This is me. Probably clear from some of the details in there. I wrote this in one morning after getting tired of all the ass covering and one-sided statements where the department gets to put out whatever narrative it wants at the expense of others. Irene, in this case.
I'm just getting used to being able to offer up more details. Up until January when the investigation ended, it was about 9 months of being strongly advised to not say anything, even within the department.
This was not the first time I was asked not to speak publicly about lab issues.
I reference another go-around with the department in trying to get systemic problems in a different lab addressed in my second year. It was a much more "routine set" of problems (MIA advisors, bad advising, unrealistic expectations, ect.) in that case. Again, we were asked not to speak about it public because the department was working with us in good faith.
