"But I subsequently learned that the USF’s faculty senate had voted against my receiving the honorary doctorate.  The rationale was, apparently, that the Florida College System was a named plaintiff in FIRE’s lawsuit, Novoa v Diaz, which challenged the constitutionality of the Stop WOKE Act. I have a hard time believing that the faculty at USF was supportive of the Stop WOKE Act, however. It’s far easier to believe that they just don’t like me very much (probably for other free speech positions I and FIRE have taken), and used this supposed ‘conflict’ as justification to scuttle awarding me an honorary PhD. "