Ciccariello-Maher, who teaches politics and global studies, said he's received numerous death threats over the last 12 months. When it comes to the harassment and death threats that professors face, Kirk says it's not his website but the professors themselves who bear responsibility for the consequences of their words. "This one guy, he called in [and] all he did was say, 'N*****, n*****, n*****, n*****, n*****, n*****, n*****, n*****, n*****, n*****,' just kept saying that for about a minute then he hung up. "We were very concerned, about the death threats that we were receiving on campus," said school President Joanne Berger-Sweeney. The risk of backlash online, death threats, and uncertainty about how universities will respond to issues involving free speech in education has many academics concerned.

Source: CNN December 21, 2017 13:41 UTC