Ex-Ohio University professor Yusuf Kalyango, who lost his tenure and was fired by the Board of Trustees in April in relation to investigations that found he sexually harassed students, filed a new lawsuit against the university weeks after dropping a separate suit.
The new suit, filed May 24 in the Ohio Court of Claims, contains many of the same arguments outlined in the since-dropped federal suit Kalyango filed against OU in 2020, which was dismissed in April through a deal brokered between his attorney, Gregory Beck, and the university, though the details surrounding the agreement arenât clear.
Kalyango was found by the OU Office for Equity and Civil Rights Compliance, or the Title IX office to have sexually harassed two female students, resulting in his eventual termination.
The Ohio University Board of Trustees on Friday voted unanimously to terminate the employment and revoke the tenure of journalism professor Yusuf Kalyango, who was found by the university Title IX office to have sexually harassed at least two students.
The Board of Trustees, serving as the final arbiter in determining the fate of Kalyangoâs tenure, reviewed the Faculty Senate Hearing Committeeâs report outlining its reconsideration of his appeal of tenure revocation after taking umbrage with the committeeâs original review and report that ultimately sided with the professor in favor of upholding his academic status.
Loss of tenure is widely viewed as the most severe punishment in academia.
Ohio University s Board of Trustees unanimously voted Friday morning to revoke the tenure of and terminate journalism professor Yusuf Kalyango, who had been accused of sexually harassing at least two female students.
Kalyango had been the subject of multiple university investigations and lawsuits over the past several years after two women accused him of sexual misconduct. A Title IX Office investigation later found that Kalyango sexually harassed one of the women, a graduate student.
The trustees served as
the final arbitrator in a years-long series of investigations and lawsuits over whether or not to terminate Kalyango and revoke his tenure.