American U. Professor Is Awarded $1.33 Million in Age-Discrimination Lawsuit

A professor at American University (DC) who said she had been denied tenure because of her age was awarded more than $1 million in damages by a jury in Washington on Monday.  Loubna Skalli Hanna, a Middle East scholar, filed a lawsuit against the university, claiming age discrimination and breach of contract, in 2015, when she was 52. She had been appointed to a tenure-track position in the School of International Service in 2008 and had applied for tenure and promotion in 2013, her lawyers said in a news release.