Just over a month before she graduated from Northwestern, Emily Song (McCormick ’24) told her professor that Scott Simpson — a professional hired to help students manufacture projects in the Segal Design Institute shop — was “unfit” to work in a learning environment. Song had previously reported Simpson for his “disrespectful” behavior toward her, referring.
Segal Design Institute directors Greg Holderfield, Prof. Kim Hoffmann and Prof. Michael Peshkin announced new mechanisms for institute accountability and feedback Wednesday following reports of problematic behavior in the Segal workshop. The statement, which addresses Segal staff, students and faculty, came after the directors received “a number of communications regarding student concerns with the Segal.