Many congratulations to Penelope Bryan, associate dean at the University of Denver, who will be the next dean at Whittier. They're lucky to have her. The OC Register has the story here. The Register reports that Judith F. Daar, Whittier's associate dean for academic affairs said, "We are thrilled, she is the perfect fit for our law school."
The complete list of dean searches is here.
Nonie Darwish, the warmest, sanest, least prejudiced Egyptian whom I know, has both been attacked and has not been defended by the administrative elite at the Whittier College Law School where she is scheduled to speak later today. According to Steven Emerson, the Muslim Student Association on campus defamed Darwish and tried to stop or at least delay her presentation.
Not surprising. They specialize in such demonization and censorship campaigns. Darwish pleads the case of Muslim women whose human rights are seriously violated by shariah law. But the academic administrators at Whittier Law School have not strongly defended her right to speak, nor have they praised her work. This is unforgivable; according to Emerson, many happen to be women who are also feminists.
Posted by: David Olds | October 02, 2009 at 10:46 AM