Carnegie Mellon Promises ‘Swift Action’ Against Professor Uju Anya Over Social Media Posts

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President Farnam Jahanian and Provost James H. Garrett Jr. said in a statement shared with Fox News Digital that Anya used “expletives, racial slurs and derogatory language that demeaned, dehumanized and intimidated,” while using her Carnegie Mellon affiliation and implying support from university colleagues.

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Anya, an associate professor at Carnegie Mellon, wrote on X, as the anniversary of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk’s assassination was nearing, “They began already, and it ain’t even Kirkmas kirk mubarak, y’all!”

Her X account now appears to be deleted.

Another post from Anya appeared to read, “Die first, White man, and then ask yourself why I am dancing.”

Anya is described on her bio page for Carnegie Mellon University as “a scholar of language learning and Black experiences in multilingualism,” whose “primary fields of inquiry include critical applied linguistics, critical sociolinguistics and critical discourse studies, with a focus on how race, gender, sexual and social class identities intersect with language learning.”

Carnegie Mellon said university leaders met with faculty and administrators over the weekend, during which employees raised concerns about their safety after being doxxed and receiving threatening messages. Campus police are monitoring the situation but have not found any credible threats to the university, according to CMU.

The university president and chief academic officer promised “swift action in accordance with our processes. We continue to prioritize support for impacted community members, including our students.”

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