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What has been reported publicly about abuse at this school, newest first. Each entry describes its legal or disciplinary status as reported and links to the original source.

2015

College staff misconduct · Accused: professor of German and comparative literature (doctoral advisor)

Years of abuse: 2012-2015

A former graduate student reported that his doctoral advisor, a professor of German and comparative literature, engaged in unwanted physical contact and sent sexual messages over about three years beginning in 2012.

Status: Found responsible in an 11-month NYU Title IX investigation for inappropriate physical contact and sexual communications; claims of sexual assault, stalking and retaliation were not substantiated. The professor denied the allegations.

Response: NYU suspended the professor for the 2018-19 academic year.

Source 1 (2018-08-13)

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