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Team 4: Daniel cornett, Carson Davis, Jacob Lequire, Maddie
McDonald, Makenzie Young
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Author: David M. Perry is an Associate Professor of History at
Dominican University. I believe he published this article
because he wanted to contribute to the argument about what can be
a fireable offense for a professor? I dont believe that Perry
is defending the racist comments of Deborah OConner, but he is
comparing her incident to another and stating that she didnt
receive the due process that she deserved, while claiming that
she was basically forced to resign. The purpose of this article,
and the reason Perry took part in this discussion, is for people,
particularly people in the academia field, should take a look at
the margins of free speech use.
Audience
Place of Publication: The Chronicle of Higher Education
The Chronicle of Higher Education is a newspaper and
website that covers news, information, and jobs for college and
university faculty. Some articles are locked behind a
subscription. This particular article was presented in an online
format.
Intended Audience: Since the publication is geared more to
faculty of university, the primary audience would be those
involved in Universities. The article is also available to people
not involved in Academia, so other individuals not directly
involved in Universities could also be part of the audience. As
the article deals with the issue of free speech, individuals
concerned with that topic might be drawn to this article. I would
wager that people who are concerned about freedom of speech in
areas such as college campuses would care about this article.
anger about the war in Gaza. After these two perspectives, the
author gives the audience more on how the two were different, as
in one was fired and one felt trapped into resigning, and how one
was a debate between responding people and the other were rude
must think about how much freedom we actually have, and how our