Ward Churchill resigned his position as Chair of Ethnic studies at the University of Colorado today. You can read the article and letter of resignation here.
Highlights are:
While I am immensely proud of my administrative accomplishments in the chair’s position over the past two-and-half years, it is my considered view that the present political climate has rendered me a liability in terms of representing either my department, the college, or the university in this or any other administrative capacity.
My decision to resign immediately is therefore subject to neither reconsideration nor negotiation.
He’s got the liability part correct, I hope it won’t take too long for him to figure out he’s still an unwelcome liability. That said, I suspect he thrives on being an “unwelcome liability”. It’s also good to know he won’t change his mind, as if someone’s going to ask.
