University of North Texas professor files discrimination lawsuit
Yolanda Flores Niemann, a professor and former vice provost at the University of North Texas, has filed a federal lawsuit alleging racial discrimination by university officials.
Niemann was an administrator at Utah State University when UNT lured her to Denton in 2012 as senior vice provost. She alleges UNT assured her that she would make 75 percent of her administrator salary if she ever went back to teaching full time, but it didn't happen when she got demoted three years later.
Margarita Venegas, a UNT spokeswoman, said the university did nothing wrong.
"The university denies discriminating against Dr. Flores Niemann, and will vigorously defend against this lawsuit," Venegas wrote in a prepared statement.
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