NORMAN, OKLA. — A dispute over a 650-word essay at the University of Oklahoma is escalating again, with a new conflict centered on whether university leaders misrepresented the Faculty Senate’s involvement in a decision to remove a graduate teaching assistant from instructional duties after the assistant gave the paper a zero.
The essay, written by OU student Samantha Fulnecky, drew national attention last year after the graduate teaching assistant lost their job following the grading decision.
Fulnecky reached out to the governor, OU president, and others regarding the grading decision, which resulted in the teaching assistant being put on administrative leave…