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Individuals Who Have Been Cancelled

Dorian Abbot (MIT, 2021)

• "Campaign to endorse the Chicago Principles on freedom of expression," list of MIT faculty who signed.

• The MIT Free Speech Alliance, an alumni group formed in response to the Abbot cancellation.

• mit-community-rallies-behind-chicago-statement-after-dorian-abbot-disinvitation/," FIRE (November 2021).

• Harald Uhlig Tweet on Ivan Werning not signing.

• The MIT Free Speech page.

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Boudreau (Central Michigan, 2021)

• A FOIA request got the settlement agreement. See Volokh Conspiracy.

Prof. Boudreau, who was represented by a lawyer from the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, withdrew any claims he might have against CMU, retired from CMU (he was apparently eligible for retirement), and in exchange received 10 months' salary and benefits (from Sept. 1, 2020 when he had been fired, to June 30, 2021, the end of this academic year).

5. Dr. Boudreau shall be paid in a lump sum, less normal withholding taxes the value of pay and CMU's contribution to benefits through June 30, 2021 within thirty (30) days of this settlement. A W-2 will be issued for this payment.

15. Dr. Boudreau agrees that the terms of this Release, including the payment made hereunder, are confidential and shall not be divulged to any third party except his spouse, tax advisor, CPA, wealth manager, and/or his attorneys who shall be advised of this confidentiality provision. Dr. Boudreau shall not be held liable for breach of this confidentiality clause in the event he is compelled via subpoena to under oath in court of law regarding details or terms of his severance and/or settlement agreement provided that he gives prompt notice to the CMU's General Counsel so CMU has the opportunity to object to the subpoena.

16. In the event that Dr. Boudreau violates any aspect of this Agreement, he acknowledges that said breach shall cause damage to CMU. The parties understand that CMU may have to reveal the terms pursuant to FOIA unrelated to any request by the Union or Dr. Boudreau, who agree not to make, encourage, or otherwise participate in such request.

19. Dr. Boudreau shall not, by oral or written expression or any other act of communication to any third party, by name, disparage, criticize, or impugn the reputation or character of CMU's curent or former Board of Trustees members, Board of Trustees, administrators, directors, other employees,eagents and representatives, both individually and in their official capacities (Releas6s). This provision shall not be construed to prohibit Dr. Boudreau from communicating his disagreement with CMU's decision to terminate his employment for the way he spoke various words including the "n-word", his criticism of CMU's decision and generally his beliefs and opinion on the efficacy of his teaching methods. Dr. Boudreau further agrees that this provision concerning non-disparagement is a material condition ofthe consideration contained herein, that this provision is an essential part of this Agreement, and that any violation ofthe terms ofthis paragraph shall be deemed a material breach of the entire Agreement.

21. Dr. Boudreau agrees that this Agreement shall be binding and inure to the benefit of his successors, executors, administrators, personal representatives and assigns, and to the benefit of the predecessors, successors, and assigns of the Releasees, and further agrees and acknowledges that this Agreement contains and comprises the entire agreement and understandings of the parties, and that there are no additional promises or terms of this Agreement, other than those contained within this document and the documents referenced herein.

23. If any provision of this Agreement shall for any reason be held invalid, illegal, unenforceable, or in conflict with any law governing this Agreement, the validity of the remaining portions of this Agreement shall not be affected but shall continue in full legal force and effect to the fullest extent allowed by law.

Observations:

• (1) He can talk about the incident he was fired for.
• (2) He can disparage the University, just not the various individuals who are to blame for any university scandals he may reveal.
• (3) The University and its officials are free to disparage him however much they want.
• (4) No damages are specified for breach of the clause. He is paid his settlement money within 30 days, and there are no liquidated damages. Presumably the damages would be the default of expectation damages, which in this case would be like defamation damages except he would be liable for harm caused even by truthful statements about public figures.

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Sara Braasch (Leftwing Yale Graduate Student who called the police when she found a strange black woman sleeping outside her dorm room, 2018)

• Braasch's blog, screenshots of the Left's attempt to harass her and drive her to suicide (2021)

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Jed DeVaro ( Cal State-East Bay econ)

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• Jed DeVaro faculty profile and his Google Scholar Citation page.

• "Professors not immune to gender inequality: Jung Sook You, CSUEB," The Pioneer, November 30, 2020.

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Roland Fryer (Harvard econ, 2019)

• "Harvard, the NY Times and the #MeToo Takedown of a Black Academic Star," Stuart Taylor Jr., RealClearInvestigations, January 29, 2019.

• "The Lynching of Roland Fryer," Substack (2021).

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Iowa

• [https://www.campusreform.org/article?id=18597 "University ordered to pay almost $2 million after students win religious freedom lawsuit

The University of Iowa was recently ordered to pay $1.9 million after two student groups sued the school. The lawsuits were filed originally in 2017 and 2018."]

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Katz, Joshua (Princeton Classics, 2022)

See the Joshua Katz page.

Kilborn, Jason

• "Law prof says he was forced to undergo lengthy mental examination & drug test after exam question caused students ‘distress’," (2021):

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Chad KIMBALL (Broadway actor, 2021)

• "Tony nominee Chad Kimball: I was fired from Broadway for being Christian," New York Post.

Brian KLATTMAN (Lehigh, 2021)

• "Visiting math professor removed from the classroom following social media posts brought to university’s attention ," GABRIELLE FALK,NOVEMBER 9, 2021, The Brown and White.

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Diane Klein (LaVerne, Chapman)

• "Law professor says university fired her by ‘racializing’ criticism of black colleague’s performance," CHRISTIAN LUBKE (AUGUST 26, 2020).

• Insider Higher Education article.

• Petition from Laverne faculty in support of KLein.

• Chapman Law teaching schedule.

• AAUP State of California Vice President for Private Universities (2020-2022).

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John Kluge (Indiana schoolteacher)

• District Court decision

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Zhihao Kong (Purdue student, Chinese government harassment)

• "even-on-us-campuses-china-cracks-down-on-students-who-speak-out," Pro Publica, Sebastian Rotella (Nov. 2021).

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