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Michael Katze

Incident 7846

Status: Resolved
Institution: University of Washington
Role: Faculty
Position: Professor
Discipline: Physical Sciences and Mathematics
Specific Discipline: Bioscience
Outcome Year: 2016
Outcome Category: No Longer Employed (includes Fired and Contract Non-renewal)
Quote: "The University or Washington fired a professor, Michael Katze,
after finding he engaged in sexual harassment"
Internet Archive Link:
Link(s):
https://www.buzzfeed.com/azeenghorayshi/michael-katze-investigation?utm_term=.c…
https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2017/08/04/u-washington-fires-profess…
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