‘1619 Project’ Founder Nikole Hannah-Jones Denied Tenure at UNC-Chapel Hill Following Right-Wing Pressure
announced the MacArther Fellow would teach in the Knight Chair position that comes with the expectation of tenure, came after conservative pushback to the “1619 Project” but wasn’t supported by the faculty and tenure committee. NC Policy Watch first reported the denial, quoting UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media dean Susan King as saying, “It’s disappointing, it’s not what we wanted and I am afraid it will have a chilling effect.”The school would not officially comment on the move, however.“The details of individual faculty hiring processes are personnel protected information,” school spokesperson Joanne Peters Denny said.