• "FIRE's Letter to Brandeis University's Board of Trustees, Feburary 5, 2008," February 5, 2008
• "Editorial: There is such a thing as bad publicity," The Brandeis Hoot, February 1, 2008
• "The Provost Statement, January 29, 2008," January 29, 2008
• "Brandeis University Tramples Free Speech and Academic Freedom," FIRE Press Release, January 23, 2008: Brandeis University declared a professor guilty of racial harassment and placed a monitor in his classes after he criticized the use of the word "wetbacks" in his Latin American Politics course. Professor Donald Hindley, a nearly 50-year veteran of teaching, has neither been granted a formal hearing by Brandeis nor provided with the substance of the accusations against him in writing. Hindley has turned to FIRE for help.
• "Brandeis University Non-Discrimination and Harassment Policy," January 23, 2008
• "Brandeis University Faculty Handbook," January 23, 2008
• "Report from Committee on Faculty Rights and Responsibilities, December 19, 2007," December 19, 2007
• "FIRE Letter to Brandeis University President Jehuda Reinharz, December 12, 2007," December 12, 2007
• "Report from Committee on Faculty Rights and Responsibilities, December 10, 2007," December 10, 2007
• "Report from Committee on Faculty Rights and Responsibilities, November 29, 2007," November 29, 2007
• "Brandeis University Faculty Senate Resolution, November 8, 2007," November 8, 2007
• "Letter from Provost Marty Krauss to Professor Donald Hindley, October 30, 2007," October 30, 2007
• "Letter from Director of Employment Jesse Simone to Professor Donald Hindley, October 30, 2007," October 30, 2007

Blog Entries

• "Brandeis’ Inexplicable War Against Its Faculty," Adam Kissel, July 3, 2008
• "Brandeis University “Honored” in 'The Boston Phoenix’s' 2008 Muzzle Awards," Peter Bonilla, June 30, 2008
• "Faculty Rights vs. Provostal Abuses at Brandeis," Adam Kissel, May 22, 2008
• "Brandeis Faculty Continues to Revolt in ‘Wetbacks’ Case," Adam Kissel, May 19, 2008
• "“Muzzle Tov” to Brandeis and Valdosta State from Greg," Erin Royce, April 11, 2008
• "Demonstration at Brandeis Today—Red Alert in Action," Adam Kissel, April 10, 2008
• "Associated Press, Harvey Silverglate and Blogosphere Cover the Jefferson Muzzles," Erin Royce, April 10, 2008
• "Brandeis Faculty Senate Excoriates Administration, Revolts," Adam Kissel, March 26, 2008
• "Editorial Warns of Brandeis’s Waning Reputation Over Speech Controversies," Adam Kissel, March 26, 2008
• "Brandeis Student Press Critiques More Violations of Free Speech," Erin Royce, March 7, 2008
• "Brandeis Faculty Step Up to Defend Academic Freedom, Attack Administration," Adam Kissel, February 7, 2008
• "FIRE Alerts Brandeis Trustees to Hindley Case," Adam Kissel, February 6, 2008
• "The Case of Donald Hindley: Eerily Familiar, Inexcusably Handled," Greg Lukianoff, February 1, 2008
• "‘The Brandeis Hoot’ Seeks Answers from Administration," Erin Royce, February 1, 2008
• "After Brandeis Response, Professor Volokh Asks Tough Questions," William Creeley, January 30, 2008
• "FIRE in the Brandeis Student Press," Azhar Majeed, January 30, 2008
• "Brandeis Provost Misrepresents Its Prosecution of Professor's Classroom Speech," Adam Kissel, January 29, 2008
• "Professor Condemns Brandeis’s Treatment of Donald Hindley," Samantha Harris, January 28, 2008
• "FIRE Speaks About Brandeis on WBZ Radio Tonight," Greg Lukianoff, January 25, 2008

Media Coverage

• "Justice Brandeis would be proud … or would he?," Harvey Silverglate, The Phoneix, April 8, 2008
• "EDITORIAL: We didn't start the FIRE: Future of free speech at stake," The Justice, March 25, 2008
• "Free speech 'dead' on campuses," Anya Bergman, The Justice, March 18, 2008
• "FIRE founder discusses speech," David Pepose, The Brandeis Hoot, March 14, 2008
• "Prof investigated for offensive class remark," Kimberly Wexler, The Daily Free Press, February 6, 2008
• "ACLU statement criticizes Provost," David Pepose, The Brandeis Hoot, February 1, 2008
• "FIRE publishes report on Hindley," Noah Bein, The Justice, January 29, 2008
• "Ethnic sensitivities threaten academic freedom," Joe Murray, The Bulletin, January 28, 2008
• "Shhh! Free speech crackdown on campus," Margery Eagan, Boston Herald, January 27, 2008
• "Brandeis professor says his right to free speech violated," Stephanie Siek, The Boston Globe, January 25, 2008
• "Civil liberties group defends Hindley," David Pepose, The Brandeis Hoot, January 25, 2008
• "Prof fights reprimand for ‘wetback’ reference," Marie Szaniszlo, Boston Herald, January 25, 2008
• "Slang term use lands professor in hot seat," Eric Athas, The Daily News Tribune, January 25, 2008
• "Prof in trouble for blasting ‘wetbacks’ slur," WorldNetDaily, January 24, 2008
• "Professor takes heat over wetbacks stance," Newsmax.com, January 24, 2008
• "Censorship at Brandeis, again," Harvey Silverglate, The Phoenix, January 24, 2008
• "Brandeis professor under fire for description of racial epithet," Mark Pratt, The Boston Globe, January 24, 2008
• "Harassment vs. academic freedom, round two," Andy Guess, Inside Higher Ed, January 24, 2008
• "Prof in trouble for blasting ‘wetbacks’ slur," WorldNetDaily, January 24, 2008
• "Brandeis professor under fire for description of racial epithet," Associated Press (AP), Eyewitness News WPRI, January 24, 2008

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