Married prominent Harvard professor with tenure is placed on administrative leave following 18 accusations of sexual harassment spanning decades
Jorge Dominguez has been placed on administrative leave following more than 18 allegations of sexual harassment
Junior professor Terry Karl accused him of sexual harassment in 1983 and he was put on leave from his administrative duties
She claims he repeatedly propositioned her, groped and kissed her and told her he was going to be in charge of determining her success at Harvard
Though he was disciplined Karl was still uncomfortable and left Harvard
Other women read about Karl’s case and didn’t feel comfortable filing their own allegations because he was still a prominent and respected professor
He was made vice provost of Harvard’s international affairs department in 2006
Nienke Grossman and Suzanna Challen reached out to Karl with their stories in November 2017 after the #MeToo movement gained momentum
Now more than 18 women have accused Dominguez of similar actions
Department of international affairs doesn’t have the power to fire Dominguez, because he has tenure, so it will be decided by the Harvard Corporation
Dominguez, 72, is married and has two daughters
By ABIGAIL MILLER
DAILYMAIL.COM
5 March 2018
A prominent professor in Harvard’s international relations department has been placed on leave after decades of sexual harassment allegations were unveiled.
Jorge Dominguez cultivated a ‘creepy older man’ reputation for himself during his time working as a government professor at Harvard. The 72-year-old is married and has two daughters.
In 1983 he was found guilty of ‘serious misconduct’ by the ivy-league university after Terry Karl, a junior professor in the department, alleged he repeatedly groped, kissed and propositioned her.
Now, in light of the #metoo movement, Dr Karl recalled the harassment she suffered to The Chronicle of Higher Education.
After her story was published last month, 17 additional women have come forward with similar stories about Domingez – claiming he touched them inappropriately and that they even dropped classes and abandoned projects to avoid being around him.
When Karl first reported Dominguez to Harvard she said she had never heard of the term ‘sexual harassment’.
But she still knew the actions were inappropriate, and wrote to administrators, met with her higher-ups, called for better reporting practices and filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
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