OU pre-med student claims religious opinion led to failing grade

By Kirk McCracken

Dec 2, 2025  12:42 PM

NORMAN – University of Oklahoma junior pre-med student, Samantha Fulnecky, claims she was targeted for her Christian beliefs after citing the Bible on an assignment, which led to a zero grade.  

Fulnecky said she received a zero grade out of a possible 25 points after she completed an assignment that involved giving her opinion about an article.

The article used in the assignment discussed gender binary, mental health, and gender stereotypes in children. Fulnecky told Foxnews the teacher’s assistant gave her a zero and included a scathing response to her religious opinion.

“So, I did this assignment the same as I would any other in that class, gave my opinion on gender binary and gender stereotypes and that, naturally my views are from the Bible and my Christian kind of worldview,” she said. “And so that’s what I wrote about, and I didn’t think anything of it.”

Fulnecky, citing her Christian beliefs, said in her response that traditional gender roles should be reinforced and used the Bible to prove her point.

The university announced it has placed the teaching assistant, Mel Curth, who is transgender, on administrative leave.