Erased: Ending faculty sexual misconduct in academia an open letter from women of public affairs education
| Author | Sarah Young,Kimberly Wiley |
| Published date | 01 July 2022 |
| Date | 01 July 2022 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1177/09520767211015408 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
2022, Vol. 37(3) 255 –260
Erased: Ending faculty
sexual misconduct in
academia an open letter
from women of public
affairs education
Sarah Young
University of North Georgia, Gainesville, GA, USA
Kimberly Wiley
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
Editorial note: This letter is being published simultaneously in Public Policy and
Administration and Teaching Public Administration.
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Public Policy and Administration and Teaching Public Administration have taken
the extraordinary step of publishing this text due to the importance of the issue in
light of recent events and revelations that have given rise to social movements such
as #MeToo. It is incumbent on the academy and higher education at large to
stamp out sexual misconduct within its own ranks. This letter is a powerful first
call to action. It cannot and should not be ignored.
Erased: Ending Faculty Misconduct
The #MeToo movement is descending upon the walls of the ivory tower. The day
of reckoning has come for academia to end teaching staff
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sexual misconduct. As
women of public
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and third sector
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education, we demand to be heard.
The issue of teaching staff perpetrating sexual misconduct is prevalent within
academia, and more specifically, in graduate education programmes. In the United
Corresponding author:
Sarah Young, University of North Georgia, 3820 Mundy Mill Road, Oakwood, GA 30566, USA.
Email: slhinkelyoung@ung.edu
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