A Florida Professor Was Fired over a Short Story. Now She's Suing

An English professor in Florida was just fired for teaching an Ottessa Moshfegh story.

Vinita Prabhakar, an instructor at South Florida State College, was suspended from her post when admin got wind she was teaching an Ottessa Moshfegh short story in her intro to fiction course. (This Moshfegh short story, to be precise.) Prabhakar has worked for the college since 2023, and told the New York Times that the voice-driven 2013 short about a chaotic teacher had lived on her syllabus “for nearly a decade without incident.” But this Feb…

English professor, fired for assigning "political" short story, sues South Florida State College

An English professor at South Florida State College was fired for assigning an award-winning short story to her freshman class. Now Vinita Prabhakar is suing her former employer, claiming it breached her First Amendment rights. Prabhakar assigned Ottessa Moshfegh's "Bettering Myself," first published in The Paris Review and winner of the Plimpton Prize, to illustrate unreliable narrators. — Read the rest The post English professor, fired for as…

A Florida professor was fired over a short story. Now she's suing

An English professor is suing South Florida State College after being fired, she says, for assigning a story deemed 'political.'

She was fired for teaching English literature in an English class. Now she’s suing.

In a story stranger than fiction, a Florida college fired an English professor for nothing more than teaching literature in a literature class.

Vinita Prabhakar English Professor Lawsuit: Fired Florida Educator Fights Back Against College Administration Over ‘Political’ Literature Assignment

Vinita Prabhakar, a veteran English literature professor at South Florida State College, has launched a federal lawsuit following her abrupt dismissal over the assignment of an award-winning short story. The post Vinita Prabhakar English Professor Lawsuit: Fired Florida Educator Fights Back Against College Administration Over ‘Political’ Literature Assignment appeared first on The Sunday Guardian.