https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_M._Swain
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| Born | March 7, 1954 Bedford, Virginia, U.S. |
| Education | Virginia Western Community College Roanoke College (BA) Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (MA) University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (PhD) Yale University (MLS) |
| Occupation | University professor, author, media host |
| Employer | Princeton University (1990–1999) Vanderbilt University (1999–2017) |
| Spouse(s) | Divorced |
| Children | 2 sons, 1 daughter |
Carol Miller Swain (born March 7, 1954)[1][2] is a conservative television analyst and former professor of political science and law at Vanderbilt University. She is the author and editor of eight books.[3] Her scholarly work has been cited by two Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States. Her interests include race relations, immigration, representation, evangelical politics, and the United States Constitution.
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In November 2015, Vanderbilt University students started a petition on Change.org, asking administrators to terminate her from teaching and require her to attend diversity training sessions. The students accused Swain of becoming, "synonymous with bigotry, intolerance, and unprofessionalism."[44][45] The petition garnered over 1,000 signatures within days.[44] She responded by calling those students, "...sad and pathetic, in the sense that they're college students and they should be open to hearing more than one viewpoint."[44][45] The petition underwent some revisions that changed to asking administrators to only suspend Swain and requiring all professors to attend diversity training.[46] Meanwhile, Nicholas S. Zeppos, the chancellor of Vanderbilt University, issued a statement saying that while Swain's views are not the same as the university's, the university is committed to free speech and academic freedom.[47] Additionally, a pro-Swain petition was started by her supporters, who suggested the student petition was "reminiscent of China's Cultural Revolution, when student Red Guards made false and ridiculous accusations against their professors."[48]
In January 2017, Swain announced that she would retire from Vanderbilt in August, and stated, "I will not miss what American universities have allowed themselves to become".[8] After a series of racial protests erupted in the summer of 2017,[49] an article in The Weekly Standard dubbed Swain, The Cassandra of Vanderbilt, and drew attention to the prescience of her research from over a decade ago.
