1. Steven Salaita was born on September 15,1975 and is an American scholar, author and public speaker.
16 Facts About Steven Salaita
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Steven Salaita experienced similar controversy during the hiring process at the American University of Beirut in 2016.
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Steven Salaita's mother was born and raised in Nicaragua by Palestinian parents who originated in Beit Jala.
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Steven Salaita describes his own background as both Jordanian and Palestinian.
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Steven Salaita was then hired as associate professor of English at Virginia Tech, and received tenure three years later.
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Steven Salaita won a 2007 Gustavus Myers Outstanding Book Award for writing the book Anti-Arab Racism in the USA: Where It Comes from and What it Means for Politics Today.
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Steven Salaita found the author's comparative approach to Palestinian and Native American writers and the influence of politics on their production "refreshing".
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In 2014, Steven Salaita received an appointment to begin a professorship in American Indian Studies at the University of Illinois.
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In July 2015, Salaita announced he had accepted the Edward W Said Chair of American Studies at the American University of Beirut, and would begin his assignment in the fall of 2015.
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In 2017, Steven Salaita announced that he was leaving academia because no institution would hire him for full-time work.
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Steven Salaita stated that "In recent years I've grown fatigued of appeals on behalf of the troops, which intensify in proportion to the belligerence or potential unpopularity of the imperial adventure du jour".
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In October 2013, Steven Salaita was offered tenure in the American Indian studies program at University of Illinois, which he accepted, and he was scheduled to begin in August 2014.
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Steven Salaita posted hundreds of tweets criticizing Israel and its actions in Gaza.
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Steven Salaita resigned from her position as Chancellor after it was discovered that she had hidden emails from FOIA requests regarding Salaita's employment denial.
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Steven Salaita has supported an academic boycott of Israel and is a member of the organization US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel.
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Steven Salaita had been unanimously recommended for the position by the hiring committee and chair, Lisa Hajjar.