Public University Professor Being Investigated for Condemning Homosexuality in Class
The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports:
An Indiana University of Pennsylvania graduate student has filed a complaint with the school's human resources department, alleging one of her business professors subjected her to humiliation and insults based on her sexuality....
Santiago said the class, instructed by faculty member Dr. Maali Ashamalla, was discussing ethics and legalities. She said a male student said he thought gender reassignment surgery was unethical and should be illegal.
Ashamalla agreed, and called homosexuality "a sin" and "unnatural," Santiago said.
"I asked her, 'So are you saying that students like me who identify as homosexual are unnatural, abnormal and disgusting?' She replied, 'Yes,'" Santiago said....
University spokeswoman Michelle Fryling confirmed that the school's human resources department had launched an investigation....
On Wednesday Santiago raised the subject to John Cavanaugh, chancellor of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education, during a campus forum at IUP. He did not directly address the issue.
Yesterday, Fryling forwarded a statement from Cavanaugh [which I assume is this statement –EV] denouncing harassment "of any kind — whether face to face or online." ...
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