SPOTLIGHT ON HARASSMENT IN THE ACADEMY
Some Departments Do Better
Some universities stand out for their support of anti-harassment measures.
The University of California, Riverside in the 1990s
Dispute raises issues about academic culture, gender, and measuring productivity.
Gabriel Piterberg, UCLA, 2016
UCLA students, faculty and alumni escalated complaints against the university over its decisions regarding a history professor accused of sexual harassment.
William V. Harris of Columbia University, 2017
The Columbia University campus, where Prof. William V. Harris, who has been accused of sexual harassment, stepped down from teaching.
Fraser Ottanelli University of Florida, 2018
Chair of the USF Tampa history department accused of repeated sexually harassment incidents.
UCSD, 2018
Three entries in an anonymous survey titled “Sexual Harassment in the Academy” reference UC San Diego professors, alleging explicit sexual misconduct.
Larry Frohman, Stony Brook, 2018
A graduate filed a lawsuit against a Stony Brook history professor claiming he verbally and sexually harassed her while giving preferential treatment to the male students over female students.
David Snyder, University of South Carolina, 2018
Two former University of South Carolina instructors filed lawsuits against USC, alleging they were sexually harassed by a tenured professor named David Voros.
Harold Marcus of Michigan State, 2020
Details of a follow-up lawsuit after a professor was found guilty of harassment where "professor treated university as his own sexual playground."
McEachnie of UNCC, 2021
UNCC history professor, school system being sued over sexual misconduct allegations while professor was still engaged in teaching.
Peter Thompson, Oxford University, 2022
A previously sanctioned professor’s attendance at an event that he was thought to have been banned from sparked new debate regarding the efficacy of sexual assault protections.
Avital Ronell, NYU, 2018
NYU Feminist scholar Avital Ronell was accused by a male student.
Jorge Dominguez, Harvard, 1983-2019
Jorge Dominguez, Harvard Political Science Professor, first accused in 1983, ongoing issues until 2019.
John Comaroff, Harvard, 2022
Anthropologist John Comaroff of Harvard supported by Harvard historian-colleague.
Historians at Risk for Harassment
No names named, but a story of sexual harassment in public history, and a list of reasons why public historians may be at greater risk.
Disgraced FIU President Returns
Mark Rosenberg plans to return as a political science professor after being forced to resign as president due to charges of inappropriate conduct.