New Mexico State U. Investigates Pornography Charges in Couple’s Tenure Case

by E Wayne Ross on March 24, 2008

Lac Cruces Sun News: NMSU associate dean, department temporarily step down in wake of accusations

LAS CRUCES — Following allegations that he e-mailed pornography to one of the recently dismissed junior faculty members in that college, Larry Olsen, associate dean of the College of Health and Social Services at New Mexico State University, has resigned.

James Robinson, department head, has temporarily stepped down amid an investigation into allegations surrounding the dismissal of two junior faculty members. The married couple, Drs. John Moraros and Yelena Bird, say they are being racially discriminated against — Bird, a native of England, is black; her husband is of Greek and Hispanic descent.