Texas A&M President Kathy Banks told faculty Wednesday that she did not approve changes that watered down an initial job offer made to renowned journalist Kathleen McElroy, who walked away from negotiations amid conservative backlash.
Kathleen McElroy, a journalism professor at the University of Texas at Austin, stands outside her apartment in Austin on July 11, 2023. McElroy walked away from a job to revive Texas A&M's journalism program after the university watered down the offer amid conservative backlash to her hiring., The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news.
Banks said the original offer made to Kathleen O. McElroy, a renowned journalist who was tapped to revive A&M’s journalism program, is still on the table. But when asked if the university’s administration had reached out to McElroy to again extend the offer, Banks said that the system’s Office of General Counsel recommended not doing so given the threat of legal action.
After talking to them, the Faculty Senate approved a resolution calling for the creation of a fact-finding committee to investigate the mishandling of McElroy’s hiring. In the weeks after Texas A&M celebrated hiring McElroy, vocal groups from outside the university system expressed issues with her previous employment at The New York Times and her support for diversity in newsrooms. McElroy has said she was told that not everyone was pleased by her joining the faculty.
During Wednesday’s meeting, Anand said no outside groups contacted him or his office regarding McElroy’s hiring. Banks said she met members of The Rudder Association at the beginning of her time as president roughly two years ago, but she has not met with the group since then.
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