Iowa State professor agrees to settlement in free speech lawsuit
A mechanical engineering professor has settled a lawsuit with Iowa State that will stop him from teaching immediately and end his research position in three years.
Daniel Attinger, a tenured associate professor of mechanical engineering, claimed in a lawsuit that Iowa State violated his constitutional right to free speech after the university took actions against him.
On Dec. 1, 2016, Caroline Hayes, professor and chair of the mechanical engineering department, filed a “Chapter 7 Complaint” and asked Senior Vice President and Provost Jonathan Wickert to investigate Attinger.
“I ask that Dr. Attinger’s conduct be investigated on suspicion that he has violated several sections of the Faculty Handbook and at least one University policy,” Hayes wrote in an email sent to Wickert.
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