A tenured English professor at the University of Texas at Brownsville has filed a lawsuit alleging that she was wrongfully terminated. Professor Susan Mills filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.<\/p>\n
According to the lawsuit, Mills began working for the university in 1992 and became a tenured professor in August 2010. When the university separated from Texas Southmost College, university officials claimed that the split required faculty cutbacks, and Mills and 87 other faculty members received notice that their positions would be terminated. However, Mills alleges that the university actually sought to hire instructors, including in the English department, at the same time her employment was being terminated.<\/p>\n
Mills is seeking a court order for her position to be reinstated. The lawsuit names the university itself and three university officials, including the university’s President Juliet Garcia, as defendants.<\/p>\n
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