
A Princeton University professor who was fired for impeding an investigating into a sexual relationship he had with an undergraduate is accusing the prestigious university of sacrificing him to a “cancel culture mob” for his political views on racial justice and other topics.
On Monday, the Ivy League school’s Board of Trustees voted to terminate Professor Joshua Katz, 52, a rare instance of a school firing a tenured professor, and the latest in a series of high-profile conflicts over sexual boundaries and free speech on campus.