Marquette University has withdrawn an employment offer it made to a prospective new dean for its College of Arts and Sciences, provoking sharp criticism from several faculty members who see the move as a blow to academic freedom and diversity at the Jesuit institution, according to news reports.
The rejected hiree, Jodi O’Brien, is a sociologist at Seattle University and a lesbian who has written about gender and sexual-identity issues. A Marquette University spokeswoman said the withdrawal of the job offer to Ms. O’Brien was not about the quality of her scholarly work or her sexual identity, but about how some of her writings related “to Catholic mission and identity,” the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported.
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