Professor: DU Discriminated Against Me Because of Gender, Race, Age

The University of Denver has been the focus of repeated discrimination complaints in recent years. Back in 2018, for instance, the university paid $2.66 million to resolve a lawsuit filed by the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which accused DU of paying all of its female full law professors less than the mean average salary of male full professors at the law school. Just months later, business professors complained about their treatment.

The latest claim comes from Dr. Rosanna Garcia, 59, whose EEOC complaint, filed in April, states that "DU, acting by or through its agents and/or employees, has discriminated against and subjected me to different treatment with respect to promotions, teaching opportunities, and other less favorable terms and conditions of employment in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act."

Garcia resigned from her post as Walter Koch Endowed Chair of Entrepreneurship and professor of marketing at the university on June 30, and she offers a simple explanation for her decision: "Bottom line, I was marginalized."

In response to Garcia's charges, a DU spokesperson offered the following: "We care deeply about fairness, equity and opportunity at DU and take any claims of discrimination seriously. The university is committed to working with the EEOC on this matter and we will not comment further at this time."

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