Gender studies professor BRAGS about failing students who offend her woke ... trends now
A gender studies professor has proudly boasted of failing students who do not adhere to her hyper-woke beliefs, after a student complained of receiving a zero grade for a paper that used the term 'biological women'.
Melanie Rose Nipper, a 28 year-old adjunct professor of sexuality studies at the University of Cincinnati, vehemently stood by her grading practices Thursday.
She did so after student Olivia Krolczyk complained about being failed for using the previously uncontroversial term 'biological women', now branded offensive over claims it excludes trans women.
Nipper told the Cincinnati Enquirer that her support of free speech ends when 'you are, intentionally or unintentionally, participating in a systemic harm of some kind,' - including statements she deems transphobic or racist.
Outlining the punishment meted out to anyone who dares to offend her, Nipper attempted to paint her antics as reasonable, declaring: 'Not a zero for the course, a zero for an assignment.'
Bizarrely, the academic went on to slam a proposed Ohio state bill aimed at cracking down on controversial campus speech.
Nipper moaned it had a 'chilling' effect on her work, seemingly forgetting the draconian tactics she deploys to try and stop students using language she dislikes.
University of Cincinnati Adjunct Professor Melanie Rose Nipper stood by her grading practices Thursday - in what looks to be the most recent instance of backlash involving leftist lessons in public institutions, after a student complained of receiving a zero grade for one of her projects
On Thursday, the adjunct faculty member of Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies revealed she is now the center of a school-sanctioned investigation, but still stood by her decision to dish out the failing grade
The gender and sexuality professor failed Olivia Krolczyk last month for her use of the term 'biological women' in her Women's Gender Studies in Pop Culture class. Krolczyk - seen here complaining about the grade - has since submitted a complaint, spurring an investigation
Consequently, Nipper - the previously unnamed teacher referred to in a student's TikTok complaining about the grade - has found herself at the center of a school-sanctioned free-speech investigation, as well as a burgeoning controversy.
'This is unacceptable based on the community, the marginalized individuals that are at stake, and also the foundations of the course,' Nipper - only two years into her tenure at the school - insisted to The Cincinnati Enquirer Thursday.
'I will happily regrade,' an emotional Nipper said of the Women's Gender Studies in Pop Culture proposal in question, penned by then-sophomore Olivia Krolczyk.
'You are not going to have any late penalties.'
Appearing at a café in the city's Oakley neighborhood to make the comments, Nipper looked to at points insinuate it was her speech being impinged upon after the student she failed filed an official Freedom of Speech claim.
She also said she cried when she saw the attention her video was getting.
'It's a lot, right?' Nipper said Thursday, revealing herself to be the woman at the center of the brewing scandal. 'It's a lot to handle.'
Posted on May 7, the clip has since been viewed more than 1million times, and has garnered national coverage from media outlets, which Nipper argued was unwarranted.
Still processing the widespread reaction, she continued to defend her decision - stating that while classrooms are sites where discourse should always be welcome, that ends when 'you are, intentionally or unintentionally, participating in a systemic harm of some kind.'
The term 'biological female,' she said, constitutes such an attack - as it exclusionary to people who are transgender.
When a student uses 'outdated terminology,' Nipper added, she will always take that opportunity to correct those mistakes.
'Not a zero for the course - a zero for an assignment.' Nipper said of her stringent, potentially illegal policy she said takes pleasure in administering.
Appearing at a café in the city's Oakley neighborhood to make the comments, Nipper looked to at points insinuate it was her speech being impinged upon after the student she failed filed an official Freedom of Speech claim.
When a student uses 'outdated terminology,' Nipper added of the zero mark (seen here with an accompanying explanation), she will always take that opportunity to correct those mistakes
The teacher - now at the center of a brewing scandal - also said she cried when she saw the attention her video was getting. 'It's a lot to handle', she said Thursday
Meanwhile, Krolczyk told The Post this week the grades related to this specific project were worth half of her total grade for the class,
