Bradford Case, Categorical Opposition to Male Job Candidates
I have more info on the Bradford academic freedom case at the Indy Law School, on which I’ve blogged before. I have his affirmative action office complaint, the Roisman-Mitchell academic misconduct complaint against him for saying mean things about them, his response, and his counter-complaint against them for saying mean things about him. I wish we had sworn testimony on things like the statement that at a faculty meeting on hiring, one professor said she “categorically could not vote for any more white men,” and she “would only vote for a woman, and preferably a woman of color,” and that that woman was later appointed to be head of the 2005-2006 recruiting committee.
Also, however, I discovered that Professor Bradford was *not* blocked from going up for tenure early. Rather, he was strongly advised not to because, he was told, there was faculty opposition, and he accepted that advice. I don’t think it was good advice– it wasn’t as if having more publications would reduce opposition to him, and I’d want to have the unpleasantness over sooner rather than later– but others might disagree, and he wasn’t obligated to accept the advice.