Records show CSU administrators verbally abused and sexually harassed employees at six campuses. Details of the harassment cases were revealed Friday.
State University, Bakersfield, was fired for viewing pornography on his work computer; a dean at CSU Monterey Bay harassed and demeaned female employees, and an administrator at Sonoma State University "asserted his dominance" over a female co-worker and became violent when she rebuffed his advances, records of harassment cases the California State University system released Friday show.
CSU released the first round of summaries Friday afternoon, showing five previously unreported cases at four campuses. At CSU Bakersfield, Vice President for University Advancement David Melendez was found, after an investigation, that in 2016 he viewed "inappropriate websites of sexual nature at work." A CSU news release announcing his hiring in Bakersfield stated that Melendez had previously worked at UCLA, CSU Northridge and Chapman University in Orange County.
At Sonoma State, Colin Perry, an administrator, was placed on administrative leave for making inappropriate comments in 2019 about a woman's physical appearance and expressing his desire to date her. Perry allegedly made frequent inappropriate comments about female employees' appearances and shared provocative and explicit photos, the summary stated.
CSU Board Chair Lillian Kimbell did not respond to a request for comment. But in March, CSU's board of trustees unanimously approved a statewide review of Title IX practices across the system, a review of sexual harassment complaints at Fresno State, and launched a task force to examine separation agreements with executives.
Fresno State received at least 12 complaints of sexual harassment involving Lamas over a six-year period, USA Today reported. Federal law known as Title IX prohibits sexual discrimination in an education program that receives federal financial assistance. Castro resigned as chancellor but remains employed by the university. CSU trustees have hired an outside law firm to investigate his actions.
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