Incidents at Florida Gulf Coast University

Total: 5

Incident 7336

Status: Resolved
Person: Rod Chesnutt
Role: Faculty
Position: Professor
Discipline: Arts and Humanities, Music
Specific Discipline: Music
Outcome Year: 2017
Outcome Category: Resigned
Specific Outcome: Resigned after admitting generally to misconduct; investigation ongoing. note that details are unclear until “investigation…is complete”.
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Last updated: May 31, 2019 12:29 pm

Incident 7334

Status: Resolved
Person: Steve Eisenberg
Role: Faculty
Position: Assistant Professor
Discipline: Business, Resort and Hospitality Management
Specific Discipline: Resort and Hospitality Management
Outcome Year: 2009
Outcome Category: Resigned
Specific Outcome: Resigned
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Last updated: May 31, 2019 11:46 am

Incident 7335

Status: Resolved
Person: Jeffrie Jinian
Role: Faculty
Position: Professor
Discipline: Social and Behavioral Sciences, Criminology
Specific Discipline: Criminology
Outcome Year: 2009
Outcome Category: Training / Counseling Required
Specific Outcome: Suspended, mandatory training. Killed himself.
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Last updated: Jun 2, 2019 6:35 am

Incident 7333

Status: Resolved
Person: Carl Wood
Role: Faculty
Position: Adjunct Professor
Discipline: Arts and Humanities, Languages
Specific Discipline: Languages
Outcome Year: 2008
Outcome Category: No Longer Employed (includes Fired and Contract Non-renewal)
Specific Outcome: Fired.
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Last updated: May 31, 2019 12:35 pm

Incident 7332

Status: Resolved
Person: William Merwin
Role: Administrator
Position: President
Discipline:
Specific Discipline:
Outcome Year: 2007
Outcome Category: Resigned
Specific Outcome: "resigned as president of Florida Gulf Coast University because he had an inappropriate relationship with a female faculty member"
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Last updated: Feb 15, 2021 9:12 am