NADIA ABU EL-HAJ has been granted tenure at Barnard College according to the Columbia Spectator.

Abu El-Haj Reportedly Granted Tenure
By Hayley Negrin
PUBLISHED NOVEMBER 2, 2007

Controversial Barnard professor Nadia Abu El-Haj has received tenure, according to an e-mail sent by a departmental administrator to the anthropology listserv on Thursday.

“Here is the good news: Professor Nadia Abu El-Haj is now a tenured member of the Barnard and Columbia Anthropology Departments,” academic departmental administrator Xiomara Perez-Betances wrote in the e-mail. The e-mail provided no further information.

Apart from the e-mail, Spectator was unable to confirm Thursday night that tenure had been offered. Abu El-Haj and Barnard College Communications did not return several calls placed last night, and Columbia spokesman Robert Hornsby declined to comment, saying the University does not discuss individual tenure processes.

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Background here. Just keep following the links back.

UPDATE (3 November): The New York Times notes the story briefly.