August 2, 2009

Sexual-Harassment Complaint and Accusations Beset Professor's Bid for Tenure

By Robin Wilson

As of Friday, Janice Harper was no longer an assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. In a lawsuit she filed last spring in chancery court in Knoxville, Ms. Harper says her colleagues turned against her and the university denied her tenure after she complained of sexual harassment by a popular male lecturer.

But the case isn't that simple. Since Ms. Harper originally complained about the lecturer, in October 2007, she has faced some bizarre

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