Professor Steven Salaita, whose job offer at the University of Illinois was withdrawn over his Twitter tweets, is making a last ditch effort to get his job back.
Salaita was set to teach in the department of American Indian Studies, but had his job offer revoked after his obscenity-filled tweets about fighting in the Middle East drew the ire of UI officials.
Salaita spoke on the issue for the first time Tuesday in Urbana. He says he’s trying to state his case to the university in an effort to be reinstated. However, he’s not ruling out
taking the university to court. Salaita also says he supports the boycott of UI by professors across the nation.