Patty Limerick fired as head of Center of the American West

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By Elizabeth Hernandez | ehernandez@denverpost.com | The Denver Post

PUBLISHED: October 5, 2022 at 6:00 AM MDT | UPDATED: October 5, 2022 at 6:03 AM MDT

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Patty Limerick, one of the University of Colorado Boulder's most lauded professors and historian of the American West, was fired from her role as director of CU's Center of the American West.

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Patty Limerick fired as head of Center of the American West, describes “fractured” relationship with staff

Limerick remains a tenured professor at the University of Colorado

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