PRESS RELEASE
Friday, February 13, 2026
Contact:
Robert Cassanello, UFF President, [email protected]
“Who Decides What we Teach? Sociology and the Politics of Curriculum”
When a Florida Board of Governors work group produced a censored version of an Introduction to Sociology textbook, the United Faculty of Florida decided to step in to affirm the importance of teaching according to disciplinary expertise.
Join the United Faculty of Florida and former American Sociological Association presidents Ruth Milkman and Aldon Morris for a conversation about what is at stake when the state seeks to dictate academic curriculum. Learn how faculty, students, and community members can organize to fight back! Download a flyer for the event here and post it on your social media and share it with your colleagues.
Join the United Faculty of Florida on Wednesday, February 18th at 6:00pm EST to attend this virtual event.
Register for this Zoom Webinar Here
From InsideHigherEd
“ [Students] will be getting a sociology text, a sociology course without a soul…“It’s been scraped out. It is a sanitized version of the course.” Matthew Marr, Associate Professor of Sociology at FIU
“This is a completely opaque process…They know they have their pants down and if they put themselves under any kind of scrutiny the justification and rationale for all of this will collapse. They’re doing their best to keep all of this out of the sunshine.” Robert Cassanello, President of the United Faculty of Florida
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