A University of Oregon faculty member is suing the university for racial discrimination after her tenure application was rejected.
Qintao Fan, who teaches accounting courses at UO, is seeking $6 million in the lawsuit filed Jan. 27.
According to the complaint, Fan was an associate professor of accounting, a tenure-track position, but is now listed as a pro tem instructor, a temporary, non-tenure-track position. As recently as August 2025, she was listed as an associate professor…