Incidents at University of Oklahoma

Total: 7


Incident 8819

Status: Resolved
Person: Tom Orr
Role: Faculty
Position: Professor
Discipline: Arts and Humanities
Specific Discipline: Theatre
Outcome Year: 2021
Outcome Category: Resigned
Specific Outcome: "Tom Orr, former director of the OU School of Drama and university professor who faced several allegations of sexual harassment by former students, resigned effective Dec. 31, 2021, the university confirmed.

In an email to The Daily, an OU spokesperson wrote Orr chose to resign as proceedings reviewing his employment were underway.

"During Mr. Orr’s tenure abrogation proceedings — the most severe course of action OU can take to remove a tenured member of the faculty — he elected to resign, effective December 31, 2021," the email read. "He is no longer employed by the university.""
Last updated: Jan 19, 2022 5:20 pm

Incident 8248

Status: Resolved
Person: David Boren
Role: Administrator
Position: President
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Outcome Year: 2019
Outcome Category: Resigned
Specific Outcome: Resigned a faculty position during investigation into sexual harassment during his time as President. Institution stopped investigation.
Last updated: Jun 12, 2019 6:37 pm

Incident 8512

Status: Resolved
Person: Matthew Ellis
Role: Faculty
Position: Associate Professor
Discipline: Arts and Humanities
Specific Discipline: Theatre
Outcome Year: 2019
Outcome Category: Resigned
Specific Outcome: "violated OU's consensual sexual relationships policy and the university would pursue abrogation of his tenure, and he tendered his resignation Sept. 28", 2019.
Last updated: Dec 30, 2019 10:09 am

Incident 8141

Status: Ongoing
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Outcome Year: 2018
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Last updated: Jan 13, 2020 6:52 pm

Incident 7803

Status: Resolved
Role: Faculty
Position: Professor
Discipline: Engineering
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Outcome Year: 2016
Outcome Category: Resigned
Specific Outcome: Resigned/severed ties with university during investigation.
Last updated: Jun 2, 2019 2:38 pm

Incident 8358

Status: Ongoing
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Last updated: Jun 24, 2019 1:37 pm

Incident 8570

Status: Ongoing
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Last updated: Apr 7, 2020 9:34 pm