On April 29, former history department postdoctoral fellow Charnan Williams filed a lawsuit against the College and several senior faculty members. In the complaint, which is publicly available, Williams alleged “race discrimination, sex discrimination, retaliation, hostile work environment, conspiracy to deprive [her] of her civil rights, civil conspiracy, breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, breach of institutional policies and intentional infliction of emotional distress.”
The lawsuit’s named defendants include the Trustees of Dartmouth College, associate dean of international and interdisciplinary studies and African and African American studies department chair Matthew Delmont, history department chair Darrin McMahon, former dean of the faculty of arts and sciences and biological sciences professor Elizabeth Smith and associate dean for the social sciences and government professor Benjamin Valentino. It was filed in the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C.
McMahon, Smith, Valentino and Williams declined to comment. Chochotte did not respond to multiple requests for comment. Events alleged in the complaint could not be independently verified by The Dartmouth…