A professor at Columbia University’s Teachers College who was fired over plagiarism allegations is suing the graduate school for $200 million.
Madonna Constantine filed a lawsuit in Manhattan Supreme Court on Tuesday calling her 2008 firing an “academic lynching.”
Constantine was a clinical psychology professor at Teachers College, which is affiliated with Columbia University. She says her firing was fueled by “academic rivalry and political intrigue.”
Teachers College says the lawsuit has no merit and intends to defend itself vigorously.
Constantine’s firing came after a noose was found dangling from her office door. Police never determined who put it there…
April 22nd, 2009 at 1:51PM
For some reason Hosea 8:7 comes to mind.
April 22nd, 2009 at 2:32PM
Hey, if Ward Churchill can win a case after being proved a plagiarist, why shouldn’t Madonna give it a try?
April 22nd, 2009 at 3:44PM
Ward Churchill’s lawsuit [which resulted in a win of $1, right?] was not about plagiarism.
Constantine’s firing was though.
April 23rd, 2009 at 7:01AM
Cassandra,
I think we disagree about the facts of the Churchill case. The faculty panel that investigated Churchill demonstrated conclusively that he was guilty of academic fraud and plagiarism. And Churchill spent lots of time in his trial attempting to explain that he didn’t plagiarize, and if he did, everybody does it.
If you have information that says otherwise, I’d like to hear it.