Fordham U. prof fired after mixing up two Black students in class

Date:

December 14, 2021

A Fordham University professor was fired after mixing up the names of two Black students in class, according to a report.

Hours after what he called an “innocent mistake,” lecturer Christopher Trogan, 46, sent a rambling, nine-page email to students in his Composition II classes explaining the faux pas — and defending, without being asked, his “entire life” of working on “issues of justice, equality, and inclusion,” the campus newspaper reported.

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Fordham U. prof fired after mixing up two Black students in class

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