Incident 8562
Status:
Resolved
Role:
Faculty
Position:
Professor
Discipline:
Specific Discipline:
Outcome Year:
2020
Outcome Category:
Criminal Plea / Conviction
Specific Outcome:
"Former MSU professor Robert Pittman on Wednesday pleaded guilty to fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct for assaulting [subordinate] in 1999 just before Pittman retired and moved to California."
Last updated:
Mar 16, 2020 9:21 am
Incident 8568
Status:
Resolved
Role:
Faculty
Position:
Professsor
Discipline:
Arts and Humanities
Specific Discipline:
History
Outcome Year:
2019
Outcome Category:
Honor Revoked
Specific Outcome:
"Marcus’ status as an emeritus professor was revoked in 2019 after a university investigation found him responsible for sexual harassment. " Lawsuit filed
Last updated:
Apr 7, 2020 11:45 am
Incident 8360
Status:
Resolved
Role:
Faculty
Position:
Professor
Discipline:
Physiology, Life Sciences
Specific Discipline:
Physiology
Outcome Year:
2019
Outcome Category:
Suspended / Leave / Restrictions
Specific Outcome:
Suspended without pay for 6 weeks
Last updated:
Jun 27, 2019 7:25 pm
Incident 7439
Status:
Resolved
Role:
Administrator
Position:
Dean
Discipline:
Medicine and Health Sciences, Osteopathic Medicine
Specific Discipline:
Osteopathic Medicine
Outcome Year:
2018
Outcome Category:
Criminal Plea / Conviction, No Longer Employed (includes Fired and Contract Non-renewal)
Specific Outcome:
Fired, found guilty of multiple counts by jury in June, 2019
Last updated:
Jun 12, 2019 5:37 pm
Incident 8119
Status:
Ongoing
Person:
Role:
Position:
Discipline:
Specific Discipline:
Outcome Year:
2018
Outcome Category:
Specific Outcome:
Investigation ongoing and accused used his position as journal article to write a rebuttal
Last updated:
May 28, 2019 1:14 pm
Incident 8174
Status:
Resolved
Role:
Faculty
Position:
Professor
Discipline:
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Specific Discipline:
Political Science, Government
Outcome Year:
2018
Outcome Category:
Retired
Specific Outcome:
Found to have sexually harassed graduate students. Retired from MSU Jan 1 2019
Last updated:
Jun 4, 2019 6:35 pm
Incident 8224
Status:
Resolved
Role:
Administrator
Position:
Vice President of Alumni Relations and Executive Director of the MSU Alumni Association
Discipline:
Specific Discipline:
Outcome Year:
2018
Outcome Category:
Resigned
Specific Outcome:
Resigned; finding that he "engaged in “severe, persistent, and pervasive unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature” with student
Last updated:
Jun 4, 2019 6:35 pm
Incident 7437
Status:
Resolved
Role:
Administrator
Position:
Registrar
Discipline:
Specific Discipline:
Outcome Year:
2017
Outcome Category:
No Longer Employed (includes Fired and Contract Non-renewal)
Specific Outcome:
Found to have violated the sexual misconduct policy towards an employee.
Last updated:
May 28, 2019 1:14 pm
Incident 7438
Status:
Resolved
Role:
Faculty
Position:
Professor
Discipline:
Physical Sciences and Mathematics, Geoscience
Specific Discipline:
Geoscience
Outcome Year:
2017
Outcome Category:
Suspended / Leave / Restrictions
Specific Outcome:
Finding of sexual harassment. See last item on the linked post (#3 under Experiences as a Post-Tenure Faculty Member): My Experiences With Sexism in Science.
Last updated:
Sep 30, 2019 9:59 am
Incident 7434
Status:
Resolved
Role:
Faculty
Position:
unknown
Discipline:
unknown
Specific Discipline:
Outcome Year:
2016
Outcome Category:
No Longer Employed (includes Fired and Contract Non-renewal)
Specific Outcome:
“one faculty firing”.
Last updated:
May 31, 2019 5:14 pm
Incident 7435
Status:
Resolved
Role:
Faculty
Position:
Professor, Doctor
Discipline:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Specific Discipline:
Medicine
Outcome Year:
2016
Outcome Category:
Criminal Plea / Conviction, No Longer Employed (includes Fired and Contract Non-renewal)
Specific Outcome:
Violated sexual misconduct policy with patients. Fired. Jailed.
Last updated:
May 31, 2019 7:46 pm
Incident 7436
Status:
Resolved
Role:
Faculty
Position:
Band Director
Discipline:
Arts and Humanities, Music
Specific Discipline:
Music
Outcome Year:
2016
Outcome Category:
Training / Counseling Required
Specific Outcome:
Inappropriate texts with student. Eight day suspension, three month delay in promotion. Retired - 2017
Last updated:
Jun 2, 2019 6:35 am
Incident 7433
Status:
Resolved
Role:
Faculty
Position:
Professor
Discipline:
Business
Specific Discipline:
Outcome Year:
1992
Outcome Category:
Resigned
Specific Outcome:
18 month suspension recommended, resigned.
Last updated:
May 31, 2019 5:13 pm
Incident 7432
Status:
Resolved
Role:
Administrator
Position:
Band Director
Discipline:
Arts and Humanities, Music
Specific Discipline:
Music
Outcome Year:
1984
Outcome Category:
Resigned
Specific Outcome:
"...music professor who was forced to resign from Michigan State University after 14 sexual harassment charges were filed..."
Link opens PDF.
Last updated:
Dec 6, 2020 8:18 pm
Incident 8262
Status:
Ongoing
Person:
Role:
Position:
Discipline:
Specific Discipline:
Outcome Year:
Outcome Category:
Specific Outcome:
Last updated:
Jun 4, 2019 6:35 pm
Incident 8556
Status:
Ongoing
Person:
Role:
Position:
Discipline:
Specific Discipline:
Outcome Year:
Outcome Category:
Specific Outcome:
Last updated:
Feb 15, 2020 6:56 pm