Incidents at University of California – Berkeley
Total: 20
Incident 8077
Status:
Resolved
Person:
John Searle
Role:
Faculty
Position:
Emeritus Professor
Discipline:
Arts and Humanities, Philosophy
Specific Discipline:
Philosophy
Outcome Year:
2019
Outcome Category:
Honor Revoked
Quote:
Stripped of emeritus title. Lawsuit filed in 2017.
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Incident 7673
Status:
Resolved
Person:
Alan Tansman
Role:
Faculty
Position:
Professor
Discipline:
Arts and Humanities, Languages
Specific Discipline:
Languages
Outcome Year:
2018
Outcome Category:
Suspended / Leave / Restrictions
Quote:
Finding of sexual harassment, suspended for two years.
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Incident 8220
Status:
Resolved
Person:
Mohamed Muqtar
Role:
Administrator
Position:
Assistant Director of Student Services
Discipline:
Specific Discipline:
Outcome Year:
2018
Outcome Category:
No Longer Employed (includes Fired and Contract Non-renewal)
Quote:
fired for assault of student 2009-2010
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Incident 7629
Status:
Resolved
Person:
Terry Speed
Role:
Faculty
Position:
Professor
Discipline:
Mathematics, Physical Sciences and Mathematics
Specific Discipline:
Mathematics
Outcome Year:
2018
Outcome Category:
Barred From Leadership or Honorary Position(s)
Quote:
"ubstantiates that Respondent violated the 1992 Sexual Harassment Policy in that he engaged in unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature that created a hostile environment for Complainant One and Complainant Two, and conditioned an academic or personnel decision on Complainant One’s submission to his conduct. "
"relinquishes...the title...of Emeritus"
"relinquishes...the title...of Emeritus"
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Incident 7630
Status:
Resolved
Person:
Eric Samuels
Role:
Position:
Therapist
Discipline:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Specific Discipline:
Psychology
Outcome Year:
2018
Outcome Category:
Monetary Settlement / Award
Quote:
"The University of California has reached a settlement in a sexual harassment case involving a student and a former campus therapist....alleged in a lawsuit filed in September that then-post-doctoral fellow Eric Samuels sexually harassed her last school year...Dupree said the settlement, reached earlier this month, is for $250,000."
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Incident 7655
Status:
Resolved
Person:
Stanton Glantz
Role:
Faculty
Position:
Director of the UCSF Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education, Professor
Discipline:
Physical Sciences and Mathematics, Bioscience
Specific Discipline:
Bioscience
Outcome Year:
2018
Outcome Category:
Monetary Settlement / Award, No Known Outcome for Respondent
Quote:
$150,000 settlement, finding "probable cause that Dr. Glantz’ conduct violated the Faculty Code of Conduct"; second lawsuit from second postdoc ongoing
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Incident 7672
Status:
Resolved
Person:
Nezar AlSayyad
Role:
Faculty
Position:
Professor
Discipline:
Architecture
Specific Discipline:
Outcome Year:
2016
Outcome Category:
Retired, Training / Counseling Required
Quote:
"A state appeals court has upheld the suspension of a disgraced UC Berkeley architecture professor who lost his job after claims of sexual harassment from a former graduate student came to light.
Nezar AlSayyad — an internationally recognized scholar who started teaching within the university’s Architecture and City and Regional Planning departments in 1985 — opted to retire in 2018 instead of serving a three-year suspension without pay for violating the university’s code of conduct."
Nezar AlSayyad — an internationally recognized scholar who started teaching within the university’s Architecture and City and Regional Planning departments in 1985 — opted to retire in 2018 instead of serving a three-year suspension without pay for violating the university’s code of conduct."
Link(s):
- http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/UC-Berkeley-Professor-Accused-of-Sexual-Ha…
- https://www.sfgate.com/education/article/UC-Berkeley-settles-sex-harassment-cla…
- https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/UC-Berkeley-suspends-professor-afte…
- https://www.newsweek.com/berkeley-professor-suspended-sexual-harassment-will-su…
- https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2023/07/02/appeals-court-upholds-suspension-of-uc-…
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Incident 7628
Status:
Resolved
Person:
Sujit Choudhry
Role:
Administrator
Position:
Dean
Discipline:
Law
Specific Discipline:
Outcome Year:
2016
Outcome Category:
Fine / Salary Reduction, Resigned
Quote:
"University of California at Berkeley law school dean Sujit Choudhry has resigned amid an uproar over the school’s handling of sexual harassment claims against him.
