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Incidents at University of New Mexico

Total: 3

Incident 8515

Status: Resolved
Person: Nick Flor
Role: Faculty
Position: Professor
Discipline: Business
Specific Discipline: business
Outcome Year: 2019
Outcome Category: Fine / Salary Reduction, Suspended / Leave / Restrictions
Quote: "The report found him responsible for quid pro quo sexual harassment and retaliation." "The university had suspended him without pay for a full year." (October 17, 2019)
Link(s):
https://reason.com/2019/12/10/university-of-new-mexico-professor-student-emails…
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Incident 8123

Status: Ongoing
Person:
Role:
Position:
Discipline:
Specific Discipline:
Outcome Year: 2018
Outcome Category:
Quote: Lawsuit ongoing; accused already retired
Link(s):
http://www.krqe.com/news/unm-engineering-advisor-accused-of-sexual-misconduct_2…
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Incident 7791

Status: Resolved
Person: Cristobal Valencia
Role: Faculty
Position: Professor
Discipline: Social and Behavioral Sciences, Anthropology
Specific Discipline: Anthropology
Outcome Year: 2016
Outcome Category: No Longer Employed (includes Fired and Contract Non-renewal)
Quote: "University of New Mexico on Tuesday issued an emergency suspension to Cristobal Valencia, the assistant professor of anthropology who was due to return to teaching this fall after a first suspension for sexual harassment."

" After an investigation revealed several instances of misconduct corroborated by numerous witnesses, the university terminated him for cause."
Link(s):
http://www.abqjournal.com/820000/censured-prof-returns-after-sex-harassment-pro…
https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2016/08/10/u-new-mexico-issues-new-su…
https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2016/08/29/u-new-mexico-moves-fire-pr…
https://www.abqjournal.com/871508/unm-to-fire-professor-tied-to-sexual-miscondu…
https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/us-10th-circuit/2123087.html
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