4 a.m. calls, expensive dinners: Princeton says professor accused of pursuing female students can still teach
Caroline Kitchener, The Washington Post
Feb. 26, 2021
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And Heniford was furious.
For weeks, Heniford, a teaching assistant at Columbia who graduated from Princeton in 2014, had been waiting for her alma mater to respond to allegations against classics professor Joshua Katz. A Daily Princetonian investigation published Feb. 4 uncovered allegations that Katz had crossed professional boundaries with three female students who attended Princeton years ago.
In the most serious allegation, Katz was accused of engaging in a years-long relationship with a female student in the mid-2000s and having sex with her. The other two students say he behaved inappropriately, taking them out for expensive dinners where he always picked up the tab. One woman, who told the Daily Princetonian that Katz pursued her for years, said she felt trapped: As an influential pr
Feb. 25, 2021
This story was updated on Feb. 25 at 5 p.m. Eastern to include additional information about Katz’s relationship with a former student and Princeton’s statement on an internal review of the classics department.
Kellen Heniford stopped grading papers as soon as she heard the news. It was the first rule of teaching, she said: Never grade angry.
And Heniford was furious.
For weeks, Heniford, a teaching assistant at Columbia who graduated from Princeton in 2014, had been waiting for her alma mater to respond to allegations against classics professor Joshua Katz. A Daily Princetonian investigation published Feb. 4 uncovered allegations that Katz had “crossed professional boundaries” with three female students who attended Princeton years ago.