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Graduate instructor who gave failing grade to Samantha Fulnecky no longer teaching at OU

The University of Oklahoma found the TA arbitrary in grading a paper citing the Bible and removed the assignment after a religious discrimination claim was investigated.

  • The University of Oklahoma relieved a graduate teaching assistant of her responsibilities after a grading dispute involving a student's essay about gender roles.
  • School officials stated that Curth 'was arbitrary in the grading of this specific paper.'
  • Samantha Fulnecky appealed her grade, and the university ruled that her essay would not count toward her final grade.
  • Curth argued that Fulnecky's essay failed to answer the assignment questions and was offensive.
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Instructor removed for failing essay

The University of Oklahoma removed an instructor whom a student accused of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued

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Oklahoma instructor removed for failing essay

The University of Oklahoma removed an instructor whom a student accused of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a "belief in multiple genders" was "demonic."

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OU dismisses instructor who gave failing grade on controversial essay

The student claimed religious discrimination after receiving a zero on her psychology paper. She said she received a bad grade because she referenced the Bible in her writing.

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NewsChannel 8 | KTUL broke the news in Tulsa, United States on Monday, December 22, 2025.
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