nostr:npub193r25vefpddsdcvkeycd7j2u0yf2tdas4a3xfckqfhfcyy2d2wsswpey05 - it turns out that article was written by someone who doesn't quite know academia.  I've now learned a few details and they seem a bit different: she was a research assistant professor paid for by soft money, apparently from other people's grants, and when her research seemed to not be going anywhere those people said she should work on something else or she'd have get a job as an adjunct.  That's my impression, anyway.