Nearly four months after being placed on paid administrative leave, Florida Atlantic University English professor Dr. Kate Polak is speaking publicly for the first time, sitting down with WPTV’s Michael Hoffman.
Polak was one of three FAU professors placed on leave in September following social media posts made around the time of the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Two of the professors — both tenured — have since been reinstated. Polak, who is not tenured, remains barred from campus with no decision announced about her future.
“I love my job,” Polak said in an exclusive interview with WPTV. “I was thrilled to land here because the student body is incredible.”…