UNT professor accused of racism continues lawsuit against the university
The attorney for a University of North Texas professor accused of “racist acts” and of fomenting a racist academic attack on a fellow music theorist, said depositions have weakened the university’s defense in a lawsuit.
In 2020, UNT graduate students in the division of Music History, Theory and Ethnomusicology denounced Timothy Jackson, a tenured music professor and the director of the UNT Center for Schenkerian Studies on Twitter.
The students also asked UNT officials to dissolve the scholarly publication he co-founded, the Journal of Schenkerian Studies.
Michael Thad Allen, the attorney representing Jackson, said students and music faculty deposed by the plaintiff have admitted they gave false information to the university during its investigation, and that some didn’t have firsthand knowledge of the allegations they posted online.
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(Denton Record-Chronicle)