Yoel Inver, a professor of psychology at the University of Toronto, has been called down by dozens of psychology students after making statements questioning diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts. Denied a job at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Inver told the Daily Caller News Foundation.

As Inver was in negotiations with UCLA for a tenure in the psychology department, several graduate students sent him questions such as: letter In response to UCLA psychology professors’ advice not to hire him over his position on the DEI statement, Inver said: episode From the podcast “Very Bad Wizards”. Students said they were “concerned” by Mr. Inbal’s skepticism about the DEI statement, which in their eyes deemed him disqualified from a job at the university. according to John Thaler, director of college policy at the National Association of Scholars, responded to the letter.

Dozens of psychology students signed the letter demanding that UCLA not hire Dr. Yoel Inver. After that, I didn’t get the job offer that I was almost certain to get.

His main offense was expressing skepticism about the DEI’s statements. In his words, “it is not clear what good they will do.” pic.twitter.com/piV6BwXUvh

— John Sayler (@JohnDSailer) June 28, 2023

“Because of this email, the committee may have said that this is too much of a headache for us. We can,” Inver said near the end of the interview. episode.

Inver admitted that UCLA didn’t get him the job, but said the university wouldn’t tell him why in an email to the Daily Caller News Foundation.

“I’m sorry, but I’d like to confirm the facts, but I don’t want to speculate about the record,” he told DCNF.

He is the host of the podcast “Two Psychologists Four Beers,” according to which he expresses skepticism about the validity of the DEI’s statement and the Psychological Association’s anti-racism policy. It says. website.

“They seem like a manager’s value transmission. It’s not clear what they’re going to do or how they’ll be used,” Inver said. one The episode added that they seemed to exhibit “some kind of belief.”

In the letter, the students underscored the statement, saying it contradicted the DEI values ​​set by UCLA.They argued that Inbal should not be hired for these reasons. (Related: Biden administration plans to withdraw free speech protections in Trump-era education | The Daily Caller)

“We feel that Dr. Inver’s serious consideration directly contradicts the values ​​and standards we uphold as an institution committed to diversity, equity and inclusion.” letter To read.

“Given that it is a clear priority for the University to consider DEI’s commitment and experience in the faculty search and hiring process, we have decided that the hiring committee will not offer an offer to Dr. Yoel Inver. I firmly affirm,” the students said in the letter.

The University of California, Los Angeles did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment.

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