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...Docket Committee also addressed Berkowitz's allegation that Thompson, with whom Berkowitz has clashed on matters of scholarship, might have exercised undue influence in his tenure review. This claim is based on two conditions of Thompson's position at the University...
First, according to Berkowitz, the potential for procedural impropriety in his tenure review arose from Thompson's serving both as a government department Faculty member--and thus as a collegial reviewer of Berkowitz's candidacy--and in an administrative capacity at the University...
Second, Berkowitz stated in his grievance, Thompson compromised his review because he is the husband of Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Carol J. Thompson, whose duties include administrative functions related to Faculty appointments...
They also rejected Berkowitz's claim that Thompson's spousal relationship with the associate dean--someone over whom the associate provost could exercise authority, according to Berkowitz--violates the University's published Sexual Harassment and Unprofessional Conduct Guidelines...
...response, Berkowitz reiterated the charge stated in his original grievance filing that the associate provost's "multiple and far-ranging tasks" created a conflict of interest for Thompson in the tenure review of a colleague whose promotion he opposed...