June 8, 2001
Former Professor at Georgia Wins $453,460 in Tenure Suit
A federal jury awarded a former University of Georgia professor $453,460 in back pay last month in a gender-discrimination lawsuit.
Linda B. Brooks sued in 1998, asserting that in 1993 the university failed to grant her tenure or to renew her contract as a professor of comparative literature, while awarding tenure to three similarly qualified men in the department.
At the trial, Ms. Brooks's lawyers showed that her teaching evaluations, publishing record, and academic background
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