The letter continued, "While we are limited in what we can say in order to protect the privacy of all involved, we can share that the faculty member chose to resign when the university concluded that the conduct exhibited was not consistent with the university's values and our expectation that every faculty member contribute to a professional academic environment free of intimidation and harassment." Dean Jr. and chemistry department chair Glen Miller did not immediately respond to PEOPLE's request for comment. The unnamed professor allegedly made routine racist, sexist and transphobic comments on the Twitter account, according to an October report by the Associated Press citing an email to the chemistry department.