This professor used a bad word in class as part of a lesson which sparked an investigation. Now it’s over and she’s keeping her job.

FOX News reports.

University of Kansas professor keeps job after using racial slur in class

A four-month investigation into a University of Kansas professor who used a racial slur in class has concluded the word was used in an educational context and not intended to be racist.

Assistant communication studies professor Andrea Quenette has been on paid leave since November, when a group of eight graduate students filed a discrimination complaint after she used the slur in response to a question in class.

The university’s Office of Institutional Opportunity and Access notified her on Friday that she did not violate the school’s nondiscrimination or racial and ethnic harassment policies when she used the word, the Lawrence Journal-World reported.

“This word is offensive, but it was used in the context of retelling a factual event that occurred at another campus,” Quenette said, summarizing what the university wrote in a letter explaining its conclusion. “It was not used in racial animus.”

The discussion occurred on Nov. 12, a day after a heated, campuswide town hall forum on race. Her comment was in response to a student’s question about how to best talk about the event and racial issues with other students.