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What happened with BYU prof. Sue Bergin?
Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2022 9:29 pm
by deacon blues
BYU professor Sue Bergin is fired after 28 years. It appears she is a supporter of LGBT people. Is BYU instigating another crackdown?
Re: What happened with BYU prof. Sue Bergin?
Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2022 3:47 am
by moksha
deacon blues wrote: ↑Mon Feb 14, 2022 9:29 pm
BYU professor Sue Bergin is fired after 28 years. It appears she is a supporter of LGBT people. Is BYU instigating another crackdown?
https://www.sltrib.com/news/education/2 ... -says-she/
Possibly she was caught in the musket fire of the Brethren's never-ending war against LGBTQ children of God.
Bergin also has a sign in her window saying, "Black Lives Matter" also putting her at odd with the Brethren.
Re: What happened with BYU prof. Sue Bergin?
Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2022 3:43 pm
by Red Ryder
BYU has always purged the progressives.
Hell, if Jesus Christ himself actually worked their he would be fired too. And not just for his beard and sandals.
This surprised me reading the article:
Even though adjunct positions typically don’t pay much, the rate was higher at BYU than at nearby public colleges, where she said she’d see about a 40% cut for a similar position.
Re: What happened with BYU prof. Sue Bergin?
Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2022 7:53 am
by stealthbishop
Absolutely disgusting. Where is the throw up emoji?
What a bunch of fools.
Re: What happened with BYU prof. Sue Bergin?
Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2022 11:14 am
by Hagoth
Bergin said the school declined to give her a reason or tell her who made the decision.
Cowardice and obfuscation are the hallmarks of true religion, right?
Re: What happened with BYU prof. Sue Bergin?
Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2022 3:27 pm
by 2bizE
Was she fired? Or was her contract not renewed, which is basically the same thing as being fired?
Re: What happened with BYU prof. Sue Bergin?
Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2022 3:34 pm
by stealthbishop
2bizE wrote: ↑Wed Feb 16, 2022 3:27 pm
Was she fired? Or was her contract not renewed, which is basically the same thing as being fired?
Says she was fired. No previous issues with students (teacher evaluations) or her yearly performance reviews from her supervisors. Just fired. A victim of musket fire.
Re: What happened with BYU prof. Sue Bergin?
Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2022 2:05 pm
by Enough 2.0
I submitted an application to BYU for a professor position a couple of years ago. I withdrew the application, before review or interviews. A colleague of mine (long-time BYU professor) warned me that the Department I was applying for was clamping down on LGBTQ issuses. He was retiring, a little early, because the expectations for teaching and scholarship were becoming too difficult for a (more) liberal-minded professor. He knew that I wouldn’t last very long with the way things were going.
He was right. I withdrew my application and I’m glad. I’m now seeing the issues he was talking about, coming out in cases like Sue Bergen’s.