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Crangle Wins Against Stanford University
Colleen Crangle's sex discrimination case against Stanford University went to
trial on March 17 in San Jose. Dr. Crangle, a former School of Medicine research
scientist, was hired in 1995 contingent on obtaining funding through a grant she was
writing. She received the funding, but the dean and another scientist in her
department, both men, began restricting her research activities and put curbs on
future funding applications.
Stanford brain surgeon Frances Conley, who drew
national attention to sex discrimination at Stanford, testified on March 27 that,
despite slow progress, bias against female scholars is "pervasive" and that
Stanford President Gerhard Casper remains "in denial."
On March 30, an
eight-person jury found that officials at Stanford's medical information
laboratory had "maliciously" retaliated against Dr. Crangle for complaining
about discrimination. Dr. Crangle was awarded $241,000 for lost back and future pay
and in compensation for psychological counseling, and an additional $300,000 for
emotional suffering and punitive damages, the maximum possible for additional
awards. For more information and updates on the trial, see Dr. Crangle's
website:
http://www.gender-equity.org.
(Sources: San Jose Mercury-News and AAUW in Action).
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