Major American university. Professor may or may not be a tribal member, not sure
Major American university. Professor may or may not be a tribal member, not sure
Yes they IS
Sure, but they'll never achieve tenure.
In what way does a mohawk haircut negatively affect a professor's ability to perform his/her job?
Heck, this person could have a rare defect that only allows hair to grow in that region of their head. (Devil's advocate...)
How could it not?
You'd look like a joke and nobody would take you seriously. Very unprofessional and endearing only in funky start ups.
White guys with fros in physics and math is ok too.
The only exception is if is something social like native heritage. ... even then it should be kept professional.
A few years back my son participated in a statewide high school jazz program and the visiting professor was from a major university. The prof sported a mohawk. It was not a big deal.
I had a college prof who had these 1cm lines tattooed from his ankles to his neck. Like stripes. So weird. No one saw any of them other than on his neck until later in the year when he wore shorts. Someone asked him and he showed us his entire body, covered with these 1cm lines. He had a sociological explanation for them, but I do not recall what it was.
zkzjzjzj wrote:
How could it not?
You'd look like a joke and nobody would take you seriously. Very unprofessional and endearing only in funky start ups.
White guys with fros in physics and math is ok too.
The only exception is if is something social like native heritage. ... even then it should be kept professional.
Nope. You may have some pre-conceived feelings about a person with a particular haircut, but that in no way is representative of any non-judgmental majority.
There's an instrumentalist in my city's symphony that has a mohawk. He's been playing for a few years now. I assure you the symphony has a far more strict policy on appearance than any university does on it's faculty.
the real answer is that if you don't have tenure, you're better off not giving it a try.
but if you do have tenure you can do just about anything and no one will bat an eye.
I don't care how a musician looks
I wouldn't take the man seriously compared to a peer who actually cares about how they represent the university. It's not a start up so stop acting like a kid.
Why not have tattoos on your face too? No. It shows you are a moran.
Again, unless it is for cultural heritage, it is an embarrassment. If tenured then it doesn't really matter.
Do you want me to say it is just fine to have a stupid mohawk as a grown man teaching professionally? Is that the answer you want?
Sure. You're a special snowflake. Have it your way. Great you are so creative. We should all be so blessed.
snsnznznnz wrote:
I don't care how a musician looks
I wouldn't take the man seriously compared to a peer who actually cares about how they represent the university. It's not a start up so stop acting like a kid.
Why not have tattoos on your face too? No. It shows you are a moran.
Again, unless it is for cultural heritage, it is an embarrassment. If tenured then it doesn't really matter.
Do you want me to say it is just fine to have a stupid mohawk as a grown man teaching professionally? Is that the answer you want?
Sure. You're a special snowflake. Have it your way. Great you are so creative. We should all be so blessed.
Age does not matter. Actually, it's discriminatory to use age when defining what is acceptable for an organization. Your same logic can be used for collegiate athletes - ambassadors of the university - who are far more in the public eye than the vast majority of professors. You going to give your All-American Linebacker a hair cut too?
mohawks = tattoos wrote:Sure, but they'll never achieve tenure.
They will if they are productive and perform well.
They'd just always be "the mohawk guy".
"Who's Smith?"
"He's the Mohawk guy"
Getting the job in the first place might be tough. Nobody would admit to judging him, but they'd think that if he came to an interview with a mohawk, he might be a weird guy to work with.
are you kidding me?
you are equating a professor of a university, a person who they've decided to teach their students and invested money in, TO A FOOTBALL PLAYER?
a person who is there for a couple years? a person who doesn't teach people anything but brings money in to give people a show and hit the crap out of people?
Why are you comparing college professors to football players and musicians? This is ridiculous
And what are you talking about age for? A moran is a moran. Can I not discriminate against people for having tattoos on their face? What is the law on that? Age is not hair.
But I already told you, everybody is a special snowflake. Nobody will be judged based on their appearance. You should be treated with equal respect when it comes to being a professor at a university, whether wearing business casual or dressing and smelling like a hobo with neon hair and tattoos on your face. That is YOUR logic.
You're right. I should have clarified. Here:
Your same logic can be used for collegiate athletes ON SCHOLARSHIP - ambassadors of the university...
I am sorry but a student or athlete - as much as you want them to be - are not the same as professors, who are employees and in charge of teaching the students themselves. And yes - you can get kicked off scholarship for doing things that make the school look bad.
If you really wanted to try to abuse my logic, you could say that the janitors should not be allowed to have tattoos on their face. They are employees.
However, nobody really cares if the janitor has a mohawk. They aren't teaching the customers...students. People care a bit more if the professors look like morans. I don't want to pay a school that hires people who dress and smell like hobos to teach my kid.
Wait, I changed my mind . . . I want to hire a law firm where the lawyers show up to court dressed in clown costumes, smell like urine, and have faces full of piercings. To judge them would be discrimination. It is all the same, right?
Sounds like it comes down to policy. If it's OK per policy, then it's policy. Don't like the policy, petition to change it. Until then, live with the mohawk, dude.
Memphian wrote:
Sounds like it comes down to policy. If it's OK per policy, then it's policy. Don't like the policy, petition to change it. Until then, live with the mohawk, dude.
great career advice!
legal question wrote:
Major American university. Professor may or may not be a tribal member, not sure
That's an excellent legal question. And kudos for noting that it was a major US university b/c that is really the crux of the issue here.
Anyway I thinked a college professors is alows too has a mohawks.
If the professor is white then no. Can't do it.
If he's indian, by law they have to allow him to have a mohawk. There are special laws that protect indian religion and hairstyles. Google "ghost dance religion" and indian religious rights a t
crete wrote:
legal question wrote:Major American university. Professor may or may not be a tribal member, not sure
That's an excellent legal question. And kudos for noting that it was a major US university b/c that is really the crux of the issue here.
Anyway I thinked a college professors is alows too has a mohawks.
No, he asked are a professor allow to have a mohawk.
Are he?
The answer: it is illegal to have mohawks Exceptions: punk rocker or barista who lives with parents.