Another instructor removed by University of Oklahoma amid protest over student's failing grade

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Another instructor removed by University of Oklahoma amid protest over student’s failing grade

by Terré Gables/KFOR 12/08/25 06:50 AM ET

NORMAN, Okla. (KFOR) – Another instructor at the University of Oklahoma has been removed amidst the controversy over one student’s failing grade.

The most recent educator to be removed from the classroom allegedly told students that they would be excused for attending Friday’s protest of the removal of the teaching assistant at the heart of the controversy.

The move was first reported by OU Nightly, which explained that the instructor told students she would excuse any absence for attending the protest. When asked by a student if attending a counter-protest would qualify, the instructor reportedly said it had to be an organized protest. ... There were no such protests on Friday, according to OU Nightly, and the student told the student-run outlet that he filed a complaint with the university.

Director of First-Year Composition Dr. Roxanne Mountford called the lecturer’s attendance policy “inappropriate.”

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University of Oklahoma Removes a Teacher It Says Urged Students to Protest

The protest was over the removal of another instructor, who gave a failing grade on a paper about gender that relied on the Bible as its main source.


Students walk on campus at the University of Oklahoma, where red banners that say “OU” hang from lamp posts.
The University of Oklahoma campus in Norman. Sue Ogrocki/Associated Press

By Stephanie Saul
Dec. 8, 2025
Updated 5:29 p.m. ET

The University of Oklahoma has removed a second instructor in connection with a controversy that erupted after a student was given a zero grade for a paper on gender that cited the Bible as its primary source. ... This time, the university said it removed a teacher for encouraging students to support a campus protest over the earlier suspension.

The controversy began when the student, a junior named Samantha Fulnecky, complained about the failing grade she received on the paper. The assignment was to read a scholarly article on “gender typicality, peer relations, and mental health” and then write thoughtfully about some aspect of the article.

In her essay, Ms. Fulnecky cited the Bible and wrote that “the lie that there are multiple genders” was “demonic.” .. The article she was reacting to discussed adolescents’ use of teasing to enforce gender norms. “I do not necessarily see this as a problem,” she wrote in her paper. “God made male and female and made us differently from each other on purpose and for a purpose.”

The instructor grading the assignment gave it a zero, saying it “does not answer the questions for this assignment, contradicts itself, heavily uses personal ideology over empirical evidence in a scientific class, and is at times offensive.” ... After the student complained, the instructor who graded the paper was put on administrative leave.

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Stephanie Saul reports on colleges and universities, with a recent focus on the dramatic changes in college admissions and the debate around diversity, equity and inclusion in higher education.

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