A University of Kansas instructor who called for men to be lined up and shot if they refused to vote for a woman president no longer has a job with the school.

“I am writing today to inform you that the instructor has left the university,” said Barbara Bichelmeyer, KU provost and executive vice chancellor, in a Friday statement. “We are working to identify a new instructor to assume responsibility for his classes, and we are working with the students impacted by this change.”

She did not say whether he had left voluntarily or been dismissed, nor did she give the name of the instructor, but Kansas media outlets and the KU student newspaper have identified him as Phil Lowcock, a lecturer in the Department of Health, Sport & Exercise Sciences.

He was placed on administrative leave Wednesday following the release of a viral video that showed him telling his class that “[if you think] guys are smarter than girls, you’ve got some serious problems.”

“There are going to be some males in our society that will refuse to vote for a potential female president because they don’t think females are smart enough to be president,” he said. “We can line up those guys and shoot them. They clearly don’t understand the way the world works.”

He immediately appeared to regret the comment, saying, “Did I say that? Scratch that from the recording. I don’t want the deans hearing that I said that.”

Ms. Bichelmeyer said that the instructor “has apologized to me and other university leaders, and he deeply regrets the situation.”

“He has explained to us that his intent was to emphasize his advocacy for women’s rights and equality, and he recognizes he did a very poor job of doing so,” she said.

She emphasized that freedom of expression is “essential to the functioning of our university,” but that academic freedom “is not a license for suggestions of violence like we saw in the video.”

“While we embrace our university’s role as a place for all kinds of dialogue, violent rhetoric is never acceptable,” Ms. Bichelmeyer said.

Those who had called for Mr. Lowcock to be fired include Sen. Roger Marshall, Kansas Republican.

“I am glad to report that the professor who called for men to be ’lined up and shot,’ declaring open season on people who don’t plan to vote for Kamala Harris, is no longer an employee at KU,” said Mr. Marshall on X.

The video was posted by Ned Ryun, a conservative activist and son of the late Jim Ryun, a KU and Olympic track star who served in Congress.

• Valerie Richardson can be reached at vrichardson@washingtontimes.com.