Female Muslim professor: ‘College is not a safe space’

Shaheen Pasha is a journalism professor at University of Massachusetts Amherst. She also happens to be a female, Pakistani-American Muslim who is adamantly opposed to the notion of "safe spaces" for under-represented students on college campuses. Writing on Medium.com in November, Pasha, 38, argued that college is not a safe space, and was never meant to be. "It is a place where debates can turn heated and ugly and the cruel realities of the world come crashing down on students, preparing them

Shaheen Pasha is a journalism professor at University of Massachusetts Amherst. She also happens to be a female, Pakistani-American Muslim who is adamantly opposed to the notion of "safe spaces" for under-represented students on college campuses. Writing on Medium.com in November, Pasha, 38, argued that college is not a safe space, and was never meant to be. "It is a place where debates can turn heated and ugly and the cruel realities of the world come crashing down on students, preparing them…