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Three years after the book was published, Columbia offered Mahmood a tenured professorship.
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Eric Lach, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2025
What Happens Next Hook remains employed as a tenured professor at the University of South Dakota, but his lawsuit against the state continues.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Oct. 2025
According to a recent report by Newsweek, a tenured professor at the University of South Dakota, who was similarly fired for making negative comments about Kirk after his death, was handed a temporary win on Sept. 24 after a judge halted his impending firing at the school.
—Angele Latham, Nashville Tennessean, 1 Oct. 2025
The position came with tenured status, which offered some additional job security.
—Kelly Meyerhofer, jsonline.com, 29 Aug. 2025
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Eric Lach, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2025
What Happens Next Hook remains employed as a tenured professor at the University of South Dakota, but his lawsuit against the state continues.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Oct. 2025
According to a recent report by Newsweek, a tenured professor at the University of South Dakota, who was similarly fired for making negative comments about Kirk after his death, was handed a temporary win on Sept. 24 after a judge halted his impending firing at the school.
—Angele Latham, Nashville Tennessean, 1 Oct. 2025
The position came with tenured status, which offered some additional job security.
—Kelly Meyerhofer, jsonline.com, 29 Aug. 2025
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“Tenured.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tenured. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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tenured
adjective
ten·ured
-yərd 
: having tenure
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