Administrators said Thursday that they were wrong in not removing Choudhry following a July 2015 report substantiating the claims."
"The lawsuit came seven months after a campus investigation found merit to Sorrell’s claims, saying Choudhry has engaged in a daily pattern of “unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature” that personally and professionally affected the assistant and violated school policy.
According to the report, Choudhry acknowledged some of the behaviors, but said they occurred less frequently than Sorrell claimed.
At the time, Steele docked Choudhry’s pay by 10%, required him to undergo counseling and to apologize to his assistant."
Administrators said Thursday that they were wrong in not removing Choudhry following a July 2015 report substantiating the claims."
"The lawsuit came seven months after a campus investigation found merit to Sorrell’s claims, saying Choudhry has engaged in a daily pattern of “unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature” that personally and professionally affected the assistant and violated school policy.
According to the report, Choudhry acknowledged some of the behaviors, but said they occurred less frequently than Sorrell claimed.
At the time, Steele docked Choudhry’s pay by 10%, required him to undergo counseling and to apologize to his assistant."
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Incident 8369
Status:
Resolved
Person:
Yanni Hufnagel
Role:
Coach
Position:
Assistant Basketball Coach
Discipline:
Athletics
Specific Discipline:
Basketball
Outcome Year:
2016
Outcome Category:
No Longer Employed (includes Fired and Contract Non-renewal)
Quote:
Fired for sexual harassment of reporter covering the team
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Incident 8278
Status:
Resolved
Person:
Todd Mulzet
Role:
Coach
Position:
Diving Coach
Discipline:
Athletics
Specific Discipline:
Diving
Outcome Year:
2015
Outcome Category:
Fine / Salary Reduction
Quote:
5% pay cut over two months ($455.30) instead of suspension
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Incident 7669
Status:
Resolved
Person:
Geoff Marcy
Role:
Faculty
Position:
Professor
Discipline:
Physical Sciences and Mathematics, Astronomy
Specific Discipline:
Astronomy
Outcome Year:
2015
Outcome Category:
Honor Revoked, Resigned
Quote:
"After a six-month investigation, Geoff Marcy — a professor at the University of California, Berkeley, who has been mentioned as a potential Nobel laureate — was found to have violated campus sexual harassment policies between 2001 and 2010. Four women alleged that Marcy repeatedly engaged in inappropriate physical behavior with students, including unwanted massages, kisses, and groping.
As a result of the findings, the women were informed, Marcy has been given “clear expectations concerning his future interactions with students,” which he must follow or risk “sanctions that could include suspension or dismissal.” "
"Geoff Marcy has resigned from his tenured position at the University of California, Berkeley, the school confirms. Facing criticism, the university defended its decision not to fire him."
NAS: " Membership Type: Rescinded 2021 (elected Member 2002)" - NOTE: A separate entry for NAS was not generated for Marcy because no public information is available related to the revocation decision
As a result of the findings, the women were informed, Marcy has been given “clear expectations concerning his future interactions with students,” which he must follow or risk “sanctions that could include suspension or dismissal.” "
"Geoff Marcy has resigned from his tenured position at the University of California, Berkeley, the school confirms. Facing criticism, the university defended its decision not to fire him."
NAS: " Membership Type: Rescinded 2021 (elected Member 2002)" - NOTE: A separate entry for NAS was not generated for Marcy because no public information is available related to the revocation decision
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Incident 7670
Status:
Resolved
Person:
Blake Wentworth
Role:
Faculty
Position:
Assistant Professor
Discipline:
Arts and Humanities, Languages
Specific Discipline:
Languages
Outcome Year:
2015
Outcome Category:
No Longer Employed (includes Fired and Contract Non-renewal)
Quote:
Finding of sexual harassment violation. Fired
Link(s):
- https://www.scribd.com/doc/307138145/UC-Berkeley-Sexual-harassment-investigatio…
- http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/apr/10/uc-berkeley-students-professor-s…
- https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/may/24/sexual-harassment-university-cali…
- http://projects.dailycal.org/misconduct/case/berkeley-blake-wentworth-14/
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Incident 7671
Status:
Resolved
Person:
Howard D’Abrera
Role:
Faculty
Position:
Adjunct Professor
Discipline:
Physical Sciences and Mathematics, Mathematics
Specific Discipline:
Mathematics
Outcome Year:
2015
Outcome Category:
Resigned
Quote:
Resigned.
