Word: dominguez
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...writing to express our deep concern regarding Harvard University's handling of the sexual harassment case brought against Jorge I. Dominguez, professor of Government, and to state our dismay at the University's public silence on this issue. As undergraduate students writing theses in Latin American studies, we speak only for ourselves, but we know that many students and faculty members privately echo our sentiments. Some are unwilling to speak out because of their sense of professional discretion; others are unable to speak publicly because of fear of reprisal...
...Dominguez case has reduced Harvard's once vibrant Latin American studies program to a near shadow existence. Because key Latin American political scientists, Professors Terry Karl and Samuel Valenzuela, are on leave, we are faced with insufficient faculty coverage in Latin American studies. Those of us who choose to pursue these studies and write theses in this area are now left with the unacceptable prospect of having to work with Professor Dominguez, the only professor left in this field...
WHEN WORD got out last week that Jorge I. Dominguez, a tenured professor in Government, has been discriplined for sexually harassing an assistant professor in the department, many people were stunned. Their sickened surprise is testimony to just how far Harvard still has to go to combat the problem of sexual harassment...
Despite extensive campus debate on the issue last year, many students, faculty and administrators seem to view the Dominguez case as an isolated incident. Informed opinion (and common sense) dictate otherwise: Although relatively few formal complaints are made each year, more than 80 cases were directly or indirectly reported last year and many more doubtless go altogether unreported...
...Dominguez is listed in the course catalogue as teaching two graduate courses this semester: a seminar in comparative politics and a class in U.S. -Latin American relations...