Professor Jean Jew successfully waged a landmark gender discrimination lawsuit in federal district court after her colleagues targeted her with racialized and sexually explicit rumors. The case expanded the scope of sexual harassment jurisprudence, which had previously been limited to cases concerning sexual advances. This article engages in an intersectional analysis of the racialized sexual harassment Jew experienced. This article also
examines the organizing efforts of the faculty-led Jean Jew Justice Committee (JJJC), which mobilized in support of Jew’s lawsuit and connected the case to a broader struggle for equity within the university at large. The district court decision provided a platform on which the JJJC galvanized the university community to collectively influence the course of the litigation, demonstrating the interplay between litigation and community mobilization.
Dayle Chung, Jew v. University of Iowa: Title VII Racialized Sexual Harassment, 27 J. Gender, Race & Just. 91 (2024).