Larycia hawkins biography sample

Larycia Alaine Hawkins (born August 22, ) is an American scholar, author, and speaker, who in , became the first female African-American tenured professor at Wheaton College, a Christian Protestant liberal arts college.

There she served as an associate professor of political science. She now teaches and researches at the University of Virginia, where she is jointly appointed as assistant professor in the departments of politics and religious studies.

In December , Hawkins became the center of a controversy when she made a post on her personal Facebook account for Advent affirming solidarity between Christians and Muslims.

Wheaton College suspended her as a result of the negative publicity resulting from the social media post, which pictured her wearing hijab and explaining that it was an expression of solidarity with her Muslim sisters at a time when Muslims were facing rising ethnic tensions in the U.S.

Hawkins was placed on paid administrative le