article_snippet: A woman who was arrested on an American Airlines flight after lighting a cigarette, blaming somebody else then ranting about Obama can be revealed as a Penn State professor of sociology.
article_snippet: Dr Karen Halnon, 52, who wrote her PhD thesis on hysterical women, was arrested on board the plane for disorderly conduct as the plane sat on the tarmac at Miami International Airport on Saturday.
article_snippet: her was caught on camera lighting up shortly after an American Airlines flight had landed - but stubbed it out and thrust the butt into a seat pocket when flight attendants came over.
article_snippet: her then pointed at the man in a seat next to her when challenged over her behavior - before launching into a pro-communist rant attacking the United States for applying economic sanctions on Venezuela.
article_snippet: According to NBC, police were called aboard the flight, which had come from Nicaragua, and tried to calm her down, but were met with the response: 'F*
article_snippet: her was arrested for disorderly conduct and jailed at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center.
article_snippet: After another warning by a flight attendant the woman protested: 'I know already the [police are coming to take me off the aircraft.]
highlights_snippet: Dr Karen Halnon, 52, was arrested at Miami International Airport Saturday .
  Was booked for disorderly conduct after smoking and ranting .
  
highlights_snippet: Shouted about her love of Hugo Chavez and 'accused Obama of