Falcon Expert Accused of Sexual Harassment Faces Trial

A leading authority on peregrine falcons won’t avoid trial in a Ph.D. candidate’s lawsuit alleging he made continuous unwanted advances while they were stationed for weeks in a remote location in Alaska, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ruled (Jenkins v. Swem, 8th Cir., No. 15-3273, 10/3/16).

Stephanie Jenkins, a University of Minnesota student, was sent to an almost uninhabited region with scientist Ted Swem for two 17-day trips in the summer of 2011 to gather data on peregrine falcons. Swem works at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services and was participating in ...