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Incidents at University of South Florida – Tampa

Total: 6


Incident 8116

Status: Ongoing
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Outcome Year: 2018
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Incident 7818

Status: Resolved
Role: Faculty
Position: Instructor
Discipline: Arts and Humanities
Specific Discipline: Theatre
Outcome Year: 2017
Outcome Category: No Longer Employed (includes Fired and Contract Non-renewal)
Quote: "University of South Florida Title IX investigation has concluded that, under school policy, former adjunct Nicholas Riggs sexually assaulted one student and sexually harassed at least one other"
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Incident 7817

Status: Resolved
Person: Marc Santos
Role: Faculty
Position: Assistant Professor
Discipline: Arts and Humanities
Specific Discipline: English Writing Humanities
Outcome Year: 2016
Outcome Category: Resigned
Quote: "University of South Florida officials found Marc Santos guilty of policy violations regarding consensual sexual relationships with a student and told him to stop finding ways to hang around his former student."

"Incoming University of Northern Colorado professor left former job amid sexual harassment investigation"
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Incident 8410

Status: Resolved
Person: Michael Hoad
Role: Administrator
Position: Associate Vice President of Communications
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Outcome Year: 2013
Outcome Category: Resigned
Quote: "A longtime University of South Florida vice president for communications has resigned in the wake of allegations that he created a "hostile and offensive working atmosphere" for female subordinates.

Michael Hoad, who spent 25 years at the university, resigned effective last Friday from his position as an associate vice president of communications at USF Health. He had resigned from his other position, as vice president of communications for the university, in September [2013]"
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Incident 7816

Status: Resolved
Role: Faculty
Position: Professor
Discipline: Medicine and Health Sciences
Specific Discipline: Neuroscience
Outcome Year: 2003
Outcome Category: Resigned
Quote: "Michael Mullan, a prominent neuroscientist, resigned from USF after being accused of inappropriate behaviour with female staff."
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Incident 8384

Status: Resolved
Person: Charles Lyman
Role: Faculty
Position: Associate Professor
Discipline: Arts and Humanities, Fine Arts
Specific Discipline: Fine Arts
Outcome Year: 1997
Outcome Category: Suspended / Leave / Restrictions
Quote: 20 day suspension for verbal comment.

Citation: DEAN SOLOV; of The Tampa Tribune. (August 20, 1997, Wednesday,). Ex-USF student says professor's punishment too lenient. The Tampa Tribune (Florida). Retrieved from https://advance-lexis-com.proxy1.cl.msu.edu/api/document?collection=news&id=urn:contentItem:3SD5-N700-0094-04K8-00000-00&context=1516831.
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