2005-06-17 Prof. Tim Shortell busted for online atheism

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Date:	2005-06-17
Link:	http://majikthise.typepad.com/majikthise_/2005/06/prof_tim_shorte.html
Author:	Lindsay Beyerstein (writingscat)
Source:	Majikthise blog (articlescat)
Topics:	anti-atheism Tim Shortell Brooklyn College
Categories:	anti-atheism Tim Shortell Brooklyn College

Prof. Tim Shortell busted for online atheism

“Tim Shortell's colleagues elected him chair of the Brooklyn College sociology department. Shortly thereafter... Brooklyn [College] released a two-sentence statement saying that "Professor Timothy Shortell declined the election" as chair and that the college's president "will be consulting with the department and appropriate members of the administration regarding the future leadership of the department." [ Inside Higher Ed, June 8. ] .. Shortell was forced to decline his appointment because of an (apparently unsigned and undated) atheist polemic he posted on a private website...”