A week after the University of Louisiana at Lafayette fired its softball coach for subjecting female athletes and co-workers to a "hostile learning and working environment," four female professors detailed to The Daily Advertiser their ongoing complaint over what they call gender-based discrimination and hostility.

In June, four faculty members within the B.I. Moody III College of Business Administration signed U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission complaints of gender-discrimination and harassment regarding some of their male coworkers.

Meanwhile, one of the men named in at least two of the EEOC complaints, filed his own in February, months before the women. He does not name individuals but alleges he was discriminated against based on his gender and age.

Gwen Fontenot, Lucy Henke, Patricia Lanier and Lise Anne Slatten allege violations of Titles VII and IX, gender-based discrimination and retaliation, in complaints filed in August with the EEOC and the Louisiana Commission on Human Rights against the university about male professors.

David Baker, an associate professor of marketing, is mentioned most in the female professors' charges. Ron Cheek, Joby John and James Underwood are also named in the EEOC complaints, but unlike Baker, are not named in all four.

On his part, Baker filed an internal complaint with the university's Office of Human Resources against Fontenot, Henke and Lanier, according to Fontenot and Lanier. They said they were notified by email that a complaint was filed and asked to respond.

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An average EEOC investigation takes 10 months, but some are settled more quickly through mediation, according to the organization's website.

An offer from the professors' attorney, Allison Jones, to mediate with the university expired over the summer, prompting the filings with the federal commission, according to a demand letter Jones provided.

To the EEOC, Underwood alleges he was denied promotions, salary increases and advancements to positions that were awarded to "less qualified females," according to his Feb. 24 complaint.

On Thursday — a day after The Daily Advertiser requested documents and comment for this story — Jones received a letter from the university's legal counsel recommending someone to "facilitate a conversation between all of the parties so that they can hopefully resolve some of their issues."

If a facilitated conversation does not work, the letter states the university is "agreeable" to mediation, which those filing EEOC complaints said they have requested for months.

Jones and Underwood's attorney Mildred E. Methvin have opposed using a facilitator rather than a neutral third-party mediator.

Among the women's allegations are "irate" conversations had at "hostile and threatening" decibel levels about not being included in emails, "vile accusations" voiced loudly at a faculty meeting and "verbally abusive" group emails.

Only Underwood, an associate professor of marketing, responded to requests for comment. He directed The Daily Advertiser to his attorney, who said in a statement her client denies the allegations and innuendo in the professors' EEOC claims.

Baker, Cheek and John have not responded to phone calls and emails seeking comment since Wednesday.

University Communications Specialist Charlie Bier said Thursday this is "a personnel matter the university is not willing to discuss."

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According to an April UL Lafayette University Police report, the District Attorney's Office reviewed the police department's investigation into some of Lanier's charges and determined there was nothing criminal to prosecute and recommended she pursue civil complaints and seek a restraining order against Baker.

"(First assistant DA Danny) Landry added that although it's on the line, this is a civil matter," the report states.

A restraining order was not requested because Lanier "did not want to escalate the conflict or raise it to a more public level in the hope that things could be rectified in an appropriate manner," a spokesperson said on behalf of the women's attorney.

Fontenot, an associate professor of marketing who was interim dean of the College of Business Administration until July, alleges Cheek, Baker, John and Underwood engaged in "bullying and character assassination" of her as the dean's search began again.

"They were verbally abusive via group email messages and in faculty meetings, filed frivolous grievances and launched written claims of unethical behavior, all in an effort to prevent me from applying and/or being considered for the dean's position," Fontenot wrote in her EEOC charge.

Lanier, an associate professor in the Department of Management, alleges Baker "became irate" and yelled loudly at her "for not including him in emails" for about 10 minutes in her office in March.

While Baker did not threaten her, Lanier said he approached her desk each time he began to yell again.

Lanier feared he would become physically aggressive, according to a March 9 University Police report, and that she was scared to return to work.

In her complaint, Henke cites an "unexpected outburst" from Baker at the first faculty meeting of last school year that "unjustifiably targeted" Slatten with "vile accusations;" Henke's meeting with Baker for his annual review in which she says he became "enraged and physically threatening;" and an instance in which someone unlawfully entered Henke's office overnight and placed Fontenot's personnel file on her desk, which she reported to University Police.

Slatten, interim associate dean for academic programs, charges that Baker "belittled, demeaned and verbally attacked" her in a faculty meeting and suggested she was a spy for Fontenot.

Slatten said Underwood and John contributed to the conversation and escalated Baker's aggression toward her.

While Underwood's complaint does not name individuals, a statement from his attorney Thursday alleges that Fontenot "engaged in a methodical, calculated program of favoritism and punishment so that those who would support her desire to become permanent Dean were in positions of power, and others were silenced or diminished."

A series of EEOC interviews with the professors was scheduled for August, but Hurricane Harvey postponed them. The interviews have yet to be rescheduled, according to a statement from Jones.