Incident 8605
Status:
Resolved
Role:
Faculty
Position:
Professor
Discipline:
Arts and Humanities
Specific Discipline:
African and African-American Studies
Outcome Year:
2022
Outcome Category:
Suspended / Leave / Restrictions
Specific Outcome:
"Harvard Anthropology and African and African-American Studies professor John L. Comaroff was placed on unpaid administrative leave Thursday after University investigations found that he violated the school’s sexual harassment and professional conduct policies.
Comaroff, who has taught at Harvard since 2012, will be barred from teaching required courses and taking on any additional graduate student advisees through the next academic year, Faculty of Arts and Sciences Dean Claudine Gay announced in an email to Anthropology and AAAS affiliates Thursday morning."
Lawsuit filed - 2/9/22
Last updated:
Dec 8, 2022 7:40 am
Incident 8594
Status:
Ongoing
Role:
Faculty
Position:
Professor
Discipline:
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Specific Discipline:
Anthropology
Outcome Year:
2020
Outcome Category:
Honor Revoked, Retired
Specific Outcome:
"IN A JUNE 10 EMAIL to affiliates of the anthropology department, Dumbarton Oaks, and the Peabody Museum, Faculty of Arts and Sciences dean Claudine Gay announced that she has stripped former Dumbarton Oaks professor of pre-Colombian studies Gary Urton of his emeritus status after an investigation found he violated FAS policies on “sexual harassment, sexual misconduct, and unprofessional conduct.”"
"In August [2020], Urton retired."
Last updated:
Jul 26, 2021 2:02 pm
Incident 8613
Status:
Resolved
Role:
Administrator
Position:
Director
Discipline:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Specific Discipline:
cancer-genetics
Outcome Year:
2020
Outcome Category:
Resigned
Specific Outcome:
"Pandolfi admits to the inappropriate pursuit of a postdoctoral researcher at Harvard, for which he says Harvard investigated him. He says the incident was isolated and he has received counselling, and he resigned from Harvard last December."
Last updated:
Sep 23, 2020 1:44 pm
Incident 8388
Status:
Resolved
Role:
Faculty
Position:
Professor
Discipline:
Economics, Business
Specific Discipline:
Economics
Outcome Year:
2019
Outcome Category:
Suspended / Leave / Restrictions
Specific Outcome:
"Mr. Fryer, 42, has been the subject of several concurrent university investigations, which concluded that he had engaged in “unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature” against at least five employees over the course of a decade.
In a letter to the economics department on Wednesday, Claudine Gay, a Harvard dean, said Mr. Fryer would be put on administrative leave for two years, during which he cannot teach or conduct research using university resources. The Education Innovation Laboratory, the off-campus space known as EdLabs where he conducted most of his work, will be permanently closed. A Harvard spokeswoman said he would not be paid during his suspension."
Last updated:
Dec 6, 2020 8:08 pm
Incident 8593
Status:
Resolved
Role:
Faculty
Position:
Professor
Discipline:
Arts and Humanities
Specific Discipline:
Anthropology
Outcome Year:
2018
Outcome Category:
Official Warning / Reprimand
Specific Outcome:
"a Harvard investigation found Bestor committed two counts of sexual misconduct during an interaction with a female professor at a 2017 conference at UCLA. Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences disciplined Bestor for the incident, but allowed him to return to work before completing required sanctions."
Last updated:
May 29, 2020 8:00 pm
Incident 7367
Status:
Resolved
Role:
Faculty
Position:
Professor
Discipline:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Specific Discipline:
Medicine
Outcome Year:
2018
Outcome Category:
Resigned
Specific Outcome:
Resigned after allegations of sexual misconduct.
Last updated:
May 31, 2019 3:03 pm
Incident 8144
Status:
Ongoing
Person:
Role:
Position:
Discipline:
Specific Discipline:
Outcome Year:
2018
Outcome Category:
Specific Outcome:
Last updated:
May 28, 2019 1:14 pm
Incident 8266
Status:
Resolved
Role:
Coach
Position:
Head Diving Coach
Discipline:
Athletics
Specific Discipline:
Diving
Outcome Year:
2018
Outcome Category:
Resigned
Specific Outcome:
Resigned after allegations.
Last updated:
Jun 10, 2019 10:40 am
Incident 7366
Status:
Resolved
Role:
Faculty
Position:
Professor
Discipline:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Specific Discipline:
Medicine
Outcome Year:
1995
Outcome Category:
Resigned
Specific Outcome:
Resigned.
Last updated:
May 31, 2019 3:02 pm
Incident 7365
Status:
Resolved
Role:
Faculty
Position:
Professor
Discipline:
Arts and Humanities, History
Specific Discipline:
History
Outcome Year:
1985
Outcome Category:
Resigned
Specific Outcome:
Resigned.
Last updated:
May 31, 2019 3:01 pm
Incident 7364
Status:
Resolved
Role:
Faculty
Position:
Professor
Discipline:
Social and Behavioral Sciences, Political Science, Government
Specific Discipline:
Political Science, Government
Outcome Year:
1983
Outcome Category:
Barred From Leadership or Honorary Position(s)
Specific Outcome:
Reprimanded – no details. Lost Emeritus status
Last updated:
Jun 2, 2019 7:26 am
Incident 7363
Status:
Resolved
Role:
Faculty
Position:
Professor
Discipline:
Arts and Humanities, English Writing Humanities
Specific Discipline:
English Writing Humanities
Outcome Year:
1982
Outcome Category:
Monetary Settlement / Award
Specific Outcome:
Complaint found to “have merit”. Case settled.
Last updated:
May 31, 2019 2:51 pm
Incident 7362
Status:
Resolved
Role:
Faculty
Position:
Professor
Discipline:
Social and Behavioral Sciences, Political Science, Government
Specific Discipline:
Political Science, Government
Outcome Year:
1980
Outcome Category:
Official Warning / Reprimand
Specific Outcome:
Sick leave during one semester. Warned that tenure would be revoked if it happened again. Asked to write apology to complainant.
Last updated:
Jun 1, 2019 7:57 pm