Carmen Rivera said on Instagram she was “disturbed” by how the provost grabbed a Palestinian flag from the hands of a graduate. Two weeks later, her contract was terminated…. The Seattle University Faculty Handbook does not contain a specific policy on social media use. It does have a passage on extramural speech, which states that “when faculty speak or write as citizens, they should be free from institutional censorship or discipline,” but they should “remember that the public may judge their profession and Seattle University based on their communication.” It goes on to say that “academic freedom is supported and sustained by robust processes and practices of shared governance, which affirm the right of faculty members to discuss, criticize, and debate university policies and priorities.”