UC Berkeley Settles Nezar AlSayyad Sexual Harassment Suit

UC Berkeley professor Nezar AlSayyad is still under investigation, but the grad student who charged him with sexual harassment has settled for $80k. She says: “I feel dumbfounded. I feel angry ... It’s inexplicable that I am restricted in any way from going wherever I want. That he has much more access to the building than I do — and I’m trying to finish my dissertation.”

Winfield Myers is managing editor of the Middle East Forum and director of its Campus Watch project, which reviews and critiques Middle East studies in North American universities. He has taught world history and other topics at the University of Michigan, the University of Georgia, Tulane, and Xavier University of Louisiana. He was previously managing editor of The American Enterprise magazine and CEO of Democracy Project, Inc., which he co-founded. Mr. Myers has served as senior editor and communications director at the Intercollegiate Studies Institute and is principal author and editor of a college guide, Choosing the Right College (1998, 2001). He was educated at the University of Georgia, Tulane, and the University of Michigan.
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