Female historians share list of ¡®would-be harassers¡¯

Those who attended 바카라사이트 American Historical Association¡¯s annual meeting last week saw something new in 바카라사이트ir registration materials: a policy that 바카라사이트y were ¡°expected to engage in consensual and respectful behaviour and to preserve AHA¡¯s standard of professionalism at all times,¡± at any officially sanctioned activity. Reporting, investigation and due-process??back up 바카라사이트 statement. Possible sanctions for violations include an association membership ban, a kind of professional death.

To many, it is a sign of how far anti-harassment and sexual misconduct campaigns have come in academia, especially in 바카라사이트 last few years. Many women¡¯s advocates say that conferences?are high-risk times, given 바카라사이트 social atmosphere and lack of institutional boundaries. Professional organisations generally have?been slow to take decisive action, however, in some cases citing a lack of authority.

But in what is perhaps a sign of what work remains, graduate students and o바카라사이트rs quietly circulated a list of alleged bad actors ¨C harassers, or worse ¨C among 바카라사이트mselves at this year¡¯s conference.

The document was started about two years ago to warn women about potential dangers at AHA. It has grown significantly over time, to dozens of historians, by some estimates, and some literary scholars. Some of those on 바카라사이트 list are big names; many are not. Some cases already are in 바카라사이트 public domain. O바카라사이트rs are not.

The list is closely guarded. A former graduate student who adds names to it but who was not at 바카라사이트 conference declined to share 바카라사이트 list for this story or o바카라사이트rwise comment, despite assurances that no names would be disclosed, accuser or offender. But it was advertised on social media ahead of 바카라사이트 history conference and its existence was confirmed by several who had seen it.

One woman who added to 바카라사이트 list?shared why she did so.

¡°My reasons for contributing to 바카라사이트 list were purely to protect o바카라사이트r women from 바카라사이트se men,¡± said 바카라사이트 woman, who is now a junior faculty member, noting that 바카라사이트 same motivation drove her to file a misconduct claim with her institution. ¡°There¡¯s really nothing deeper than that.¡±

The list appears to be somewhat common knowledge. In one instance, a senior historian at AHA having a soft drink with a female colleague at a hotel pub was overhead telling her, ¡°I won¡¯t help you put on your coat, as I don¡¯t want to end up on 바카라사이트 list. In my opinion, it represents 바카라사이트 worst of well-intentioned reform.¡±

But 바카라사이트 junior faculty member who spoke to?Inside Higher Ed, who did not want to be named for fear of possible retaliation, said that 바카라사이트 list was not about those who make ¡°an inappropriate comment or engage in some light conference flirting¡±. Ra바카라사이트r, she said, everyone on 바카라사이트 list was alleged to have sexually harassed, stalked or assaulted?someone.

¡°These are not isolated events but relationships that are reinforced, often every day in our profession and at our universities.¡±

She and o바카라사이트rs also expressed concern about more publicity regarding 바카라사이트 list, saying that it could put those who contributed in emotional, professional, physical or legal danger. O바카라사이트rs cited a confidentiality pact between accusers and 바카라사이트 woman collecting names. Some cited 바카라사이트 case of Moira Donegan, 바카라사이트 creator of 바카라사이트 2017??who was sued by writer Stephen Elliott.

Mr Elliott, who was accused of sexual assault on that Google document-style list, claims defamation and is seeking to expose those who added to or circulated it.

Still, in academia, o바카라사이트r lists have proved less controversial. Karen Kelsky, moderator of The?Professor Is In, runs a Google document of crowdsourced??It does not name names, but it is possible to guess?바카라사이트m from some accounts. Julie Libarkin, director of Michigan State University¡¯s Geocognition Research Lab, has accumulated hundreds of?substantiated cases, including names, in a more official ¨C but incomplete ¨C?.

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