Allegations of sexual harassment involving former physics professor Lawrence Krauss at Case Western and later interactions at atheist conventions

° When you pulled out a condom, she got out from under you. She said “I have to go,” and rushed out of the room. Incident 2: ° In an incident that occurred in fall of 2007 while you were a physics professor at Case Western Reserve University, a student tried to talk to you about her plans after graduation. You mentioned to her how tough it must be to have all the other physics majors asking her out on dates. ° In a second incident in December of 2007, while you were still at Case Western, the same student visited your office to interview you for a student science journal. You closed the door behind her, and ignored the questions she had prepared. Then you made a casual comment about taking her out for dinner. ° Later, in a regular column for the school paper, she described her experiences with you, without mentioning you by name. “There was even one particular creep of a professor who once told me he thought differently of me compared to other students and asked me to dinner: a situation so disturbing that it left me upset for weeks afterward,” she wrote. ° She was then approached by a dean at the university, who suspected that she was referring to you, based on a previously reported incident with another student. He encouraged her to make a complaint, and she did. ° University investigators interviewed both you and the student. ° On September 4, 2008, Susan Nickel-Schindewolf, the university’s associate vice president for student affairs, wrote to the student, telling her that the investigation was complete. She wrote that you had been told: “This type of behavior could constitute sexual harassment in violation of the university’s sexual harassment policy.” ° The letter also stated that you were prohibited from making contact with the student as long as she remained at Case. ° The letter also stated that you are required to get approval from the dean or the chair of the physics department before setting foot on the campus again. ° The letter also stated, “Dr. Krauss expressed regret about having a negative impact on you, and also his willingness to use this complaint as an opportunity to reflect and improve on his future interactions with students.” ° By then, you had already left Case, taking up your current position at Arizona State University the month before. ° “The opportunities being offered at ASU are simply too great to turn down at this stage in my career,” you told Case colleagues, in an email announcing your departure on April 16, 2008. Incident 3: ° A former Case Western physics department administrator confirmed that she had reported a previous incident involving a student who had confided in her about your inappropriate behavior towards her. Incident 4: ° You met a student from another university, an atheist activist, in March 2008 at the American Atheists Convention in Minneapolis. She wanted to expand the atheist group she ran at the midwestern university she was attending, and hoped to convince you to come and speak. You initially seemed enthusiastic. ° During the convention, attendees including you and Richard Dawkins went for dinner with the student and volunteers for Dawkins’ foundation. ° Afterwards, the student invited you to join the volunteers for a drink. ° You asked her to come get you in your hotel room. She was wary of your intentions, and so brought a male friend with her. Opening the door to find them both there, you informed her you had decided not to go. ° You met this student again at the American Atheists Convention in Des Moines, lowa, in April 2011. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_021421