Incidents at Duke University
Total: 4
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
Person:
William “Tony” Rivera
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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Incident 9128
Status:
Resolved
Person:
Stephen Buckley
Role:
Administrator, Faculty
Position:
Professor, Interim Director
Discipline:
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Specific Discipline:
public policy
Outcome Year:
Outcome Category:
Resigned
Quote:
"Stephen Buckley, Eugene C. Patterson professor of the practice of journalism and public policy and interim director of Polis: Center for Politics, resigned from Duke around early December, after being placed on leave from the University. The Chronicle confirmed through sources close to Buckley that he had engaged in sexual misconduct and a subsequent investigation prompted his resignation."
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