Florida State University President Richard McCullough. The Florida Phoenix earlier wrote extensively about the complaints, which included sexually suggestive emails and pictures, including a picture of what investigators believe was Feiock’s penis, according to records.Ī spokesman said new FSU president Richard McCullough, who came recently from Harvard University, is familiar with the Feiock case, which was resolved before McCullough became president in August. His resignation was effective July 31, 2020.Ĭomplaints against Feiock dated back to 1988, the year he joined the faculty. Feiock was allowed to quietly resign in March 2020, a day before he was scheduled to appear before university investigators and answer questions. Some students accused Feiock of consuming too many alcoholic beverages at these gatherings, the reports said.įormer FSU President John Thrasher immediately banned Feiock from campus when the accusations against him surfaced in January 2020. Several of the women who accused Feiock of sexually harassing them said he frequently asked students and some faculty members to join him at local bars and restaurants, according to FSU investigative reports obtained by the Florida Phoenix. The rules also say supervisors at the Askew School should not ask students out to have drinks or to meet them alone for meals or other activities off campus. Faculty members are also on notice that they should not send messages to students that could make them feel uncomfortable or any message not directly related to work duties. The new rules forbid sexual harassment in the form of unwanted sexual attention and note the “power imbalance’’ between students and faculty. They ban staff and faculty from dating students and having a romantic or sexual relationship while they are teaching or supervising that student. Last month, the Askew School faculty unanimously adopted a new set of rules making it clear that faculty and staff must avoid manipulation, coercion or exploitation of students, especially acts involving monetary, ego, sexual, religious and ethnic discrimination. It expects to complete a report in early January. Credit: FSU.įeiock, who resigned last year, helped the university obtain millions of dollars in grant money to help the school, but left a stain that has sent officials scrambling to create new rules to address situations where faculty members sexually harass students – or each other.Ī newly formed task force has been studying ways to better handle allegations of sexual harassment and misconduct at the entire university.
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Richard Feiock resigned last year from Florida State University.
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TALLAHASSEE - Florida State University has launched a university-wide effort to address handling of sexual harassment cases, adopting new rules after a widely-known Askew School of Public Administration and Policy professor - Richard Feiock - was accused of sexually harassing students and faculty for more than a 30-year period.ĭr. Editor’s note: This is the second of a two-part story about sexual harassment and misconduct allegations between a professor and female students and faculty during a period of more than 30 years at Florida State University.