Professors were disciplined for vulgar posts after Charlie Kirk's assassination: where are they now?

In the immediate aftermath of conservative titan Charlie Kirk's assassination, academics across the nation found themselves in hot water over a litany of crude commentary celebrating the Turning Point USA founder's death.

But after short disciplinary stints, many have been reinstated as the spring semester begins.

On Dec. 30, Austin Peay State University in Tennessee sent a message to community members notifying them that Darren Michael, an associate professor of acting and directing, had been reinstated.