April 18, 2015

Updated(2): Former Woman Professor Sues Harvard University For Unlawful Bias, Gets Tenure At Tufts University


Posted March 13, 2015 5:32 PM ET; Last updated April 14, 2015 7:36 PM ET


Kimberly Theidon


http://tuftsdaily.com/news/2015/04/14/kimberly-theidon-to-begin-as-professor-at-fletcher-this-fall/

Kimberly Theidon to begin as professor at Fletcher this fall
BY PATRICK MCGRATH
APRIL 14, 2015

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[From article]
Kimberly Theidon, a former Harvard professor who in March filed a lawsuit against Harvard for denying her tenure, has received tenure at Tufts University’s Fletcher School of International Affairs and will begin teaching there in the fall. Her appointment begins July 1.
Theidon, who was an associate anthropology professor at Harvard, will teach courses about human security at the Tufts graduate school as their Henry J. Leir Professor of International Humanitarian Studies when she begins teaching in September. For the past year, she has held the position of associate research professor at the Fletcher School, also serving as a fellow at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, D.C.

http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2015/4/3/theidon-receives-tenure-tufts/

Former Professor Suing University Granted Tenure At Tufts
By MEG P. BERNHARD
Harvard CRIMSON STAFF WRITER
April 3, 2015
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[From article]
The complaint—which names Harvard and the Harvard Corporation as defendants—reiterates several allegations that Theidon previously made in a complaint she filed roughly a year ago with the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination alleging that Harvard’s decision to deny her tenure violated the federal anti-sex discrimination law Title IX. She later withdrew that complaint and indicated her plans to sue the University.
Prior to filing the initial charge, Theidon had appealed Harvard’s decision to deny her tenure.
Theidon’s Thursday complaint alleges that Harvard “retaliat[ed] against her by denying her tenure immediately after and because...she supported” a student campaign to reexamine the school’s response to complaints of sexual assault.
Additionally, Theidon alleges in the complaint that she was denied tenure because she opposed what she viewed as a “sexually hostile environment” for women who complained about sexual assault and harassment at Harvard. Finally, the 34-page complaint alleges that the University denied Theidon tenure because of her gender.

http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2015/3/13/theidon-files-lawsuit-tenure/

Former Professor Files Federal Lawsuit in Response to Tenure Denial
By MEG P. BERNHARD,
Harvard CRIMSON STAFF WRITER
March 13, 2015

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