ANN ARBOR, MI – A lawsuit filed by an embattled University of Michigan professor accusing his former boss of homophobic discrimination has been dismissed in federal court. Robert Stephenson, a School of Nursing professor and former director of the university’s Center for Sexuality and Health Disparities, filed the lawsuit in federal court in Detroit in August 2023, accusing the university, its Board of Regents and three defendants of discrimination, retaliation and violating his constitutional rights.