Cancellings

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This page is modelled on Eric Rasmusen's Cancellings Page, which is on Rasmapedia, his personal all-purpose wiki. I have copied large sections of it from that wiki,which may create interesting software problems till the glitches are worked out. For example,it has links to Rasmapedia pages that aren't "created" on this current wiki yet and will be blank. Go to Rasmapedia if you want to see those pages filled out.

Individuals Who Have Been Cancelled

Dorian Abbot (MIT, 2021)

Boudreau (Central Michigan, 2021)

Prof. Boudreau, who was represented by a lawyer from the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, withdrew any claims he might have against CMU, retired from CMU (he was apparently eligible for retirement), and in exchange received 10 months' salary and benefits (from Sept. 1, 2020 when he had been fired, to June 30, 2021, the end of this academic year).

5. Dr. Boudreau shall be paid in a lump sum, less normal withholding taxes the value of pay and CMU's contribution to benefits through June 30, 2021 within thirty (30) days of this settlement. A W-2 will be issued for this payment.

15. Dr. Boudreau agrees that the terms of this Release, including the payment made hereunder, are confidential and shall not be divulged to any third party except his spouse, tax advisor, CPA, wealth manager, and/or his attorneys who shall be advised of this confidentiality provision. Dr. Boudreau shall not be held liable for breach of this confidentiality clause in the event he is compelled via subpoena to under oath in court of law regarding details or terms of his severance and/or settlement agreement provided that he gives prompt notice to the CMU's General Counsel so CMU has the opportunity to object to the subpoena.

16. In the event that Dr. Boudreau violates any aspect of this Agreement, he acknowledges that said breach shall cause damage to CMU. The parties understand that CMU may have to reveal the terms pursuant to FOIA unrelated to any request by the Union or Dr. Boudreau, who agree not to make, encourage, or otherwise participate in such request.

19. Dr. Boudreau shall not, by oral or written expression or any other act of communication to any third party, by name, disparage, criticize, or impugn the reputation or character of CMU's curent or former Board of Trustees members, Board of Trustees, administrators, directors, other employees,eagents and representatives, both individually and in their official capacities (Releas6s). This provision shall not be construed to prohibit Dr. Boudreau from communicating his disagreement with CMU's decision to terminate his employment for the way he spoke various words including the "n-word", his criticism of CMU's decision and generally his beliefs and opinion on the efficacy of his teaching methods. Dr. Boudreau further agrees that this provision concerning non-disparagement is a material condition ofthe consideration contained herein, that this provision is an essential part of this Agreement, and that any violation ofthe terms ofthis paragraph shall be deemed a material breach of the entire Agreement.

21. Dr. Boudreau agrees that this Agreement shall be binding and inure to the benefit of his successors, executors, administrators, personal representatives and assigns, and to the benefit of the predecessors, successors, and assigns of the Releasees, and further agrees and acknowledges that this Agreement contains and comprises the entire agreement and understandings of the parties, and that there are no additional promises or terms of this Agreement, other than those contained within this document and the documents referenced herein.

23. If any provision of this Agreement shall for any reason be held invalid, illegal, unenforceable, or in conflict with any law governing this Agreement, the validity of the remaining portions of this Agreement shall not be affected but shall continue in full legal force and effect to the fullest extent allowed by law.

Observations:

  • (1) He can talk about the incident he was fired for.
  • (2) He can disparage the University, just not the various individuals who are to blame for any university scandals he may reveal.
  • (3) The University and its officials are free to disparage him however much they want.
  • (4) No damages are specified for breach of the clause. He is paid his settlement money within 30 days, and there are no liquidated damages. Presumably the damages would be the default of expectation damages, which in this case would be like defamation damages except he would be liable for harm caused even by truthful statements about public figures.

Sara Braasch (Leftwing Yale Graduate Student who called the police when she found a strange black woman sleeping outside her dorm room, 2018)

Amy Chua (Yale Law). See the Amy Chua page.

Trent Colbert: The Trap House Party (Yale Law). See the Trent Colbert page.

Jed DeVaro ( Cal State-East Bay econ)

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Roland Fryer (Harvard econ, 2019)

Iowa

The University of Iowa was recently ordered to pay $1.9 million after two student groups sued the school. The lawsuits were filed originally in 2017 and 2018."]

Timothy Jackson, North Texas, Musicology. See the Timothy Jackson page.

Katz, Joshua (Princeton Classics, 2022)

See the Joshua Katz page.

Kilborn, Jason

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Chad KIMBALL (Broadway actor, 2021)


Brian KLATTMAN (Lehigh, 2021)

Diane Klein (LaVerne, Chapman)

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  • Petition from Laverne faculty in support of KLein.

Gordon Klein, UCLA, Anderson School, Accounting (2020). See the Gordon Klein page.

John Kluge (Indiana schoolteacher)

Zhihao Kong (Purdue student, Chinese government harassment)


Walter Lewin (MIT)

This is an odd one. I haven't figure it out yet.

[https://thetech.com/2014/12/09/walterlewin-v134-n60 "MIT cuts ties with Walter Lewin after online harassment probe Institute revokes emeritus title, removes online courses of popular physics professor who starred in viral videos"] The Tech (2014).

Jamie Lund (St. Mary's Law) (2013)

  • Above the Law guessing as to the true identity of a "sociopath". It looks like she was mistreated.

John MacAdams (Marquette, 2018)

"John McAdams, political science professor who took Marquette to the state Supreme Court, dies," Devi Shastri, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, April 15, 2021.

McPhail, Mark (Indiana U.--Northwest, Gary, 2022)

McPhail, Mark has its own page.

Meriwether (Ohio, gender pronouns)

See Meriwether Case of Administration Persecution. Not a cancelling case, really, if I remember right; a wokeness case, though.

Morris, Evan (2022)

Richard Paxton (Pacific U., 2021, fired)

Joseph Petry (Illinois)

  • January 27, 2021 News Release by Thies-Webber after winning on the motion to dismiss, with the Complaint and Motion to Dismiss and Objection to the Motion to Dismiss and Decision. This is the key document.

Stephen Porter (NC State, 2021)

"“Death by a Thousand Cuts”: Professor Files Lawsuit Against NC State University," Inside Higher Education, Oct. 11, 2021, Shannon Watkins.


Judge Pryor (2021)

Purdue


J. Mark Ramseyer (Harvard Law, 2020). See the J. Mark Ramseyer page.

Sanders, Steve (Indiana Law, 2021)

Schulz, Gregory (Concordia-Wisconsin, 2022)

Shaw, Jodi (Smith librarian)

Harald UHLIG (Chicago Econ, 2020)

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Allyn Walker (Old Dominion, 2021)

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Amy Wax (Penn Law)

Zimmerman, James (Nashville clarinet, 2021)

  • " How Racial Anxiety Conquered an Orchestra and Crushed a Career" Aaron Sibarium, Washington Free Beacon. A black oboeist on temp status because of his musicial weakness was hired by breaking the rules and not having fellow musicians vote on him. A clarinetist, James Zimmerman, who had advocated for his temporary trial and gotten him the job, was assigned to help him. He resented that, and with another musician, accused Zimmerman of stalking them and got Zimmerman fired. The Board boasted about it, and the Union refused to support him.

Lessons for How To Deal with Being Cancelled

General Observations on Cancelling

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