Dartmouth Professor Investigated for Sexual Misconduct Retires

Todd Heatherton had groped students, according to allegations, and was facing termination.

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Update (July 18): Dartmouth's president has announced that the third professor investigated for sexual misconduct, William Kelley, has resigned. According to the president's statement, “Kelley's resignation concludes a months-long investigative and disciplinary process concerning allegations of sexual misconduct involving three [psychological and brain sciences] faculty members.”

Update (June 27): The Dartmouth reports that Paul Whalen, a second Dartmouth psychological and brain sciences professor who was under investigation, has now resigned.

A Dartmouth College psychology professor alleged to have committed sexual misconduct will retire immediately, the college’s president announced yesterday (June 14). The president, Phil Hanlon, had recommended Heatherton’s dismissal based on the results of an external investigation, he told staff, according to New Hampshire Public Radio. Heatherton held an endowed chair and directed the college’s ...

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