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| | *[[University of Florida]] professor Don Samuelson was arrested for using a camera pen to secretly film under the skirts of two students.<ref>[http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/crime/college-professor-shot-student-upskirt-videos-864930 "Cops: Professor filmed student 'upskirt' videos"] (September 23, 2013). The Smoking Gun website/Documents/Crime.</ref> | | *[[University of Florida]] professor Don Samuelson was arrested for using a camera pen to secretly film under the skirts of two students.<ref>[http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/crime/college-professor-shot-student-upskirt-videos-864930 "Cops: Professor filmed student 'upskirt' videos"] (September 23, 2013). The Smoking Gun website/Documents/Crime.</ref> |
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| − | *Head of Millikin University’s psychology department, professor James St. James, killed his entire family as a teenager. <ref>Kemp, Joe (August 3, 2013). [http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/esteemed-illinois-professor-revealed-teen-killer-murdered-family-served-years-insanity-bid-article-1.1416663 "Esteemed Illinois professor revealed as teen killer who murdered his family—and served just six years after insanity bid"]. ''New York Daily News'' website/News/National.</ref> | + | *Head of Millikin University’s psychology department, professor James St. James, killed his entire family as a teenager.<ref>Kemp, Joe (August 3, 2013). [http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/esteemed-illinois-professor-revealed-teen-killer-murdered-family-served-years-insanity-bid-article-1.1416663 "Esteemed Illinois professor revealed as teen killer who murdered his family—and served just six years after insanity bid"]. ''New York Daily News'' website/News/National.</ref> |
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| | *(''Main articles: [[University of Alabama shootings]] and [[Amy Bishop]]'') A [[University of Alabama]] [[biology]] professor, [[Amy Bishop]], was arrested for shooting three fellow faculty members after being denied tenure.<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,585682,00.html "Motive in question as professor faces murder charge in Alabama campus shooting"] (February 13, 2010). Fox News website.</ref> Bishop has been described by her students as "a [[socialist]]".<ref>"Half Sigma" [a.k.a. "Lion"] (February 14, 2010). [http://halfsigma.typepad.com/half_sigma/2010/02/amy-bishop-story-gets-even-weirder.html "Amy Bishop story gets even weirder"]. Half Sigma blog. Archival blog of later [http://lionoftheblogosphere.wordpress.com/ Lion of the Blogosphere], retrieved February 25, 2016.</ref> | | *(''Main articles: [[University of Alabama shootings]] and [[Amy Bishop]]'') A [[University of Alabama]] [[biology]] professor, [[Amy Bishop]], was arrested for shooting three fellow faculty members after being denied tenure.<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,585682,00.html "Motive in question as professor faces murder charge in Alabama campus shooting"] (February 13, 2010). Fox News website.</ref> Bishop has been described by her students as "a [[socialist]]".<ref>"Half Sigma" [a.k.a. "Lion"] (February 14, 2010). [http://halfsigma.typepad.com/half_sigma/2010/02/amy-bishop-story-gets-even-weirder.html "Amy Bishop story gets even weirder"]. Half Sigma blog. Archival blog of later [http://lionoftheblogosphere.wordpress.com/ Lion of the Blogosphere], retrieved February 25, 2016.</ref> |
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| | * [[University of Wisconsin]] adjunct professor Victor M. Zamudio-Taylor resigned after being charged with viewing child-pornography in a campus computer laboratory.<ref>[http://badgerherald.com/news/2002/03/19/uwmilwaukee_professo.php "UW-Milwaukee professor arrested for child-pornography"] (March 19, 2002). ''The Badger Herald'' [University of Wisconsin - Madison] website/News.</ref> | | * [[University of Wisconsin]] adjunct professor Victor M. Zamudio-Taylor resigned after being charged with viewing child-pornography in a campus computer laboratory.<ref>[http://badgerherald.com/news/2002/03/19/uwmilwaukee_professo.php "UW-Milwaukee professor arrested for child-pornography"] (March 19, 2002). ''The Badger Herald'' [University of Wisconsin - Madison] website/News.</ref> |
