May 7, 1999

A History Department Implodes Over Sex-Bias Charges and a Suicide

By COURTNEY LEATHERMAN

Riverside dispute raises issues about academic culture, gender, and measuring productivity

It has been nearly a decade since there has been any semblance of harmony in the history department at the University of California at Riverside.

For the last two years, the atmosphere has been especially toxic: Long-term accusations of sex discrimination, harassment, and even an alleged sexual assault have led to

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