This week, the UCLA announced that the University of California had reached a settlement with Nefertiti Takla and Kristen Hillarie Glasgow, two graduate students in the Department of History at UCLA. The two women had filed a lawsuit against the UC Board of Regents in June 2015 claiming that UCLA officials violated Title IX of the Education Amendment of 1972 in their response to separate sexual harrassment complaints by each woman against Professor Gabriel Piterberg. News of the lawsuit sparked a series of public statements by several students and faculty members at UCLA condemning Piterberg, calling for his removal, or both. The case garnered national attention from academics, graduate students, and others both within the field of Middle East studies and beyond.
The case came to light at a time when universities in general and the UC in particular were center stage for discussions about the need for more thoroughly identifying and addressing sexism on campus, particularly
Breaking News: UCLA Graduate Students’ Lawsuit Alleges Sexual Harassment
Document: Text of Settlement Agreement between the UC Regents and Professor Gabriel Piterberg
Daily Bruin Editorial: UCLA Failed to Properly Punish Professor Involved in Title IX Lawsuit
Document: Memorandum from Several History Department Faculty
Media Coverage: UCLA Community Protests Professor’s Punishment for Sex Harassment
Daily Bruin Editorial: UCLA Should Offer Severance Package to Piterberg to Protect Community
Document: Official Statement by UCLA Vice Chancellor of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
Document: Public Petition Calling for Dismissal of Gabriel Piterberg
Breaking News: UCLA Settles Lawsuit with Students Alleging Title IX Violations