Safiya U. Noble, associate professor in the UCLA Departments of Information Studies and African American Studies, was quoted by NBC News in a story on “Zoombombing” and other forms of harassment that have been occurring as schools and institutions of higher learning have moved to remote instruction via Zoom and other virtual meeting platforms.
Safiya Noble, an associate professor of information and African American studies at UCLA, said the safety of educational spaces is important to fostering a learning environment.
“As campuses seek to fulfill the learning mission, they have to remember that faculty and instructors need academic freedom to develop learning spaces that support free and open exchange without a threat of these exchanges harming their employment status,” Noble said.
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