University Of Pennsylvania Law School Suspends Professor Over Comments On Race

CBS Philadelphia

September 30, 2024

The University of Pennsylvania law school says it is imposing a one-year suspension at half-pay and other sanctions along with a public reprimand on a tenured professor over her comments about race in recent years.

The university said Professor Amy Wax — who has questioned the academic performance of Black students, invited a white nationalist to speak to her class and suggested the country would be better off with less Asian immigration — will also lose her named chair and summer pay in perpetuity and must note in public appearances that she speaks for herself, not as a university or law school member. The university has not, however, fired her or stripped her of tenure.

Wax told the New York Sun after the announcement that she intends to stay at the school as a "conservative presence on campus." She called allegations of mistreatment of students "totally bogus and made up" and said her treatment amounted to "performance art" highlighting that the administration "doesn't want conservatives like me on campus."

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