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| − | * Concordia University professor Valery Fabrikant shot and killed four other professors in 1992. <ref>[http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/concordia-killer-turns-to-faint-hope-clause-in-bid-to-leave-jail-1.702240 "Concordia killer turns to faint hope clause in bid to leave jail"] (January 25, 2008). CBCNews website/News/Canada/Montreal.</ref> | + | * Concordia University professor Valery Fabrikant shot and killed four other professors in 1992.<ref>[http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/concordia-killer-turns-to-faint-hope-clause-in-bid-to-leave-jail-1.702240 "Concordia killer turns to faint hope clause in bid to leave jail"] (January 25, 2008). CBCNews website/News/Canada/Montreal.</ref> |
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| − | * A [[British]] university professor was jailed for ten months when convicted of plotting to defraud a hospital trust. <ref>Weaver, Maurice (June 26, 2001). [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1310232/Professor-plundered-research-cash.html "Professor plundered research cash"]. ''The Telegraph'' [U.K.] website/News/UK News.</ref> | + | * A [[British]] university professor was jailed for ten months when convicted of plotting to defraud a hospital trust.<ref>Weaver, Maurice (June 26, 2001). [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1310232/Professor-plundered-research-cash.html "Professor plundered research cash"]. ''The Telegraph'' [U.K.] website/News/UK News.</ref> |
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| | * [[French]] [[Marxist]] [[structuralist]] [[philosopher]] Professor [[Louis Althusser]] (1918-1990) killed his wife in 1980 and was afterwards confined to a psychiatric hospital. | | * [[French]] [[Marxist]] [[structuralist]] [[philosopher]] Professor [[Louis Althusser]] (1918-1990) killed his wife in 1980 and was afterwards confined to a psychiatric hospital. |
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| − | * Professor Daniel Storm, of the [[University of Washington]], flushed 4 liters of the flammable solvent ethyl ether down the sink, rather than pay the safe disposal fees. Assistant U.S. Attorney Jim Oesterle said that his using an axe to open the containers was particularly dangerous because a spark could easily have ignited the ether. <ref>Perry, Nick (March 8, 2007). [http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003607035_uwprof08m0.html "UW professor pleads guilty in waste case"]. ''The Seattle Times'' website/Seattle news.</ref> | + | * Professor Daniel Storm, of the [[University of Washington]], flushed 4 liters of the flammable solvent ethyl ether down the sink, rather than pay the safe disposal fees. Assistant U.S. Attorney Jim Oesterle said that his using an axe to open the containers was particularly dangerous because a spark could easily have ignited the ether.<ref>Perry, Nick (March 8, 2007). [http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003607035_uwprof08m0.html "UW professor pleads guilty in waste case"]. ''The Seattle Times'' website/Seattle news.</ref> |
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| − | * An Associate Professor at Youngstown State University was locked up and fined $50 after baring his buttocks in front of children at a county fair. <ref>Olin, Angela and Tabak, Elizabeth (September 4, 2003). [http://web.archive.org/web/20080314120514/http://www.thejambar.com/home/index.cfm?event=displayArticlePrinterFriendly&uStory_id=38283b71-1223-4e85-929f-ba0f932d5366 "Professor jailed for disorderly conduct"]. The Jambar [Youngstown State University, Youngstown, Ohio] website. Retrieved from March 14, 2008 archive at Internet Archive.</ref> | + | * An Associate Professor at Youngstown State University was locked up and fined $50 after baring his buttocks in front of children at a county fair.<ref>Olin, Angela and Tabak, Elizabeth (September 4, 2003). [http://web.archive.org/web/20080314120514/http://www.thejambar.com/home/index.cfm?event=displayArticlePrinterFriendly&uStory_id=38283b71-1223-4e85-929f-ba0f932d5366 "Professor jailed for disorderly conduct"]. The Jambar [Youngstown State University, Youngstown, Ohio] website. Retrieved from March 14, 2008 archive at Internet Archive.</ref> |
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| | * Philosophy professor [[Abimael Guzman]] of the National University of San Cristobal de Huamanga in [[Peru]] founded the bloodthirsty [[Shining Path]] organization, one of the most violent terrorist groups of recent decades. | | * Philosophy professor [[Abimael Guzman]] of the National University of San Cristobal de Huamanga in [[Peru]] founded the bloodthirsty [[Shining Path]] organization, one of the most violent terrorist groups of recent decades. |
