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Tamar Shirinian sits on the couch in her Knoxville home on Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025. Shirinian is a cultural anthropologist who had previously worked for 6 years as an assistant professor at the University of Tennessee until she was fired for making a private Facebook comment critical of conservative activist Charlie Kirk after his Sept. 10 assassination.
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An atmosphere of fear and uncertainty has set in on campuses across Appalachia where at least a dozen faculty and staff at colleges and universities have lost their jobs after sharing negative opinions about the conservative commentator Charlie Kirk.
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