Monday, March 05, 2018

Is Harvard's Government Department The Top Political Science Department In Sexual Harassment Incidents?

The Washington Post reports
It was the early 1980s when Terry Karl complained to Harvard University that a senior scholar had repeatedly made sexual advances on her. Karl, then an assistant professor of government at Harvard, had never heard the term “sexual harassment,” she told the Chronicle of Higher Education. It would be nearly a decade before Anita Hill propelled the issue into the national conversation.

Still, Karl knew the behavior of her tenured superior, Jorge Domínguez, was inappropriate, she told the Chronicle. She met with higher-ups, wrote to administrators, called for better reporting practices and filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. She ultimately left Harvard, deciding she couldn’t handle working in the same circles as him. While Domínguez was disciplined, he was allowed to stay on the faculty. He was even promoted.
Tolerance of sexual harassment......