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Female Grad Student vs. Touchy Professor and Sexist Classmate

Published on October 2, 2020October 2, 2020 by Tom

In undergraduate, I had a theory teacher who kept singling me out in class. I naively thought that he was interested in my research. However, as the semester progressed, he became touchy when talking to me, putting his hand on my shoulder… and he did not do this to anyone else. Then, he asked if […]

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