Why is the Georgia State University being sued for discrimination?
The director of Georgia State University’s Middle East Institute has resigned and accused the college of failing to respond to anti-Muslim bias. Dona Stewart said Wednesday the college did not adequately address complaints from a Muslim visiting instructor and doctoral student who said a senior faculty member at Georgia State harassed her last August. Stewart also said she and the student faced retaliatory actions because they complained about the situation and the university’s response. Slma Shelbayah, the instructor, said she was repeatedly asked by communications professor Mary Stuckey whether she “had any bombs” on her body or under her hijab, an Islamic head scarf. Stuckey, contacted Wednesday afternoon, declined to comment and referred questions to the university’s media relations department. Shelbayah and Stewart, who remains a geography professor at Georgia State, have filed complaints with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, said their attorney, James Radford. So
