ABSTRACT

The issue of faculty sexual misconduct is pervasive within academia, and more specifically, our public affairs graduate programs. At least 13% of women in academia experience sexual harassment by a faculty member. For too long, we have relied upon an underground network of individuals who work behind the scenes to protect our students. In this statement to the discipline of public affairs, we call out the institutional designs that permit complicity. An unbalanced student-professor power dynamic, exploited student vulnerabilities, and a lack of effective checks and balances nurture an environment that lets misconduct proliferate. Perpetrators are shielded by institutional protections and loopholes designed to protect universities from liability. In this call to action, we employ the social ecological framework to define achievable steps for confronting sexual misconduct at all levels of our academic system. Finally, we unequivocally demand action, now.

摘要

教师性行为不端问题在学术界普遍存在，更具体地说，是我们的公共事务研究生课程。学术界至少有 13% 的女性遭受过教职员工的性骚扰。长期以来，我们一直依靠在幕后工作的地下个人网络来保护我们的学生。在对公共事务纪律的声明中，我们提到了允许共谋的制度设计。不平衡的学生教授权力动态、被利用的学生弱点，以及缺乏有效的制衡，都滋生了一种让不当行为泛滥的环境。肇事者受到旨在保护大学免于承担责任的制度保护和漏洞的保护。在这次行动呼吁中，我们采用社会生态框架来定义可实现的步骤，以应对我们学术系统各个层面的性行为不端。最后，我们明确要求立即采取行动。