Professor Dr. Daniel McKeown went viral on TikTok after criticizing the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) for low salaries. McKeown claimed he is living in “homeless” conditions due to insufficient pay.
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The astrophysics professor at UCLA, Dr. Daniel McKeown, went viral on TikTok after criticizing the university for low salaries. He is currently living in a friend’s house in San Diego and claims he is in “homeless” conditions.
He explained that UCLA removed his courses as “retaliation” after the viral video. “UCLA put me on administrative leave and removed all the courses I was teaching this fall without my permission,” McKeown said.
In the video, he states that his annual salary of $70,000 was insufficient to live in Los Angeles. In 2023, his annual salary was $60,000.
“My department head, Stuart Brown, doesn’t care how poorly I’m being paid or that he has devalued physics for an entire generation,” the professor criticized.
McKeown revealed that he had to move his belongings to a public storage unit because he couldn’t afford the living costs in the city. He received a medical recommendation to teach online, but it was denied by Brown.
The professor reported that his department head refused to negotiate a better salary and also declined to discuss housing difficulties.
“My university doesn’t value what I do, and the leadership values money and profits above all,” he vented. UCLA has not commented on the case.
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