by Victoria Edward, Jayme Fraser and Heidi Grover
University of Montana-Missoula

This two-part series is the fruit of three months of reporting to explore a string of University court cases involving three professors and a graduate student. Complications with UM protocol for evaluating discrimination, threats to campus safety and allegations of misconduct are also addressed.

At the University of Montana, a student complaint against a professor and concerns from that professor and others about the student's behavior have escalated into a complicated flurry of he-said-she-said accusations in a process almost everyone involved agrees is flawed.

Student accuses professors of misconduct
Published Nov. 29, 2011

Student complaint escalated
Published Nov. 30, 2011