Jury awards professor $3 million in pregnancy and sex discrimination suit against UT-Austin

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A UT-Austin professor has been awarded $3 million after a federal jury found the university discriminated against her based on her sex and the fact that she was pregnant when they denied her tenure.

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Nikolova applied for tenure during the 2018-2019 academic year after working nearly five years at UT-Austin and two years at Texas A&M University. In her lawsuit, she stated she had been told that her teaching experience at Texas A&M could be counted toward her total time as a professor, which is not UT-Austin policy.

Probationary extensions allow male and female assistant professors who have a new child an additional year during tenure review period. Professors who have a new child or adopt a child can take modified instructional duty, which allows them to not teach for a semester.

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