PHOTO GALLERY: Columbia residents protest Larry James' candidacy for MU job

February 1, 2013 | 8:36 p.m. CST

About 40 members of the Columbia community protested Larry James' candidacy for an MU College of Education job. James, a retired Army colonel and the current dean of the School of Professional Psychology at Wright State University, was in charge of behavioral science consultation teams at Guantánamo Bay and the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.

Jeff Stack, right, Mid-Missouri Fellowship of Reconciliation coordinator, leads a group of protesters through campus towards Hill Hall Friday afternoon. They are protesting the MU College of Education search committee’s decision to allow job candidate Larry James to be considered for the division executive director position. | Peter Marek

Protestors gather in Jesse Hall on Friday afternoon. Signs demonstrate their disapproval of the College of Education search committee's decision to allow Larry James to be considered for the division executive director position. | Peter Marek

Jeff Stack, left, Mid-Missouri Fellowship of Reconciliation coordinator, listens as MU College of Education Dean Daniel L. Clay talks during a protest Friday afternoon outside Hill Hall. | Peter Marek

Protestors listen to Jeff Stack, Mid-Missouri Fellowship of Reconciliation coordinator, outside Hill Hall Friday afternoon. | Peter Marek