An analysis by The College Fix shows that Democratic professors significantly outnumber Republicans at the University of Central Florida (UCF), though by a smaller margin than at other universities.
Of 117 professors identified through voter registration records in humanities and social sciences, 66 were registered as Democrats and 16 as Republicans, with the rest registered as unaffiliated or with minor parties.
Political science and public administration departments had a relatively balanced split, while others, like anthropology, English, and sociology, lacked any identifiable Republican professors.
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UCF has a Democrat-to-Republican ratio of roughly 4 to 1, contrasting with larger gaps observed at other red-state universities such as the University of Florida (7 to 1) and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (17 to 1).
One of the few Republican professors, Stephen Holmes of the criminal justice department, noted that he has never faced significant issues with colleagues over political beliefs but observed that liberal colleagues are often more vocal about theirs. Holmes expressed concerns over political tensions on campus, emphasizing his preference to keep personal beliefs private.
“The University of Central Florida results are not surprising, but reflect the problem many public universities have, even in Republican-led states, with wide disparities in the political affiliation of professors. It is unfortunate that the three departments who lack any identifiable Republicans did not even respond to questions about looking into why there is a gap. Taxpayers of Florida should demand answers from their university on why there are so few Republicans in the humanities and social sciences departments,” said Matt Lamb, Associate Editor of The College Fix.
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UCF has also seen “cancel culture” controversies. Adjunct instructor Alvin Quackenbush faced criticism for referring to COVID-19 as the “Wuhan Coronavirus,” while Psychology Professor Charles Negy was nearly fired for his controversial remarks that “black privilege is real” a decision reversed on arbitration.
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