CSU professor steps down from press and chair roles after controversial post

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - Columbus State University creative writing professor Dr. Allen Gee has resigned from his roles as director of the CSU Press and the D.L. Jordan endowed chair.

CSU President Dr. Stuart Rayfield confirmed the decision Monday, saying Gee offered to step down from both posts during a meeting earlier in the day. Rayfield accepted his resignation, but emphasized that Gee will remain a tenured faculty member in the English department.

The move comes after Gee posted comments last week on the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer website following the assassination of conservative political activist Charlie Kirk in Utah. In his post, Gee criticized Kirk’s rhetoric and described his death as “extremely sad” but framed it within Kirk’s support of gun rights.

Rayfield issued a public sta