Faculty Object to Comaroff’s Return

Comaroff Harassment Controversy

Around 41 percent of respondents said they “strongly” agreed that Comaroff should not have been able to return to teaching courses, with about 13 percent saying they “somewhat” agreed. Nearly 15 percent of faculty respondents said they somewhat or strongly disagreed, with more than 31 percent saying they neither agreed or disagreed.

Non-tenure-track faculty reported higher rates of objections than tenured and tenure-track faculty to Comaroff’s return to the classroom, at about 62 percent and 46 percent, respectively. Female-identifying respondents also reported higher rates of objections to his return than male-identifying respondents, at about 67 percent to 44 percent, respectively.

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Many respondents said they did not have enough information to judge whether Harvard’s response was too severe or too lenient, with one writing that this was “the limitation of a non-transparent system.”

Others objected to recent calls for harsher sanctions against Comaroff.

“He wasn’t found guilty. Either we agree to the system in place or not but we cannot agree with it only when it produces results we like,” one respondent wrote. “This is not [serious] and not just.” more resources than we had before — we have all these amazing things that are coming down the pipe — that the admissions office follows suit, and prioritizes recruiting Native and Indigenous students,” Hogg said. asher.montgomery@thecrimson.com

Title IX at Harvard Faculty respondents also weighed in on the University’s Title IX policies and practices more generally.

Hogg added that they believe the donations will make a positive difference in Indigenous studies at Harvard and beyond.

“This will be a huge game changer and it’ll make a lot of impact in Indian Country broadly,” they said.

Hogg added that the donation also held symbolic importance.

“It’s a big deal when an institution like Harvard says that a topic like this means enough and matters enough that $15 million should be allocated towards it,” Hogg said.

“It gives me a lot of hope,” they added.