Maura Finkelstein

Maura Finkelstein is an anthropologist thought to be the first tenured professor to lose their job for pro-Palestine speech in the United States. After completing her PhD in cultural anthropology at Stanford, she became a professor at Muhlenberg College, receiving tenure in 2021. Specializing in urban India, she wrote ''The Archive of Loss: Lively Ruination in Mill Land Mumbai'' (2019), an ethnography of Mumbai mill workers. In 2024, Finkelstein was fired after Muhlenberg determined that she had violated their anti-discrimination policy by sharing a post by Remi Kanazi on her Instagram story that stated: "Do not cower to Zionists. Shame them. Do not welcome them in your spaces." Finkelstein's firing was criticized by the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) as a violation of her academic freedom. Finkelstein participated in ''Texas Ranch House'' (2006), a PBS reality TV show about life in 1867 rural Texas. Provided by Wikipedia