Melissa “I Need Some Muscle Over Here” Click has landed — after an “extensive national search” — a “one-year non-tenure track position” at Gonzaga University in its Communications Studies Department.
As College Fix readers likely are aware by now, Click gained national notice after exclaiming “I need some muscle over here” when a student journalist refused to leave a racial justice protest at the University of Missouri last year.
As reported by The Kansas City Star, Gonzaga College of Arts and Science Dean Elisabeth Mermann-Jozwiak said in a written statement that “Gonzaga officials knew of Click’s recent history and were confident in welcoming her to the university.”
Gonzaga University welcomes Melissa Click, Ph.D. to its faculty. She will fill a one-year non-tenure track position as lecturer in Gonzaga’s undergraduate Communications Studies Department. Dr. Click was hired through an extensive national search process that revealed her to be the most qualified and experienced candidate for the position. Dr. Click has excellent recommendations for both her teaching and scholarship, which includes an extensive record of publication. We are confident she has learned much from her experiences at the University of Missouri and believe she will uphold the rigorous standards of academic excellence demanded of Gonzaga faculty and students.
KREM2 reminds us that enrollment figures at Mizzou “plummeted” after the race protests and subsequent Click scandal:
“Numerous outlets reported applications from African American students dropped by 78 percent for the fall semester. The university’s newspaper reported overall freshman enrollment was down by almost 25 percent.”
Read the full Kansas City Star article.
h/t to Legal Insurrection
MORE: How the ‘Melissa Click Effect’ likely has plagued Mizzou’s enrollment figures
MORE: Melissa Click says ‘conservative voices’ got her fired for supporting black students
MORE: Melissa Click says ‘I was not as polite as I should have been’ in new documentary
Like The College Fix on Facebook / Follow us on Twitter
IMAGE: YouTube
Please join the conversation about our stories on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Reddit, MeWe, Rumble, Gab, Minds and Gettr.