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New School quietly hires controversial professor who led anti-Israel campus protests

Nypost · · 526 words · By Gabrielle Fahmy; Doree Lewak
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open_in_new Read the original article: https://nypost.com/2026/05/16/us-news/new-school-quietly-hires-controversial-pro…

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“Corinna Mullin, a political science professor specializing in anticolonialism and critical of Western culture, was among the leaders of an April 2024 encampment at the City College of New York’s campus in Harlem.”
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Multiple sources (Canary Mission and New York Post via web search) confirm Corinna Mullin was arrested during anti-Israel campus activism in April 2024 and was a leader/organizer of such protests.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Azadeh N. Shahshahani (born 1979 in Tehran) is an American human rights attorney based in Atlanta. She is the legal and advocacy director for Project South. She previously served as president of the N…
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“Mullin was arrested for her role in the protest, which led to the science building catching fire, resulting in $3 million in damages, school officials said.”
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The New York Post and Canary Mission both report that Mullin was arrested during a protest that caused over $3 million in damages, specifically mentioning the science building incident.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in California will be held on November 3, 2026, to elect the 52 U.S. representatives from the State of California, one from each of the state'…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Azadeh N. Shahshahani (born 1979 in Tehran) is an American human rights attorney based in Atlanta. She is the legal and advocacy director for Project South. She previously served as president of the N…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Mary Corinna Putnam Jacobi (née Putnam; August 31, 1842 – June 10, 1906) was an English-American physician, teacher, scientist, writer, and suffragist. She was the first woman admitted to study medici…
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“She became known as one of the “fired four” — a group of CUNY adjunct professors who alleged they were terminated in the summer 2025 for their support of Palestine”
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Multiple sources (Palestine Chronicle and other web search results) confirm that four CUNY adjunct professors, including Corinna Mullin, alleged they were terminated for their pro-Palestine activism.
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web search NEUTRAL — Activists say the City University of New York is escalating its repression against Palestine activism by suspending a student leader and terminating the positions of four faculty members who have been…
https://mondoweiss.net/2025/07/cuny-suspends-student-activis…
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web search NEUTRAL — Mullin also is an “organizer within CUNY4Palestine,” and her “activism and academic concentration lend to the incorporation of Palestinian history and politics in her university classrooms,” according…
https://www.thecollegefix.com/critics-claim-pro-palestinian-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Four adjunct professors at the City University of New York (CUNY) say the university fired them because of their activism for PalestinE. (Photo: Screen grab).CUNY Professor Corinna Mullin led a "CUNY …
https://www.palestinechronicle.com/cuny-fires-four-adjunct-p…
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“Mullin and two others were reinstated in January, according to Higher Ed Labor United”
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While evidence confirms she was fired and that there were demands for her reinstatement, none of the provided search results explicitly confirm that she and two others were actually reinstated in January.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Kristi Lynn Arnold Noem ( NOHM; née Arnold; born November 30, 1971) is an American politician who served as the eighth United States secretary of homeland security from 2025 to 2026. A member of the R…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Sibling abuse includes the physical, psychological, or sexual abuse of one sibling by another. More often than not, the younger sibling is abused by the older sibling. Sibling abuse is the most common…
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“records show Mullin found a home at The New School”
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Official faculty pages from Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts and the Center for the Study of Social Difference confirm Corinna Mullin is part-time faculty at The New School.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Azadeh N. Shahshahani (born 1979 in Tehran) is an American human rights attorney based in Atlanta. She is the legal and advocacy director for Project South. She previously served as president of the N…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Mary Corinna Putnam Jacobi (née Putnam; August 31, 1842 – June 10, 1906) was an English-American physician, teacher, scientist, writer, and suffragist. She was the first woman admitted to study medici…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Sibling abuse includes the physical, psychological, or sexual abuse of one sibling by another. More often than not, the younger sibling is abused by the older sibling. Sibling abuse is the most common…
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“The New School, the first university in the country to have its student senate vote to sanction its Hillel chapter this month”
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Multiple sources (MSN and other news reports) state that The New School's student senate voted to sanction/defund Hillel, describing it as a 'first-of-its-kind' or first time a university student government did so.
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web search NEUTRAL — Ryder Glickman's first day as chair of The New School University Student Senate (USS) was an eventful one. His inaugural act was to call a vote on a first-of-its-kind resolution to sanction Hillel at …
https://truthout.org/articles/new-school-student-senate-sanc…
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web search NEUTRAL — The New School administration has overturned a University Student Senate vote to suspend funding for its Hillel chapter over alleged ties to international law violations. Administrators said the ...
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/new-school-rejects-stud…
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web search NEUTRAL — The vote appeared to be the first time a university's student government has severed ties with its chapter of Hillel, long seen as the main address for Jewish life on most American campuses.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/nycs-new-school-rejects-studen…
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“Mullin began teaching a course called “Middle East in the World” in Fall 2025 and is scheduled to teach “Decolonizing International Law” in September.”
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While her employment at The New School is verified, the specific course titles ('Middle East in the World' and 'Decolonizing International Law') and the 2025 dates are not mentioned in the provided evidence.
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web search NEUTRAL — Corinna Mullin is Part-Time Faculty at the New School. Prior to teaching in New York, she spent five years living and working in Tunisia (2012–2017) as a Visit.
https://www.newschool.edu/lang/faculty/corinna-mullin/
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web search NEUTRAL — Fellow, International Relations, University of Tunis Corinna Mullin is a Part-Time Faculty member at the New School and John Jay College, and was a Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Tu…
https://www.socialdifference.columbia.edu/faculty-/corinna-m…
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web search NEUTRAL — Corinna Mullin is currently an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at John Jay College, CUNY. Prior to teaching in New York, she spent five years living and working in T…
https://centerforthehumanities.org/person/corinna-mullin/
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“has worked with the Samidoun network, a sham charity that acts as a front for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine terrorist organization, according to the State Department.”
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Wikipedia and other sources confirm the US and Canada designate Samidoun as a front for the PFLP. Additionally, search results mention Mullin hosted teach-ins with figures from Samidoun, corroborating her work/association with the network.
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web search NEUTRAL — Samidoun has been designated as a terrorist group by Israel and Canada for raising funds for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), a political and militant group that the US, Europ…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samidoun
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web search NEUTRAL — The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, which Samidoun helped fund, is an anti-Israel terrorist group.Barakat is a senior member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. In res…
https://www.ajc.org/news/what-is-samidoun-the-charity-that-s…
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web search NEUTRAL — The popular front for the liberation of palestine (PFLP).The Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network (Samidoun), a front organization based in Vancouver, Canada and established by the PFLP, i…
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“The student senate voted May 1 to end funding for Hillel”
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“Hillel said... that the Israel trips were funded by private donations, not through student fees.”
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