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Incidents at Truman State University

Total: 4


Incident 7614

Status: Resolved
Role: Faculty
Position: Professor
Discipline: Social and Behavioral Sciences
Specific Discipline: Communications, Journalism
Outcome Year: 2001
Outcome Category: Suspended / Leave / Restrictions, Training / Counseling Required
Quote: "Suspended"; "sexual harassment training". Source is article available through Lexis Nexis: Truman State professor is suspended in harassment case; Alleged victim appeals, wants him to be fired. By Susan C. Thompson, 4/20/2001. St. Louis Post-Dispatch, METRO p. B1.
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Incident 7612

Status: Resolved
Role: Faculty
Position: Associate Professor
Discipline: Social and Behavioral Sciences
Specific Discipline: Communications, Journalism
Outcome Year: 1996
Outcome Category: Resigned
Quote: "Two tenured professors have resigned from Truman State University following a student’s complaint of sexual assault.

According to university officials, the student, a senior, told them and the police last August that she had been assaulted in the home of David C. Williams, a professor of language and literature. However, the student, Tasha Amick, told police she could not recall who had assaulted her, the university said. Ms. Amick said Dr. Williams was there, as was John Langley, an associate professor of communications, and another professor whose name has not been revealed. She said the professors may have given her drugs to make her forget the evening"
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Incident 7613

Status: Resolved
Role: Faculty
Position: Professor
Discipline: Social and Behavioral Sciences
Specific Discipline: Communications, Journalism
Outcome Year: 1996
Outcome Category: Resigned
Quote: "Two tenured professors have resigned from Truman State University following a student’s complaint of sexual assault.

According to university officials, the student, a senior, told them and the police last August that she had been assaulted in the home of David C. Williams, a professor of language and literature. However, the student, Tasha Amick, told police she could not recall who had assaulted her, the university said. Ms. Amick said Dr. Williams was there, as was John Langley, an associate professor of communications, and another professor whose name has not been revealed. "
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Incident 8522

Status: Ongoing
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