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| | * A childcare lecturer at Athlone Institute of Technology, [[Ireland]], was convicted of sexual assault while on a trip to [[Amsterdam]]. Despite this, AIT let him keep his job—until the crime was exposed in the local media.<ref>[http://www.breakingnews.ie/archives/2008/0415/ireland/mhojqlidcwid/ "Childcare lecturer worked on despite knowledge of sex assault"] (April 15, 2008). BreakingNews.ie website/Archives/Ireland.</ref> | | * A childcare lecturer at Athlone Institute of Technology, [[Ireland]], was convicted of sexual assault while on a trip to [[Amsterdam]]. Despite this, AIT let him keep his job—until the crime was exposed in the local media.<ref>[http://www.breakingnews.ie/archives/2008/0415/ireland/mhojqlidcwid/ "Childcare lecturer worked on despite knowledge of sex assault"] (April 15, 2008). BreakingNews.ie website/Archives/Ireland.</ref> |
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| − | * A lecturer in sexual health at the University College of Medicine, [[Cardiff]], [[United Kingdom]] was fined £3,000 for child pornography offenses. <ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/1497151.stm Convicted health lecturer struck off"] (August 17, 2001). BBC News website/U.K. news/Wales.</ref> | + | * A lecturer in sexual health at the University College of Medicine, [[Cardiff]], [[United Kingdom]] was fined £3,000 for child pornography offenses.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/1497151.stm Convicted health lecturer struck off"] (August 17, 2001). BBC News website/U.K. news/Wales.</ref> |
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| | * Professor Antonio Lasagna of the ultra-liberal [[Yale University]] was convicted of child pornography and of molesting a child. The crimes were committed on campus.<ref>Diskant, Ted (February 22, 2002). [http://web.archive.org/web/20020523122736/http://www.yaleherald.com/article.php?Article=359 "After sentencing, Lasaga, Yale face civil suit"]. ''The Yale Herald'' website. Retrieved from May 23, 2002 archive at Internet Archive.</ref> | | * Professor Antonio Lasagna of the ultra-liberal [[Yale University]] was convicted of child pornography and of molesting a child. The crimes were committed on campus.<ref>Diskant, Ted (February 22, 2002). [http://web.archive.org/web/20020523122736/http://www.yaleherald.com/article.php?Article=359 "After sentencing, Lasaga, Yale face civil suit"]. ''The Yale Herald'' website. Retrieved from May 23, 2002 archive at Internet Archive.</ref> |
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| | * [[University of Georgia]] professor George Zinkhan shot and killed his wife and two others at a community theatre in [[Athens, Georgia]], then was found dead a few days later.<ref>Agence France-Presse (April 26, 2009). [http://www.theage.com.au/world/university-professor-kills-three-in-us-20090426-aj34.html "University professor kills three in US"]. ''The Age'' [Melbourne, Victoria, Australia] website/World.</ref> | | * [[University of Georgia]] professor George Zinkhan shot and killed his wife and two others at a community theatre in [[Athens, Georgia]], then was found dead a few days later.<ref>Agence France-Presse (April 26, 2009). [http://www.theage.com.au/world/university-professor-kills-three-in-us-20090426-aj34.html "University professor kills three in US"]. ''The Age'' [Melbourne, Victoria, Australia] website/World.</ref> |
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| − | * A hundred [[German]] professors were investigated for accepting [[bribe]]s in exchange for helping students get their doctoral degrees. One professor confessed to accepting more than 200,000 [[Euro]]s because he needed to renovate his mansion. <ref>Rising, David (August 23, 2009). [http://staugustine.com/stories/082309/world_1878479.shtml#.Vti3BfkrKWg "Germany: 100 professors suspected of taking Ph.D. bribes"]. Associated Press. Republished at ''The St. Augustine Record'' website/August 23, 2009.</ref> | + | * A hundred [[German]] professors were investigated for accepting [[bribe]]s in exchange for helping students get their doctoral degrees. One professor confessed to accepting more than 200,000 [[Euro]]s because he needed to renovate his mansion.<ref>Rising, David (August 23, 2009). [http://staugustine.com/stories/082309/world_1878479.shtml#.Vti3BfkrKWg "Germany: 100 professors suspected of taking Ph.D. bribes"]. Associated Press. Republished at ''The St. Augustine Record'' website/August 23, 2009.</ref> |
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| | * [[Simone de Beauvoir]], in 1943, was charged with abducting Nathalie Sorokine, a minor and one of her best students, by Nathalie's parents. Although her abducting a minor would have resulted in a jail sentence, mutual friends of Beauvoir intervened and she was acquitted, although she nonetheless had her teaching license revoked and was banned from ever teaching again within [[France]]'s borders.<ref>Multiple references: | | * [[Simone de Beauvoir]], in 1943, was charged with abducting Nathalie Sorokine, a minor and one of her best students, by Nathalie's parents. Although her abducting a minor would have resulted in a jail sentence, mutual friends of Beauvoir intervened and she was acquitted, although she nonetheless had her teaching license revoked and was banned from ever teaching again within [[France]]'s borders.<ref>Multiple references: |
