Claudine Gay will teach ‘reading and research’ in fall 2024

Harvard University’s former president who resigned after numerous plagiarism allegations is slated to teach a graduate level “Reading and Research” course this upcoming semester.

Professor Claudine Gay returned to teaching and her reportedly nearly $900,000 annual salary after resigning the presidency after ongoing plagiarism accusations and criticism of her response to campus antisemitism.

Her resignation followed that of University of Pennsylvania’s President Liz Magill, who resigned shortly after a December 2023 Congressional hearing on antisemitism. Magill, Gay, and MIT’s Sally Kornbluth were all criticized for their apathetic responses to antisemitism concerns.

Gay taught the same class in the spring. It is a graduate-level independent study type class.