The University of Michigan Board of Regents voted Thursday to dismiss Nursing professor Robert Stephenson, ending his tenure. Stephenson has been placed on administrative leave since May 11, 2023, after allegations of sexual harassment of two of Stephenson’s former students first came to light in Feb. 2022.
The University Equity, Civil Rights and Title IX office first found Stephenson to have violated the University’s sexual misconduct policy in Nov. 2023. An ECRT investigation found that Stephenson had sexually harassed two nursing students and had interfered with the initial ECRT investigation by attempting to destroy evidence and forge documents.
The Regents unanimously voted to dismiss Stephenson at Thursday’s Regents meeting, citing Regents’ Bylaw 5.09 as justification for the decision. The bylaw specifies procedures must be followed before a U-M faculty member can be dismissed or demoted.
Summer News Editor Bronwyn Johnston can be reached at jbronwyn@umich.edu.
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