Steven Salaita
Steven Salaita | |
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Salaita in 2015 | |
| Born | September 15, 1975 Bluefield, West Virginia, United States |
| Alma mater | Radford University (BA, MA) University of Oklahoma (PhD) |
| Occupations | Professor; former school-bus driver |
| Known for | Steven Salaita hiring controversy |
Steven Salaita (born September 15, 1975) is an American scholar, author and public speaker. He became the center of a controversy when the University of Illinois did not hire him as a professor of American Indian Studies following objections to a series of tweets critical of Israel's bombardment of Gaza in 2014. He also experienced similar controversy during the hiring process at the American University of Beirut in 2016.