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‘We call it the P-word’: Chicago professor suspended after assignment mentions Palestinians
School of the Art Institute of Chicago professor put under investigation after a student complained about a case study A tenured art therapy professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) was suspended from teaching and placed under investigation following a student’s complaint about an assigned case study that mentioned violence against Palestinians. Savneet Talwar, a faculty member with the school’s art therapy and counseling program, assigned the case study in April to a class on the cultural dimensions of therapy. The assignment asked students to develop an ethical treatment plan for a hypothetical queer, Muslim woman living in the US. Continue reading...
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According to The Guardian’s source item, ‘We call it the P-word’: Chicago professor suspended after assignment mentions Palestinians, School of the Art Institute of Chicago professor put under investigation after a student complained about a case study A tenured art therapy professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) was suspended from teaching and placed under investigation following a student’s complaint about an assigned case study that mentioned violence against Palestinians. Savneet Talwar, a faculty member with the school’s art therapy and counseling program, assigned the case study in April to a class on the cultural dimensions of therapy. The assignment asked students to develop an ethical treatment plan for a hypothetical queer, Muslim woman living in the US. Continue reading…
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- ‘We call it the P-word’: Chicago professor suspended after assignment mentions PalestiniansThe Guardian - 2026-06-05T11:00:34+00:00
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