UCLA Dentistry Professor Sues Over Medical Leave, Bias

A senior professor at the University of California Los Angeles School of Dentistry says he was retaliated against for taking family and medical leave, and for testifying as a witness in a Title IX proceeding involving a student’s allegations of sexual misconduct against the school’s Senior Associate Dean.

Kang Ting took a leave of absence in 2017 to care for his sick father, under the California Family Rights Act, he told a California superior court in his Tuesday complaint. Upon his return, he was harassed for spending time away from campus, and his supervisors began to micromanage him in is ...