Ohio State Professor Recommended for Termination

Ohio State faculty panel recommends firing assistant professor Luke Perez after he tackled a filmmaker during a campus event, calling it the most serious workplace violence they’ve ever investigated. The incident, captured on video, occurred as the filmmaker tried to ask a question of former president E. Gordon Gee. Perez, placed on administrative leave in February, was found to have used physical force endangering another person and disrupting the campus environment. Despite acknowledging personal stress and no prior disciplinary issues, the panel deemed the incident’s severity and its negative impact on the university outweighed mitigating factors. Perez’s recommendation for termination now moves to HR, and he also faces assault charges in court. Support the show:Get a discount at https://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/c5463216c8de318d