FAU professor in Jesus-stomping controversy reinstated, will teach online courses

DAILY CALLER — The Florida Atlantic University professor who was placed on administrative leave over a now-infamous Jesus-stomping assignment now has his job back.

Non-tenured communications instructor Deandre Poole will teach online courses this summer and in the fall, reports local South Florida NBC affiliate WPTV.

Poole endured quite a lot last semester after then-junior Ryan Rotela, a devout Mormon, was suspended from class because he complained about one of Poole’s assignments.

Poole’s assignment, part of a classroom exercise from a textbook (authored by a professor at a Christian institution) asked students to write the word JESUS in large font on pieces of paper. Then, the instructor was supposed to ask students to step on the paper.

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