OU dismisses grad assistant amid students controversial essay grading

NORMAN, Okla. (KFOR) — A graduate teaching assistant at the University of Oklahoma, who gave a failing grade to a student’s assignment, will no longer be allowed to teach at the university.

The student, Samantha Fulnecky, claimed religious discrimination after receiving a zero on her psychology graduate paper, saying she received the bad grade due to her referencing the Bible.

The assignment was to write an essay in response to an article. The article is research-based and called “Relations among gender typicality, peer relations, and mental health during early adolescence.” It’s authored by Jewell, J. A., and Brown, C. S. (2014)…

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