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Post by anonymous on Sept 17, 2014 11:32:52 GMT -5
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Post by crickets on Sept 18, 2014 9:40:14 GMT -5
Stimulating discussion here
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Post by whoa on Sept 18, 2014 10:09:05 GMT -5
Wow. I use his sociology of religion textbook for my class. And he's published some nice work. Sucks that they've been shut out of the investigation.
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Post by I bet on Sept 18, 2014 12:59:50 GMT -5
I bet there are more of these types around. Thrilled that the dude has been outed.
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Post by anony on Sept 18, 2014 18:47:42 GMT -5
What's more frustrating is the part of the article saying he was hired at Cambridge. So, you get a year of paid leave and then a bump in positions? Kudos to the faculty member who reported him...
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Post by here too on Sept 19, 2014 9:17:28 GMT -5
I found the Delaware case eerily similar to what we are going through at my univ. The HR Dept at my univ just forced someone in our Soc Dept to resign after a lengthy sexual harassment investigation. We, as faculty, are not supposed to talk about it. So how are we to protect future students if this fac member goes to another place?
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Post by speak up on Sept 19, 2014 13:28:01 GMT -5
here too: Speak up about this person anyhow. That is the ethical thing to do. I would not want this person to land in my department and I would want to know.
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Post by slow down sally on Sept 19, 2014 14:06:51 GMT -5
This person has not been charged with a crime and many of the facts in this incidence are either unknown or in dispute. The only report is from a student newspaper whose source is a rape activist who advocated for the student.
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Post by hold on on Sept 19, 2014 14:17:00 GMT -5
The advocate for the study is a tenured faculty member in the Department, according to the UD website.
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Post by here too again on Sept 19, 2014 15:37:55 GMT -5
Well, in our case, the facts were pretty damning against this individual. But the fact remains-- how do we speak up about this, and to whom?
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Post by nattyboh on Sept 19, 2014 17:46:49 GMT -5
Well, in our case, the facts were pretty damning against this individual. But the fact remains-- how do we speak up about this, and to whom? I am not saying you shouldn't speak about this - but be careful what you put in email or on paper - you don't want your words to come back at you in the form of a libel lawsuit. I don't know of any successful cases, but a similar issue came up at my University where a prospective hire was leaving their current position because of sexual harassment allegations. There was a big to-do when that came out, and the University was very concerned about being sued if they didn't hire the individual. |
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Post by more on Sept 24, 2014 8:26:39 GMT -5
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Post by what we can do on Oct 21, 2014 13:48:50 GMT -5
We can thoroughly check with people's references when they are on the market. This step often gets overlooked and may be helpful in weeding out people with a history of sexual harassment.
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Post by WTF? on Oct 21, 2014 19:46:47 GMT -5
I would say that I don't know what makes these guys think they can get away with this crap but then I realize that it's because they almost always do get away with it.
I won't even have a student in my office without the door wide open.
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Post by often hidden on Oct 21, 2014 20:32:22 GMT -5
This kind of stuff is so often swept under the rug. Just hide it and get rid of the person, right? This seems to be the standard response of institutions. When I was in high school, my youth pastor was arrested for sexual assault of a minor. After arrest and investigations, it came out that he had been accused of the same thing at his previous church. They just wanted him gone, so they hid it and let him go. Even when my church called them as one of his references, THEY DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING. The result? More victims.
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