10/14/2015: The NYT has the news here.
Whoops, that’s about Berkeley Astronomy Prof Geoffrey Marcy, not about UO AAEO Director Penny Daugherty.
10/12/2015: UO’s workplace relationships policy is broken
Posts tagged as “sexual harassment”
8/3/2014: Victor Flores has the story in the ODE:
The curtain was still smoldering when law enforcement arrived, according to a UOPD officer.
7/25/2014: Info on Sexual Wellness Advocacy Team’s sexual violence performance
7/14/2014: From Will Creeley of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, here. More on UO’s revisions to its student conduct code here.
7/14/2014, In Al Jazeera America: … It is not trivial to measure sexual victimization or perpetration, because these are stigmatized behaviors. People don’t readily admit to abusing others or being abused themselves. Researchers have worked for decades to discover how to ask behavior-oriented questions that avoid charged language and pick up…
One of the recommendations is a campus climate survey, along the lines of the one Professor Freyd wants to do at UO. As Steve Duin reports in the Oregonian, UO *really* does not want her to do that survey. Press release on the McCaskill survey, with link to full results here. Quoting:…
7/2/2014 update: The old post below now seems a bit more relevant, given that President Gottfredson apparently assumed he could keep the March 8-9 basketball rape allegations secret while the players potentially transferred to other schools. (The comment from Berdahl and replies are also interesting.) And here’s another related case, from a reader.…
Update: I’m here w/ about 10 TV cameras, 50 or so reporter types, and another 50 faculty and students. I’ll try and live blog a little, but I’m not I’ve got the stomach for it. PR flack Toby Klinger introduces the rules. Brief remarks from Gott, followed by Q&A. ONLY…
Update: Jennifer Fleck has an excellent story on today’s protest in the Daily Emerald. There will be another one tomorrow at 12, in Johnson Hall. Details to be posted on the UO-CESV website here. Show up and let Gottfredson know how you feel about the assault and his cover-up. Update: There was…
Andrew Greif has the latest in the Oregonian: EUGENE — University of Oregon officials on Wednesday declined to name which person or department at the university was informed on March 9 about rape allegations against three Ducks men’s basketball players, but both UO and Eugene police said it is common…
Diane Dietz has the story in the RG: “Only one rapist — a person found responsible for rape — was expelled” from the UO between 2009 and 2012, researcher Caroline Heldman said in a recent presentation delivered on the Eugene campus on UO crime statistics, practices and policies. The UO…
Law and Philosophy Professor Cheyney Ryan on UO’s sexual harassment training: The new on-line sexual harassment training, which most people have now completed, demonstrates some of the U of O’s failings in this area. I cite two them; there are others. 1. “Conflicts of Interest/Abuses of Power in Sexual and…
From Dave Hubin’s public records log, here: Sexual Assault information Requester: Middleton, Jennifer Organization: Johnson Johnson & Schaller Initial Request Date: 03/20/2014 Status: Requesting/Reviewing Records This is a request, as authorized by the Oregon Public Records law. Documents Requested:(1) True copies of all complaints or other initial contact with university…
10/8/2013: There’s an ongoing debate about the constitutionality of sexual harassment rules and procedures. From the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education: WASHINGTON, October 1, 2013—The University of Montana’s (UM’s) new sexual harassment policythreatens the First Amendment rights of students and faculty. Drafted in consultation with the Department of Education’s…
11/5/2012: The ODE reports on UO’s new draft policy for reporting sexual assaults. Story by Josephine Woolington, first in a series. The tradeoff? If you guarantee victim anonymity you will get more complete reporting, but also more false positives, and cases will be more difficult to prosecute. Ultimately, it would…
9/8/2011: A law professor closely involved with the case sends this update on the sexual harassment situation in philosophy: Due to some probing by the Eugene Weekly, Russ Tomlin has already retracted a central claim in his statement about the Philosophy Department sexual harassment situation. On 8-11, Tomlin told the…