The Red and Black

Issue date: 9/23/08 Section: News

CARROLL

A Terry College associate professor said Monday she sees a "disparity" between her salary and others in her department even after she reached a settlement granting her a 65 percent pay increase.

"What is really key here is not the absolute dollar pay for one faculty member," Barbara Carroll wrote in an e-mail to The Red & Black, "but (my) pay relative to others of the same/lower rank ... performing duties similar to (my) own."

In a 2007 complaint to the Office of Legal Affairs, Carroll said Rajiv Grover, then-department head of marketing and distribution, and Srinivas Reddy, director for the center of marketing studies, favored "Asians as new tenure-track hires," and that American employees "are paid dramatically less," according to documents obtained by The Red & Black in an open records request.

Though Legal Affairs found no fault within Terry College, Carroll was later found in violation of the non-discrimination and anti-harassment policy when individuals said she "publicly and unfairly attacked and harassed" them, according to documents.

Carroll signed a settlement agreement, release and covenant not to sue with Terry College Dean Robert T. Sumichrast and University Provost Arnett Mace in January that raised her $87,660 annual salary to $144,667 for the next three years. Upon her retirement in January 2011, Carroll stands to gain hundreds of thousands of dollars in salary and benefits.

Of the professors listed in the legal affairs investigation, Carroll's salary was the lowest. In 2007, Carroll, who has been employed by the University since 1986, was paid $87,660. She studied at universities in Mississippi, Kentucky and Indiana.

Piyush Kumar, who is also an associate professor in marketing and distribution, made $235,910 the same year. Kumar was hired by Terry College in 2005 and studied at the Indian Institute of Management in Ahmedabad, India.

Rex Du and Vanessa Patrick, both assistant professors in marketing and distribution, made $155,590 and $160,111, respectively. Du studied at China Europe International Business School in Shanghai before he was hired in 2005. Patrick, who was hired in 2004, studied at Bombay University.

Roberto Friedmann, an associate professor who has worked at Terry College since 1984, made $111,923 in 2007. Friedmann, who was not listed in the investigation, studied at the University of Kansas.

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