华裔教授起诉称被烙印歧视而痛失tenure
华裔教授起诉德州大学印度裔教授歧视致其失去终身教职。
1. 关键信息
- #1 华裔助理教授Sean Wang起诉德州南方卫理公会大学(SMU)会计系，指控系主任Hemang Desai（印度裔）在终身教职评审中系统性地偏袒印度裔候选人。
- 2024年Wang被拒终身教职，系内3名印度裔教授投票反对（3-1），唯一非印度裔教授投票支持。
- 自2006年起，满足4篇顶刊标准的印度裔候选人100%（2/2）获终身教职，而非印度裔（白人、华人）候选人0%获支持（共5人）。
- 指控印度裔教员被分配视野更好的办公室，东亚裔则被安排到“华人聚居区”。
2. 羊毛/优惠信息
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3. 最新动态
- 此案于2025年提起，2026年5月被独立记者Chris Brunet报道后曝光。
- 大学在答辩中否认所有指控，称Wang无权获得任何救济。
4. 争议或不同意见
无（目前仅一方陈述，大学否认事实但未给出具体反驳细节）
5. 行动建议
- 关注案件后续进展及可能的证据披露。
- 如有类似经历者可联系原告律师或媒体报道渠道。
From： https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/only-favors-indian-origin-candidates-chinese-american-professor-sues-university-in-texas-accuses-hemang-desai-of-bias/articleshow/131023239.cms Only favors Indian-origin candidates: Chinese-American professor sues university in Texas, accuses Hemang Desai of bias https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/toireporter/author-toi-world-desk-479263449.cms / http://TIMESOFINDIA.COM / May 12, 2026, 01:11 IST /uploads/short-url/sfBSExHIf9D2y1OmHwyTiWEk64r.jpeg?dl=1 A Chinese-American professor has sued a university in Texas and mentioned the name of Dr Hemang Desai for only favoring Indians while granting tenure. A Chinese-American assistant professor, Dr Sean Wang, has sued Texas’ Southern Methodist University over discrimination and being favorable only to Indians. The lawsuit was filed last year but came to light now after being reported by independent journalist Chris Brunet. In the lawsuit, Wang alleged that the university has a systemic problem with discrimination which resulted in him being denied tenure in 2024 while thre Indian professors were granted the sam in the Accounting department.According to the lawsuit, the university told Wang that he was not a good fit and that he needed more citations and more visibility. He was called a “bad fit” at least 13 times, the lawsuit said but an Indian colleague Sorabh Thomar received a positive mid-career evaluation from the department chair, who is also an Indian.Naming chair Dr Hemang Desai, the lawsuit said that Wang was informed on November 19, 2024 by Desai that there was a negative departmental vote (3-1) in which all three Indian faculty members voted against his tenuew citing a failure to acheve outstanding performance, while the sole-non-Indian faculty member voted in favor. Wang said from the beginning Desai treated him differently and made higher expectations from him than his Indian colleagues. “Since at least 2006, when Hemang Desai (Indian-origin) became a full professor in SMU’s Cox School of Business, the Accounting Department has had a systematic pattern of discrimination in tenure decisions. Among candidates of Indian descent who meet SMU’s stated productivity standard of at least four top-tier publications, 100% (2 of 2) were tenured: Neil Bhattacharya in 2008 and Gauri Bhat in 2020. Among candidates of non-Indian descent (Caucasian and Chinese) who meet SMU’s stated productivity standard of at least four top-tier publications, SMU has not supported any non-Indian candidates for tenure, including Mina Pizzini, Chris Hogan, Jing Pan, Jeff Yu andDr Wang. This pattern is consistent with an ancestry-based preference for Indian-origin candidates and disfavor toward non-Indian candidates,” the lawsuit said. ‘Indian faculty get prime offices with nice views’ The lawsuit claims that when offices were reassigned in the department’s new building in Spring 2024, the Indian faculty were given prime offices with nice views, while East Asian faculty members were assigned to a “Chinese ghetto” down the hall.The university denied all the allegations in their response filing and said Dr Wang i not entitled to any relief. Original article about the lawsuit: https://www.chrisbrunet.com/p/exclusive-chinese-american-professor
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