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| | * [[Michel Foucault]], during the January 1969 Student Protests at the University of Vincennes in France, proceeded to "gleefully" throw stones at the police trying to control the [[riot]]. He was also one of the few faculty members to participate actively in the protests alongside the students.<ref>Kimball, Roger (March 1993). [http://www.newcriterion.com/articles.cfm/The-perversions-of-M--Foucault-4714 "The perversions of M. Foucault"]. Review of ''On the Passion of Michel Foucault'' by James Miller. ''The New Criterion'' website/Features.</ref> | | * [[Michel Foucault]], during the January 1969 Student Protests at the University of Vincennes in France, proceeded to "gleefully" throw stones at the police trying to control the [[riot]]. He was also one of the few faculty members to participate actively in the protests alongside the students.<ref>Kimball, Roger (March 1993). [http://www.newcriterion.com/articles.cfm/The-perversions-of-M--Foucault-4714 "The perversions of M. Foucault"]. Review of ''On the Passion of Michel Foucault'' by James Miller. ''The New Criterion'' website/Features.</ref> |
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| − | * [[Walter Lewin|Walter Hendrik Gustav Lewin]], astrophysicist, retired [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] professor, and producer of the most popular physics video lectures on [[MIT OpenCourseWare]]. There is some controversy about these videos because a 32-year-old French married woman, Faïza Harbi, suffering from psychological disorders watched some of them and was pressured by Lewin to send him some naked selfies. <ref>"Shortly after contacting her, Harbi said, Lewin quickly moved their friendship into uncomfortable territory, and she was pushed to participate in online sexual role-playing and send naked pictures and videos of herself. After about 10 months, Harbi said, she resumed self-mutilating after seven years of not doing so. The harassment, however, “started day one,” Harbi said. Eventually, she said she discovered she was one of many women, which MIT confirmed. Harbi last October sent MIT a packet of more than 100 chat logs, emails, pictures, recordings and screenshots to document the harassment against her and other women." Straumsheim, Carl (January 23, 2015). [http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2015/01/23/complainant-unprecedented-walter-lewin-sexual-harassment-case-comes-forward "Complainant in 'unprecedented' Walter Lewin sexual harassment case comes forward: 'We all felt trapped'"]. ''Inside Higher Ed'' website. Accessed February 22, 2015.</ref> MIT apparently had some concerns that this caused a [[Title IX]] violation, and cut ties with Lewin and the videos. | + | * [[Walter Lewin|Walter Hendrik Gustav Lewin]], astrophysicist, retired [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] professor, and producer of the most popular physics video lectures on [[MIT OpenCourseWare]]. There is some controversy about these videos because a 32-year-old French married woman, Faïza Harbi, suffering from psychological disorders watched some of them and was pressured by Lewin to send him some naked selfies.<ref>"Shortly after contacting her, Harbi said, Lewin quickly moved their friendship into uncomfortable territory, and she was pushed to participate in online sexual role-playing and send naked pictures and videos of herself. After about 10 months, Harbi said, she resumed self-mutilating after seven years of not doing so. The harassment, however, “started day one,” Harbi said. Eventually, she said she discovered she was one of many women, which MIT confirmed. Harbi last October sent MIT a packet of more than 100 chat logs, emails, pictures, recordings and screenshots to document the harassment against her and other women." Straumsheim, Carl (January 23, 2015). [http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2015/01/23/complainant-unprecedented-walter-lewin-sexual-harassment-case-comes-forward "Complainant in 'unprecedented' Walter Lewin sexual harassment case comes forward: 'We all felt trapped'"]. ''Inside Higher Ed'' website. Accessed February 22, 2015.</ref> MIT apparently had some concerns that this caused a [[Title IX]] violation, and cut ties with Lewin and the videos. |
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