From 'Rock Star' to Pariah: Conservative Teacher Sues University -- CNS

"An academic who received awards for excellence and produced several peer-reviewed publications said he fell from grace when he began espousing 'religious beliefs and [a] conservative political viewpoint' and is now suing his university for denying him promotion.

Criminologist Mike Adams has filed suit against the University of North Carolina-Wilmington, saying the school refused to promote him because his superiors disagreed with his religious and political beliefs.

According to the complaint filed on Monday, Adams was hired to teach at UNCW in 1993 and has served as an associate professor since 1998. During his tenure, he was named 'Faculty Member of the Year' three times and generated research resulting in 10 peer-reviewed publications.

Adams applied for full professorship in 2004, but the then-interim chair of the department -- who was known as an outspoken feminist with leftist political leanings -- raised concerns about Adams' 'political activity' and reprimanded him for his weekly nationally syndicated column.

In 2005, Dr. Kimberly Cook took over the school's Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice. An outspoken atheist said to have openly criticized Christianity, Cook described to a recruitment committee her ideal candidate for a teaching position as 'a lesbian with spiked hair and a dog collar.'"

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