Date/Time
Date(s) - 07/25/2026
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Location
Santa Clara County Democratic Party HQ

Categories

• Event

Democrats for Palestinian Rights – Bay Area

invites you to our next LUNCH & LEARN Educational Forum

Censorship in Higher Education: The Case of a Tenured Professor

Dr. Sang Hea Kil is a tenured full professor in the Department of Justice Studies at San Jose State University. She served as faculty advisor to SJSU’s chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine and acted as a liaison between the students and the university administration. She became the first fully tenured faculty member at a public university to lose her position due to pro-Palestinian advocacy, after SJSU fired her for alleged policy violations stemming from her participation in campus protests — a termination that was ultimately ruled excessive and disproportionate by an independent arbitrator. Dr. Kil was reinstated this week following an arbitration ruling that a one-month unpaid suspension — not termination — was the appropriate penalty.