Incident 7492 - Resolved
Role:
Faculty
Position:
Director of the Institute for International Journalism
Discipline:
Social and Behavioral Sciences; Journalism
Specific Discipline:
Journalism
Outcome Year:
2018
Outcome Category:
Monetary Settlement / Award; Other
Quote:
9/03/18: "An Ohio University professor of journalism was found on Friday to have sexually harassed a graduate student."
6/15/20: "Ohio University settled a federal sexual harassment lawsuit in May, awarding $90,000 to a graduate student who alleged that the institution infringed on her civil rights by empowering faculty to abuse their authority. The payment will be awarded to ... for the “alleged physical and related emotional injuries” [she] endured at the hands of the institution and OU journalism professor Yusuf Kalyango, according to the settlement agreement."
4/12/21: "An Ohio University professor has been fired for alleged sexual misconduct"
6/15/20: "Ohio University settled a federal sexual harassment lawsuit in May, awarding $90,000 to a graduate student who alleged that the institution infringed on her civil rights by empowering faculty to abuse their authority. The payment will be awarded to ... for the “alleged physical and related emotional injuries” [she] endured at the hands of the institution and OU journalism professor Yusuf Kalyango, according to the settlement agreement."
4/12/21: "An Ohio University professor has been fired for alleged sexual misconduct"
Link(s):
- http://www.thepostathens.com/article/2018/08/kalyango-journalism-professor-sexual-harassment
- https://woub.org/2019/04/19/ohio-university-professor-asks-for-dismissal-of-lawsuit/
- https://www.thepostathens.com/article/2019/06/ohio-university-journalism-professor-found-responsible-for-additional-sexual-harassment-claims
- https://www.thepostathens.com/article/2020/04/yusuf-kalyango-lose-tenure-lawsuit
- https://www.athensnews.com/news/campus/settlement-reached-in-ou-sexual-harassment-suit/article_145a5fcc-aa8d-11ea-946c-cbd8b868bbd4.html
- https://www.athensnews.com/news/campus/ohio-university-professor-found-by-title-ix-office-to-have-sexually-harassed-two-women-shouldn/article_9092498…
- https://www.athensnews.com/news/campus/read-the-title-ix-investigation-findings-that-ohio-university-professor-sexually-harassed-two-students/article…
- https://www.10tv.com/article/news/local/ohio-university-professor-fired-for-alleged-sexual-misconduct/530-f0199709-6a59-4e0a-84d6-befc574aa518
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