David R. Marchant

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David R. Marchant is an American glacial geologist known for his repeated harassment of female colleagues.

Marchant had a glacier named after him in 1994.[1] However, in the wake of Boston University's determination that Marchant violated Title IX regulations and sexually harassed his graduate students, the glacier was renamed Matataua Glacier by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names on Sept. 10, 2018.[2][3][4][5] The many instances of harassment that illustrate Marchant belittled and diminished female scientists who accompanied him on professional trips include name-calling; engaging in sexually harassing women graduate students; and physically harassing women graduate students including by pushing them down hills repeatedly and blowing shards of volcanic sand into their eyes.[6]

Marchant was fired by Boston University in 2019, where he was a faculty member in the Department of Earth & Environment in the College of Arts & Sciences.[7][8] While a five-member BU faculty panel recommended that Marchant be suspended for three years without pay, the university president, Dr. Robert A. Brown made the determination to fire Marchant.[8][9]

Prior to working at Boston University, Marchant worked at the University of Maine.[10] His approach to glaciology has been described as "stabilism," someone who believes that the East Antarctic Ice Sheet has remained cold and generally stable for the past 15 million years.[11]

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  1. ^ Payne, Jade (2018-09-25). "This Antarctic Glacier is Gone, But It's a Good Thing". GlacierHub. Retrieved 2021-03-28.
  2. ^ Medina, Jennifer (2018-09-24). "Sexual Harassment Allegations Wipe a Name Off the Map". The New York Times. Retrieved 2021-03-28.
  3. ^ Culotta, Elizabeth (2018-09-18). "Antarctic glacier gets new name in wake of sexual harassment finding". Science | AAAS. Retrieved 2021-03-28.
  4. ^ Wadman, Meredith (2017-10-06). "Disturbing allegations of sexual harassment in Antarctica leveled at noted scientist". Science | AAAS. Retrieved 2021-03-28.
  5. ^ "Notice of Final Determinations to Alter and Assign Official Antarctic Geographic Names - 2019-ln363". New Zealand Gazette. Retrieved 2021-03-28.
  6. ^ Trahan, Erin (10 June 2020). "Documentary 'Picture A Scientist' Spells Out Collective Cost Of Sexism Within Science". wbur. Retrieved 7 June 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ "Boston University fires geologist found to have harassed women in Antarctica". Science | AAAS. 2019-04-12. Retrieved 2021-03-28.
  8. ^ a b "BU professor fired amid sexual harassment probe – Boston News, Weather, Sports". WHDH 7News. Retrieved 2021-03-28.
  9. ^ "Letter to Faculty from President Brown". Homepage | Boston University. 2019-04-12. Retrieved 2021-03-28.
  10. ^ "New Theory on Ice Sheet Catastrophe Is the Direst One Yet" (PDF). The Polar Times. 2 (6): 15. Winter 1995. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  11. ^ "The Sirius Debate". AntarcticGlaciers.org. 2020-06-22. Retrieved 2021-03-28.

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