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Incidents at Duke University

Total: 3


Incident 8234

Status: Resolved
Person: Mel Peters
Role: Faculty
Position: Professor
Discipline: Arts and Humanities, Religious Studies
Specific Discipline: Religious Studies
Outcome Year: 2019
Outcome Category: No Longer Employed (includes Fired and Contract Non-renewal)
Quote: "no longer teaching at the university" - unclear if he resigned or was fired after multiple complaints by students of sexual harassment; university says they cannot comment
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Incident 7313

Status: Resolved
Role: Faculty
Position: Director, Visiting Professor
Discipline: Social and Behavioral Sciences
Specific Discipline: Political Science, Government
Outcome Year: 2018
Outcome Category: No Longer Employed (includes Fired and Contract Non-renewal)
Quote: "Last semester, Duke found a professor responsible for violating its sexual harassment policy. Now, he’s at the University of Maryland, where he will be teaching a course next Fall. "
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Incident 8249

Status: Ongoing
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