Larycia Hawkins, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Larycia Hawkins

Date of Birth: 22-Aug-1972

Place of Birth: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States

Profession: writer, political scientist, sociologist

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Larycia Alaine Hawkins (born August 22, 1972) is an American scholar, author, and speaker, who in 2013, became the first female African-American tenured professor at Wheaton College, a Christian evangelical liberal arts college.
She served as an associate professor of political science at the college. In December, 2015, she became the center of a global controversy when Wheaton College suspended her after she wore hijab and claimed that Christians and Muslims worship the same God.
Hawkins posted photographs of herself wearing a hijab and explaining her actions as Christian solidarity with Muslims during Advent on her personal social media page.
Hawkins was placed on paid administrative leave on December 15 as the school determined whether her statement is at odds with the school's core beliefs.
On February 8, 2016, Wheaton College and Hawkins issued a joint statement that they had "reached a confidential agreement under which they will part ways." On March 3, 2016, the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture at the University of Virginia announced that Hawkins would be appointed as the school's Abd el-Kader Visiting Faculty Fellow.