What month did the 2015 controversy surrounding Joshua Andrew Dolezal's sister came to media attention?
Joshua Dolezal Joshua Andrew Dolezal (also spelled Doležal ; born September 1975) is an American academic and writer. He is a full Professor of English studies at Central College (Iowa), focusing on American literature, creative nonfiction, medical humanities and sustainability issues. He is also the author of a memoir, "Down from the Mountaintop: From Belief to Belonging", which details his upbringing in "a strict, cult-like Christian family" and which received widespread attention in connection with the 2015 controversy surrounding his sister, Rachel Dolezal. The book was described by Kim Barnes as an "intimate and lyrical story of fallen faith, found love, and the way we must sometimes circle back to find what we have lost." Dolezal is also the author of a number of essays, poems and academic papers.
Hypatia transracialism controversy The feminist philosophy journal became involved in a dispute in April 2017 that led to the online shaming of one of its authors, Rebecca Tuvel, an untenured assistant professor of philosophy at Rhodes College in Memphis. The journal had published a peer-reviewed article by Tuvel in which she compared the situation of Caitlyn Jenner, a trans woman, to that of Rachel Dolezal, a white woman who identifies as black. When the article was criticized on social media as a source of "epistemic violence", scholars associated with "Hypatia" joined in the criticism and urged the journal to retract it. The controversy exposed a rift within the journal's editorial team, and more broadly within feminism and academic philosophy.