Tamar Shirinian argues in a federal lawsuit her comment was private political speech and university leaders failed to back her free speech rights.

The former assistant professor was on the tenure-track before the University of Tennessee fired her for a crass comment about ...

An assistant professor of cultural anthropology at UT in Knoxville ignited a weekslong debate over comments made about Charlie Kirk's assassination.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The University of Tennessee System will use general operating funds from its annual budget − a whopping $3.99 billion − to pay the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fired professor Tamar Shirinian, whose dispute with the University of Tennessee at Knoxville began as a bid to keep her job, says ...

A University of Tennessee professor will receive $1.9 million to settle a lawsuit accusing the school of violating her constitutional rights after officials sought to discipline her over social media ...