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Incident 7627
Status:
Resolved
Person:
Graham Fleming
Role:
Administrator
Position:
Vice Chancellor
Discipline:
Other
Specific Discipline:
Research
Outcome Year:
2014
Outcome Category:
Resigned
Quote:
"UC Berkeley Vice Chancellor for Research Graham Fleming has resigned after allegations arose that he sexually harassed a former campus employee."
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Incident 7667
Status:
Resolved
Person:
Diane Leite
Role:
Administrator
Position:
Assistant Vice Chancellor
Discipline:
Specific Discipline:
Outcome Year:
2012
Outcome Category:
Other
Quote:
Reassigned to new position.
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Incident 7668
Status:
Resolved
Person:
Richard Sweitzer
Role:
Faculty
Position:
Adjunct Associate Professor
Discipline:
Physical Sciences and Mathematics, Bioscience
Specific Discipline:
Bioscience
Outcome Year:
2012
Outcome Category:
Resigned
Quote:
Found in violation of sexual harassment policy, resigned. See p. 164 of scribd
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Incident 7626
Status:
Resolved
Person:
John P. Dwyer
Role:
Administrator
Position:
Dean
Discipline:
Law
Specific Discipline:
Outcome Year:
2002
Outcome Category:
Resigned
Quote:
"And then John P. Dwyer risked it all.
These days, according to friends, he sits alone in his cliff-side condominium in North Beach, reading supportive e-mail and simmering over a sexual harassment charge that forced him, on the eve of Thanksgiving, to resign as Boalt Hall’s dean."
These days, according to friends, he sits alone in his cliff-side condominium in North Beach, reading supportive e-mail and simmering over a sexual harassment charge that forced him, on the eve of Thanksgiving, to resign as Boalt Hall’s dean."
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Incident 7666
Status:
Resolved
Person:
Michel Strickmann
Role:
Faculty
Position:
Associate Professor
Discipline:
Arts and Humanities, Languages
Specific Discipline:
Languages
Outcome Year:
1991
Outcome Category:
No Longer Employed (includes Fired and Contract Non-renewal)
Quote:
Fired.
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Incident 7665
Status:
Resolved
Person:
Elbaki Hermassi
Role:
Faculty
Position:
Professor
Discipline:
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Specific Discipline:
Sociology
Outcome Year:
1980
Outcome Category:
Suspended / Leave / Restrictions
Quote:
"Two Eay Area professors, one at San Jose State University and the other at University of California at Berkeley, have been severely disciplined for allegedly sexually harassing women students.
Philip Jacklin, associate professor of philosophy at San Jose State, was fired after a unanimous recommendation for dismissal by a faculty committee and by the university's president, Gail Fullerton.
Five women students had accused Jacklin of persistently touching, embracing, kissing, fondling and propositioning them in incidents dating since the fall of 1977.
At Berkeley, Elbaki Hermassi, assistant professor of sociology, was suspended without pay for one quarter for allegedly similar behavior dating since 1971. A record of the incident will also be placed in Hermassi's permanent personnel file, university officials said."
Philip Jacklin, associate professor of philosophy at San Jose State, was fired after a unanimous recommendation for dismissal by a faculty committee and by the university's president, Gail Fullerton.
Five women students had accused Jacklin of persistently touching, embracing, kissing, fondling and propositioning them in incidents dating since the fall of 1977.
At Berkeley, Elbaki Hermassi, assistant professor of sociology, was suspended without pay for one quarter for allegedly similar behavior dating since 1971. A record of the incident will also be placed in Hermassi's permanent personnel file, university officials said."
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Incident 8500
Status:
Ongoing
Person:
Role:
Position:
Discipline:
Specific Discipline:
Outcome Year:
Outcome Category:
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