"Her firing follows the removal of the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, Mark Zoran, and the head of the English department, Emily Johansen, from their administrative positions. McCoul is appealing and considering her legal options. During the summer, a student in McCoul's children's literature class objected to the professor's assertion that there are more than two genders."
"Texas A&M President Mark Welsh announced Monday that the dean and department head would be removed from those positions, while it's unclear if they'll continue as faculty, but a recording reported to be between him and the student had him saying McCoul would not be fired. However, he released a statement Tuesday saying she had been terminated, effective immediately. He did not name McCoul, but other sources have identified her as the professor in question."
Melissa McCoul, a Texas A&M University children's literature professor, was terminated effective immediately after controversy over classroom comments about gender identity. The termination followed removal of the College of Arts and Sciences dean, Mark Zoran, and the English department head, Emily Johansen, from administrative roles. A student recorded an exchange in which she objected to McCoul's assertion that more than two genders exist, citing a claimed Trump executive order and religious offense. University leadership said the class contained material that did not align with catalog descriptions and instructed course content to match catalog listings. McCoul is appealing and considering legal options; faculty status for the removed administrators is unclear.
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