Bob Russell has worked at Kent State University as an adjunct professor for more than a decade. But now, that job is at risk.
After a student in his Art of Theatre class filed a complaint last fall, a university panel in April found Russell had violated the university’s Senate Bill 1 policy, barring bias in the classroom.
Senate Bill 1 is a state law passed by Republicans in the Ohio Legislature in 2025 that bans diversity, equity and inclusion programs at Ohio’s public universities, and requires colleges to track and investigate student complaints of professor bias…