{"id":1309,"date":"2016-01-13T03:24:27","date_gmt":"2016-01-12T19:24:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/01\/13\/congresswoman-reveals-prominent-astronomy-professors-history-of-sexual-harassment\/"},"modified":"2016-01-13T03:24:27","modified_gmt":"2016-01-12T19:24:27","slug":"congresswoman-reveals-prominent-astronomy-professors-history-of-sexual-harassment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/01\/13\/congresswoman-reveals-prominent-astronomy-professors-history-of-sexual-harassment\/","title":{"rendered":"Congresswoman reveals prominent astronomy professor's history of sexual harassment"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A U.S. congresswoman is calling out a leading astronomy educator who violated the sexual harassment policy at the University of Arizona, saying the case highlights a larger problem of holding known offenders accountable in higher education.<\/p>\n

The astronomer, Timothy Frederick Slater, now holds a prestigious position at the University of Wyoming, where he conducts research and mentors graduate students. But a 2004 investigation<\/a> at Arizona concluded that Slater created a hostile work environment by regularly subjecting students and employees to unwanted sexual conduct \u2014 such as gifting a student a cucumber-shaped vibrator, going to strip clubs for lunch and openly commenting on women\u2019s bodies. Read more…<\/a><\/p>\n

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