Incidents at Hebrew Union College
Total: 2
Incident 8799
Status:
Resolved
Person:
Michael Cook
Role:
Faculty
Position:
Professor
Discipline:
Specific Discipline:
Outcome Year:
2021
Outcome Category:
No Known Outcome for Respondent
Quote:
"Repeated Credible Allegations of Misconduct
In this section, we discuss certain individuals whose alleged misconduct we determined to warrant
individual examination, either due to the seriousness of the alleged behavior, the number of
witnesses who complained about the individual, or both. Several of the specific incidents
described below demonstrate how HUC’s harassment prevention and response procedures
worked (or did not work) in practice, and they further illustrate some of the previously-discussed
themes that arose during our investigation. Where we had documentation or corroboration of
HUC’s response, we also named the administrators and faculty who responded to the misconduct. "
In this section, we discuss certain individuals whose alleged misconduct we determined to warrant
individual examination, either due to the seriousness of the alleged behavior, the number of
witnesses who complained about the individual, or both. Several of the specific incidents
described below demonstrate how HUC’s harassment prevention and response procedures
worked (or did not work) in practice, and they further illustrate some of the previously-discussed
themes that arose during our investigation. Where we had documentation or corroboration of
HUC’s response, we also named the administrators and faculty who responded to the misconduct. "
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Incident 7368
Status:
Resolved
Person:
Steven M. Cohen
Role:
Faculty
Position:
Professor
Discipline:
Social and Behavioral Sciences, Sociology
Specific Discipline:
Sociology
Outcome Year:
2018
Outcome Category:
Resigned
Quote:
"Sociologist Steven M. Cohen...has resigned from his position as tenured professor at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion following an internal investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct."
"Earlier, Cohen resigned from his position as director of the Berman Jewish Policy Archive, a research database at Stanford University. At about the same time, he was removed from his position as a board member of New Voices"
"Earlier, Cohen resigned from his position as director of the Berman Jewish Policy Archive, a research database at Stanford University. At about the same time, he was removed from his position as a board member of New Voices"
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