Court recommends UGA clear harassment charges against former journalism dean
A U.S. District Court recommended Friday the University clear former Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication Dean John Soloski of charges he sexually harassed a coworker.
Faculty react to ombudspersons hire
Since the University decided to save budget money by asking faculty members to serve as ombudspersons, administrators must put extra effort into ensuring independent judgment on harassment cases, p...
UGA hires ombudspersons
University hires ombudspersons to deal with sexual harassment complaints
Adams directs faculty on harassment policies
The University administration continues in its efforts to train faculty on sexual harassment policies, an administrator said. Senior administration began training sessions in May with an outside c...
Red & Black opinion: Agree to disagree
Agree to disagree Whether you support or oppose him, the keynote speaker sparks needed debate. In the University Council meeting Tuesday, protesters expressed their concern about the University's ...
President Adams backs decision to invite Thomas
Despite some opposition, University President Michael Adams' message Tuesday to University Council was a clear one: He's standing by his choice of Associate U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thom...
Views vary on keynote speaker Thomas
Student and faculty reactions remain mixed about U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas speaking at graduation due to past allegations of sexual harassment against him. During a semester in whi...
Clarence Thomas as commencement speaker elicits negative response
Clarence Thomas, a United States associate Supreme Court justice, will be the keynote speaker at graduation on May 10, according to Tom Jackson, vice president for public affairs. Thomas, who was ...
Todd McCorkle: Doing nothing for $94,000
WANTED: Administrative Specialist-Managerial SALARY: $94,464 JOB DUTIES: None CONTACT: University of Georgia Athletic Department Who's interested in a nearly six-figure salary to do nothing? So...
Equal Opportunity Office to expand duties
n the basement of Peabody Hall on North Campus, there sits a man who, for the last 28 years, has called himself the University's "Unknown Soldier in the war on ignorance." "When I win, nobody hear...
Legal Affairs head evaluates harassment
I am a feminist," Stephen Shewmaker said as he spoke before a psychology of women Thursday. Shewmaker, executive director for the Office of Legal Affairs, lectured to the about his role in the rec...
Mark Jensen: Professor resigns amid allegations, while another returns to class
As the University makes changes in the way it will handle sexual harassment, one professor returned to the this week and another resigned following separate harassment investigations. Charles Doyl...
Letter from Michael Adams
Stephen M. Shellman: SPIA professor quits, documents detail 'alcohol problem'
"Drunken" nights with undergraduates and an "emotional affair" with a female student led a professor known for bringing in hundreds of thousands in grant money to resign after he was found in viola...
UGA to adjust policy: Ombuds to deal with harassment
University President Michael Adams issued a plan to create three ombudspersons by Oct. 1 to address sexual harassment issues, and several faculty said they wonder who he will choose and how they wi...
Terrorism expert resigns amid sexual harassment investigation
An international affairs professor has resigned after a University investigation of sexual harassment complaints against him. Assistant professor Stephen Shellman told The Red & Black on Monday he...
Doyle takes hiatus from classroom
A University professor has taken administrative leave resulting from the school's investigation into claims of sexual harassment. Charles Doyle, associate professor of English, left the last month.
Blount resigns at UTSA after harassment complaints
A former University professor who faced sexual harassment allegations during his time at the University and at a later job in Texas resigned from his post in Texas last week, according to news repo...
Report: Harassment allegations follow ex-University professor to Texas
Benjamin G. Blount, a former University professor of anthropology who resigned in the wake of a sexual harassment investigation against him, harassed a female graduate student while working at his ...
History professors charge to front lines of harassment debate
Within LeConte Hall, wars are fought like clockwork, hundreds of years after the fact. Chancellorsville today, Gettysburg tomorrow, Chickamauga by week's end. Armed with chalk, dry erase markers ...
Ben Blount: Sexual harassment allegations don't hinder professor's career
A former University professor resigned and obtained a new job in academia before his sexual harassment investigation was completed. Anthropology professor Benjamin G. Blount left the University in...
UGA has no ombudsmen office
Though the University is similar to other schools in how it handles violations of harassment policies, it differs from its aspirational institutions by lacking an independent office to handle conce...
Charles Doyle: Documents detail second case of sexual harassment
After an associate professor was twice found in violation of the University's harassment policy, female students continued to log complaints against him but he received no further punishment from t...
University president Michael Adams addresses 'silence' concerns
University President Michael Adams spoke Thursday about the administration's handling of sexual harassment on campus, expressed a need to prevent future incidents and said he will listen to suggest...
Faculty circulating sexual harassment petition
A group of University professors have drafted a petition calling for stronger action by administrators against sexual harassment complaints. The petition is in response to a series of Red & Black a...
Students react to Bender accusations
Administration: UGA had no duty to warn students
Special education professor William Bender was found in September to have sexually harassed female students, but according to some in the administration, other students had no right to know. "I'm ...
William Bender: 20 Years of Shame
William Neil Bender, who teaches in the Communication Sciences and Special Education Department, has faced numerous accusations of harassment spanning back to 1988, the year when many of today's fr...
