Incidents at George Mason University
Total: 6
Incident 8994
Status:
Resolved
Person:
Joshua D. Wright
Role:
Faculty
Position:
Professor
Discipline:
Law
Specific Discipline:
Outcome Year:
2023
Outcome Category:
Resigned
Quote:
"An email from the law dean, Ken Randall, to the school’s students on Aug. 21 put a precise date on Wright’s departure and suggested a possible reason for it.
“It is important to tell you that, at the conclusion of an exhaustive investigation into allegations of misconduct, Professor Wright resigned his tenured position on August 8 rather than face a termination proceeding that we were ready to start,” Randall told the students."
“It is important to tell you that, at the conclusion of an exhaustive investigation into allegations of misconduct, Professor Wright resigned his tenured position on August 8 rather than face a termination proceeding that we were ready to start,” Randall told the students."
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Incident 8584
Status:
Resolved
Person:
Todd Kashdan
Role:
Faculty
Position:
Professor
Discipline:
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Specific Discipline:
Psychology
Outcome Year:
2019
Outcome Category:
Suspended / Leave / Restrictions, Training / Counseling Required
Quote:
"The university chastised the professor in February 2019 for a “lack of appropriate professional behavior” and concluded he violated rules against sexual or gender-based harassment"..."Kashdan was barred from teaching graduate courses for two years and ordered to undergo sexual harassment prevention training. But the university allowed him to continue teaching undergraduates, without notifying the campus about the findings or punishment."
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Incident 7348
Status:
Resolved
Person:
Peter Pober
Role:
Faculty
Position:
Professor
Discipline:
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Specific Discipline:
Communications
Outcome Year:
2018
Outcome Category:
Retired
Quote:
"A George Mason University professor facing termination proceedings retired this spring amid accusations that he had sexually harassed a student, a claim that prompted others to come forward and say they had been harassed, interviews and documents show."
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Incident 7347
Status:
Resolved
Person:
James Feldkamp
Role:
Faculty
Position:
Adjunct Professor
Discipline:
Social and Behavioral Sciences, Criminology
Specific Discipline:
Criminology
Outcome Year:
2017
Outcome Category:
No Longer Employed (includes Fired and Contract Non-renewal)
Quote:
"Feldkamp worked at GMU for the past eight years, teaching a specialty course on the theory and practice of terrorism, but a university spokesperson said he doesn't work there anymore."
"A man who twice ran for Congress in Oregon has been charged with secretly recording himself having consensual sex with a university student in Virginia.
The Register-Guard reports that Jim Feldkamp faces a charge of nonconsensually filming a person in the nude. In Virginia, it's a misdemeanor, punishable by up to a year in jail."
"A man who twice ran for Congress in Oregon has been charged with secretly recording himself having consensual sex with a university student in Virginia.
The Register-Guard reports that Jim Feldkamp faces a charge of nonconsensually filming a person in the nude. In Virginia, it's a misdemeanor, punishable by up to a year in jail."
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Incident 7346
Status:
Resolved
Person:
George E. Walker
Role:
Faculty
Position:
Professor
Discipline:
Arts and Humanities
Specific Discipline:
History
Outcome Year:
1993
Outcome Category:
Criminal Plea / Conviction
Quote:
"A history professor at George Mason University has agreed to plead no contest to a charge that he sexually assaulted a female student in his office last summer, according to county General District Court records.
George E. Walker, 46, who has been at the university in Fairfax for 18 years, faces up to a year in jail and a $2,500 fine when he is sentenced on Nov. 18, a law enforcement official said. According to records, Walker agreed to the no-contest plea after authorities dropped a second charge that he had assaulted another student, a male, last summer."
George E. Walker, 46, who has been at the university in Fairfax for 18 years, faces up to a year in jail and a $2,500 fine when he is sentenced on Nov. 18, a law enforcement official said. According to records, Walker agreed to the no-contest plea after authorities dropped a second charge that he had assaulted another student, a male, last summer."
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Incident 8991
Status:
Ongoing
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Position:
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