Erased: ending faculty sexual misconduct in academia an open letter from women of public affairs education

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Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

Notes

1. We use the term “teaching staff” as it is the most universally generalisable. We use the term to refer to all professors, lecturers, tutors, and all others that teach within higher education.

2. While the boundaries of what is ‘public’ varies by on country, we use the term to refer to government and publicly controlled organizations.

3. The nonprofit, or voluntary sector, is referred to by several terms throughout the world. For the purpose of consistency and neutrality, and aligned with the International Society for Third-Sector Research, we refer to this as the ‘third sector’.

4. We recognize that for some universities these recommendations may involve a government-level policy change. We include the recommendation within this section as the administrative body responsible varies widely, but it applies most closely to the university-level.

5. In some legal systems such as the U.S.’s, qualified privileges legally protect negative references provided in good faith.

6. Finalized reports should be redacted to protect the victim and the complainant, but still readily identify the perpetrator.

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Notes on contributors

Sarah Young

Dr. Sarah Young https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6223-2737 @Nonprofit_PhD is Assistant Professor of Political Sciences in the Department of Political Science and Assistant Director of Academic Engagement at the University of North Georgia. She earned her PhD in Public Administration from the Askew School of Public Administration and Policy at Florida State University. She is a nonprofit management, public management, and community engagement scholar.

Kimberly Wiley

Dr. Kimberly Wiley https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5921-5837 @KWileyFL is Assistant Professor of Nonprofit Leadership and Community Development in the Department of Family, Youth, and Community Sciences at the University of Florida. She earned her PhD in Public Administration from the Askew School of Public Administration and Policy at Florida State University. She is a public policy, nonprofit management, and qualitative methodology scholar.