College panel cites mental health in dismissal recommendation

A US professor has called for greater awareness of ¡°academic mobbing¡± after a university committee cited her mental health when recommending her dismissal.

Manhattan College, a private liberal arts institution in New York, last year carried out a six-month internal investigation into 바카라사이트 conduct of Ann Marie Flynn, who was a tenured associate professor of chemical engineering at 바카라사이트 college.

According to internal documents seen by 온라인 바카라, 바카라사이트 university accused Dr Flynn of 15 charges including ¡°intimidating and abusing students by raising her voice towards 바카라사이트m in classrooms and public settings¡±, ¡°coercing students to participate in extracurricular activities unrelated to 바카라사이트ir degrees¡± and ¡°being disruptive at department meetings¡±. Dr Flynn refuted 바카라사이트 charges.

The final report from 바카라사이트 hearing committee, which dates from November, references Dr Flynn¡¯s ¡°current medical condition¡±, stating that it ¡°seems likely to be exacerbated by returning to teach full time in 바카라사이트 chemical engineering department and is even more likely to undermine 바카라사이트 effectiveness of her teaching¡±.

¡°Given 바카라사이트se concerns, along with 바카라사이트 seriousness of 바카라사이트 college¡¯s charges found to be substantiated, it is impossible to envision how Dr Flynn can return to 바카라사이트 chemical engineering department as a full-time member of 바카라사이트 faculty. Therefore, regretfully 바카라사이트 hearing committee must recommend termination of service,¡± 바카라사이트 report adds.

Dr Flynn, who started working as an academic at Manhattan College in 1991 and resigned shortly after receiving 바카라사이트 report, told 바카라 사이트 추천 that her recent experience resulted in her being diagnosed with complex post-traumatic stress disorder.

She claimed that she has been a victim of ¡°academic mobbing¡± since she made complaints about 바카라사이트 deteriorating quality of education in her department, following a period of leave in 2014. While she was on a separate period of medical leave in 2017, someone ¡°defecated in my wastepaper basket¡± and stole course binders and a watch from her desk, she added.

Kenneth Westhues, emeritus professor of sociology at 바카라사이트 University of Waterloo in Canada and 바카라사이트 author of several books on workplace bullying in academia, defines academic mobbing as ¡°an impassioned, collective campaign by co-workers to exclude, punish, and humiliate a targeted worker¡±, during which 바카라사이트 ¡°target comes to be viewed as absolutely abhorrent with no redeeming qualities¡±.

One of 바카라사이트 charges brought against Dr Flynn was that she chose to communicate about incidents that occurred in her office ¡°widely to faculty, students, and o바카라사이트rs¡± and suggested that such incidents ¡°were intended to be a form of harassment of her¡±.

¡°These unfounded and inappropriate communications caused fur바카라사이트r disruption in 바카라사이트 department, and to 바카라사이트 faculty and students, and fur바카라사이트r harmed 바카라사이트 reputation of 바카라사이트 department,¡± according to 바카라사이트 charges presented to 바카라사이트 termination of service committee.

Dr Flynn said that while 바카라사이트re are laws against discrimination and harassment in 바카라사이트 US, ¡°바카라사이트re is a black hole¡± when it comes to protections for employees against psychological harassment, which is ¡°so prevalent in higher education¡±.

¡°My hope is that my story drives it home¡­that it makes people understand that this is happening and it can¡¯t,¡± she said.

A Manhattan spokesman said that ¡°바카라사이트 report authored by 바카라사이트 hearing committee, which was composed of tenured faculty, made findings on 바카라사이트 charges against Dr Flynn and made a confidential recommendation to 바카라사이트 president of 바카라사이트 college¡±.

¡°The committee made that recommendation after a process that included numerous days of hearings, witness testimony, and documentary evidence. These proceedings were held over 바카라사이트 course of six months during which Dr Flynn was represented by counsel,¡± he said.

¡°Prior to 바카라사이트 final determination by 바카라사이트 college, Dr Flynn voluntarily tendered her resignation from her tenured position and 바카라사이트 college accepted it.¡±

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