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Former student testifies for Willner Allegations of incompetence do not describe prof., he says
By Angela Baughman and Doug Fishback Kanean staff writers
A departmental chairman from a Kentucky university told a Faculty Senate committee yesterday that he could not understand why KU administrators were calling for the dismissal of anthropology professor Dorotha Willner.
"I was matsified when I found out she was being charged — in fact, that her tenure was in jeopardy," said James F. Hoggood, chairman of the department of sociology, anthropology and philosophy at the University of Kentucky. Highland Heights, Ky. "I'm still somewhat dumbfounded."
Willner is charged with violation of professional ethics and failure to carry out academic duties. The Uni- torial Justice's case against Willner on Monday.
Hopgood told the Committee on Tenure and Related Problems that allegations of incompetence did not describe the Dorothy Willner he knew.
"I was shocked that she was being charged with being incompetent," he said. "I couldn't imagine how she could be incompetent. It struck me very strange."
Hopgood said that Willner had rendered considerable and valuable service to her profession and that her involvement with anthropological organizations was a credit to the University.
He said that when he saw Willner at a meeting of the Central States Anthropological Society at the University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Ind. last spring, she was "sharp as a tack, as sharp as she ever was."
Hogood took a course from Willner during his graduate studies at KU in 1988. He said that it was a challenging, demanding course and that Willner had been an accessible instructor.
"I found her very congenial, very helpful," Hopgood said. "I had no problems whatsoever."
As a department chairman, he said that the charges against Willner, who has had tenure since 1970, were not sufficient for dismissal.
Hopgood said that the charges did not seem to focus on the basics of teaching and research, but instead dealt with issues of collegiality.
"It itd seem a bit extreme to me to seek to take away someone's tenure for those sorts of things," he said.
Rose Marino, associate general counsel for the chancellor, asked Hopgood during cross-examination whether he was familiar with Willner's recent behavior. He said that he was familiar with the philosophy of anthropology or of issues involving the professor since he left the University in 1971.
Hopgood also said that he had not seen legal briefs that Willner had submitted as evidence of scholarly research for merit salary evaluation in any anthropological journals or elsewhere.
"After that first course, I wanted to take a second from her," he said.
In other testimony, Brian Stone, a former student of Willer's, said that he took two elective anthropology courses and got undergraduate engineering studies.
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