A university official emailed FAU English professor Kate Polak on Monday notifying her that she had been placed on paid administrative leave while the school investigates her social media activity. FAU associate professor of art history Karen Leader confirmed she is the faculty member placed on leave in the separate case. Polak said that nowhere in the notice did it state what specific social media content was the reason for her administrative leave. The University Press obtained a Canvas message from an anonymous student in Polak’s College Writing 2 class: “I have been placed on administrative leave. Ava Hilton is the Copy Desk Chief for the University Press.