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Longtime Georgetown Professors Recount Institutional Sexism

Longtime Georgetown Professors Recount Institutional Sexism

By Ceyda Guleryuz November 19, 2021

About one week after Georgetown University finance professor Reena Aggarwal gave birth, she was back teaching in the classroom. It was 1987, and Georgetown, like most workplaces at the time, did not...

Professor Alleges Experiences With Discrimination in Anthropology Department Following Tenure Denial

Professor Alleges Experiences With Discrimination in Anthropology Department Following Tenure Denial

By Harrison McBride and Katie Hawkinson May 7, 2021

Georgetown University’s decision to deny tenure to a professor has raised community concerns about alleged procedural failures within the tenure review process and discrimination within the department.  Mubbashir...

GU STUDENTS FOR A FULL WGST DEPARTMENT/ FACEBOOK | Students are continuing to urge Georgetown College to expand the resources of the womens and gender studies program.

Students Push GU to Respond to WGST Department Proposal

By Amy Li March 11, 2019

Students advocated for the women’s and gender studies program to gain departmental status in a letter delivered to Georgetown College Dean Chris Celenza on March 1. The letter, which garnered over...

JULIA ALVEY/THE HOYA |  The Georgetown Board of Directors approved measures that reorganize academic programs and reform the tenure process for professors within the university.

Board of Directors Changes Tenure Application Process

By Maxwell Sheremeta February 22, 2019

Professors at Georgetown University are set to face an expedited application process for tenure following a Georgetown board of directors meeting Feb. 14. The board approved a series of measures reforming...

EDITORIAL: Equalize GU Parental Leave

By Editorial Board November 9, 2018

Academic hierarchy should not determine faculty members’ ability to raise their children. After years of dismissing the concerns of its employees, Georgetown University must take action now to strengthen...

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Sylvia Önder, left, Clare Fieseler (SFS ’06) and Astrid Weigert delivered the petition to the Office of the President on Oct. 12.

Faculty Petitions Provost, President for Equal Parental Leave

By Katrina Schmidt October 19, 2018

A petition to increase the parental leave of non-tenure-line faculty to equal that of tenure-line faculty is being “seriously considered” by the university, after 282 individuals signed the petition...

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Director of the Center for Jewish Civilization Jacques Berlinerblau’s most recent book, “Campus Confidential,” advocates a renewed focus on teaching, not research, among professors.

Q&A: Professor Criticizes University Tenure Process

By Christian Paz September 1, 2017

Professors must rededicate themselves to the primary responsibility of the university: teaching. This is the argument of professor Jacques Berlinerblau, director of the Center for Jewish Civilization in...

VIEWPOINT: The Dilemma of the Underpaid Adjunct

By Bonnie Morris May 1, 2017

With love and regret, I am saying farewell to Georgetown after 21 wonderful years on the faculty of the women’s and gender studies program and a recent, shiny Silver Vicennial Medal for my two decades...

Pierce Reflects On Tenure, Future of Georgetown

By Sarah Griffin January 29, 2016

When former University Registrar John Q. Pierce (CAS ’72) first came to Georgetown in 1968 as a “day hop,” or a commuting student, Healy Hall — now an administrative and academic building —...

Non-Tenure Faculty Feel Neglect at GU

By Christopher Zawora November 1, 2013

To the students in Oded Meyer’s statistics classes, Meyer is just like any other professor. But as a full-time faculty member not on the tenure track, Meyer’s experience is markedly different from...

11 Faculty Receive Tenure

By Jennifer Ding October 18, 2013

Eleven newly tenured faculty and six faculty members promoted to full professor were honored at the Fall Faculty Convocation in Gaston Hall Tuesday. For some newly tenured faculty, reaching this...

Tenure Denial Incites Backlash

By Tia Baheri February 22, 2013

Students, alumni and professors have banded together to petition Georgetown’s July decision to deny tenure to the School of Foreign Service’s assistant professor of Arab politics Samer Shehata. Ebie DuPont...

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