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The Press-Enterprise Ex-UC Riverside administrator James Sandoval sexually harassed employees over 20-year period, probe finds By: Ryan Hagan Over the course of 20 years before his January retirement as a UC Riverside vice chancellor, James Sandoval pursued unwanted romantic relationships with four women who worked for him, demanding full body hugs and punishing them when they…

Los Angeles Times Investigation finds former UC Riverside vice chancellor sexually harassed two women By: Teresa Watanabe A former UC Riverside vice chancellor sexually harassed two women he supervised with unwanted touching, intimate texts and persistent invitations to private dinners and drinks, a University of California investigation has found. James Sandoval singled out at least four…

Los Angeles Times With Brett Kavanaugh, it’s not a question of guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. It’s a question of credibility By: Robin Abcarian In the national cacophony that arose after Christine Blasey Ford testified that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her in high school, one refrain from his supporters has begun to drown…

Trauma-Informed Interviewing in Workplace Investigations By: Keith Rohman, Brenda Ingram, and Cathleen Watkins Originally published in the AWI Journal, July 2018, Volume 9, No. 2 Trauma is part of the world we live in, and trauma survivors are present in every workplace. Some people are exposed to trauma on a daily basis as part of their…

Bloomberg Law Surge in Outside Workplace Investigations in #MeToo Milieu By: Kodichi Nwankwo Workplace investigators are staying busy in the #MeToo era as companies increasingly look to third-party investigators to handle claims of harassment. “Everyone I know in this field is busy,” Keith Rohman, president of the Association of Workplace Investigators said. Rohman, who has investigated…

On March 20, 2018, Keith Rohman will be part of an expert panel discussing, “Harassment in the #MeToo Era—Past, Present and Future.”  The dinner event is sponsored by the Orange County Labor & Employment Relations Association (OCLERA) and will take place at the Sheraton Park Hotel in Anaheim beginning at 6 p.m.