Incidents at University of Wisconsin – Madison
Total: 11
Incident 8547
Status:
Resolved
Person:
Don Waller
Role:
Faculty
Position:
Professor
Discipline:
Life Sciences
Specific Discipline:
Botany
Outcome Year:
2019
Outcome Category:
Retired
Quote:
"UW-Madison investigation into a longtime ecology professor found he engaged in sexual harassment — an investigation that the university is withholding in its entirety."
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Incident 7854
Status:
Resolved
Person:
John DeLamater
Role:
Faculty
Position:
Professor
Discipline:
Social and Behavioral Sciences, Sociology
Specific Discipline:
Sociology
Outcome Year:
2018
Outcome Category:
Suspended / Leave / Restrictions, Training / Counseling Required
Quote:
Found to have engaged in sexual harassment - "found to commit impermissible long-term behavior harassing graduate students with inappropriate comments and touching. He was ordered to go through extensive harassment awareness training, and was no longer allowed to have unsupervised contact with students"; died.
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Incident 7860
Status:
Resolved
Person:
NAME UNKNOWN
Role:
Faculty
Position:
Discipline:
unknown
Specific Discipline:
Outcome Year:
2018
Outcome Category:
No Longer Employed (includes Fired and Contract Non-renewal)
Quote:
Academic staff member fired for sexually assaulting undergraduate employee
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Incident 7870
Status:
Resolved
Person:
Role:
Faculty
Position:
Professor
Discipline:
Architecture, Planning Landscape Architecture
Specific Discipline:
Planning Landscape Architecture
Outcome Year:
2018
Outcome Category:
Retired
Quote:
Retired in may 2018 during investigation; investigation continued and misconduct was substantiated.
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Incident 7853
Status:
Resolved
Person:
NA
Role:
Department
Position:
Discipline:
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Specific Discipline:
Urban and Regional Planning
Outcome Year:
2017
Outcome Category:
Other
Quote:
"UW-Madison's Department of Planning and Landscape Architecture is a newly merged department, which includes an urban planning unit that a series of campus reports said was marred by sexism and allegations of sexual harassment."
"A faculty review committee report released in February said the department's "legacy of sexism" was a problem that "requires immediate, serious attention."
The review prompted UW-Madison to commission an investigation of the department's climate from a consultant, Ann Zanzig, who wrote in her July report that the department had fostered a "'boys will be boys' mentality" that normalized "toxic" behavior."
"A faculty review committee report released in February said the department's "legacy of sexism" was a problem that "requires immediate, serious attention."
The review prompted UW-Madison to commission an investigation of the department's climate from a consultant, Ann Zanzig, who wrote in her July report that the department had fostered a "'boys will be boys' mentality" that normalized "toxic" behavior."
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Incident 8104
Status:
Ongoing
Person:
Role:
Position:
Discipline:
Specific Discipline:
Outcome Year:
2017
Outcome Category:
Quote:
Complaint under investigation
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Incident 7849
Status:
Resolved
Person:
John Chadima
Role:
Administrator
Position:
Senior Associate Athletic Director
Discipline:
Athletics
Specific Discipline:
Outcome Year:
2012
Outcome Category:
Resigned
Quote:
Resigned.
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Incident 7848
Status:
Resolved
Person:
Hamilton McCubbin
Role:
Administrator
Position:
Dean
Discipline:
Social and Behavioral Sciences, Human Ecology
Specific Discipline:
Human ecology
Outcome Year:
1999
Outcome Category:
Monetary Settlement / Award
Quote:
Lawsuit settled and resigned from next job after sexual harassment allegations.
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Incident 7847
Status:
Resolved
Person:
William B. Ershler
Role:
Faculty
Position:
Professor
Discipline:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Specific Discipline:
Outcome Year:
1994
Outcome Category:
Monetary Settlement / Award, Resigned
Quote:
Lawsuit settled by Wisconsin, left for new job, resigned from new job at eastern virginia medical school.
Source: PROFESSOR COPIED COMPUTER PORN COMPUTER RECORDS, ALLEGATIONS DETAILED IN SEXUAL HARASSMENT LAWSUIT AGAINST UW: [All Edition]
Cary Segall Wisconsin State Journal. Wisconsin State Journal; Madison, Wis. [Madison, Wis]13 Feb 1997: 1A.
Source: PROFESSOR COPIED COMPUTER PORN COMPUTER RECORDS, ALLEGATIONS DETAILED IN SEXUAL HARASSMENT LAWSUIT AGAINST UW: [All Edition]
Cary Segall Wisconsin State Journal. Wisconsin State Journal; Madison, Wis. [Madison, Wis]13 Feb 1997: 1A.
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Incident 7859
Status:
Resolved
Person:
Jane Gallop
Role:
Faculty
Position:
Professor
Discipline:
Arts and Humanities, English Writing Humanities
Specific Discipline:
English Writing Humanities
Outcome Year:
1992
Outcome Category:
Official Warning / Reprimand
Quote:
Outside investigator found that amorous relationship violated policy against student-faculty affairs/university placed letter in file.
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Incident 8382
Status:
Resolved
Person:
Fred Hayward
Role:
Administrator
Position:
Discipline:
Specific Discipline:
Outcome Year:
1989
Outcome Category:
Resigned
Quote:
"Fred Hayward, dean of the international office, agreed to resign in 1989 as a result of a student's complaint of sexual harassment by Hayward."
Citation: (April 7, 1993, Wednesday,). PROFESSOR SUSPENDED 2 YEARS WITHOUT PAY (FIRST EDITION). Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI). Retrieved from https://advance-lexis-com.proxy1.cl.msu.edu/api/document?collection=news&id=urn:contentItem:3SD5-BWX0-0093-Y1VK-00000-00&context=1516831.
Citation: (April 7, 1993, Wednesday,). PROFESSOR SUSPENDED 2 YEARS WITHOUT PAY (FIRST EDITION). Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI). Retrieved from https://advance-lexis-com.proxy1.cl.msu.edu/api/document?collection=news&id=urn:contentItem:3SD5-BWX0-0093-Y1VK-00000-00&context=1516831.
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