University of Illinois professor files lawsuit claiming gender-based wage discrimination

CHAMPAIGN — A female professor is suing the University of Illinois for gender-based wage discrimination, as she makes between $12,000 and $56,000 less than the male colleagues in her program.

In a federal lawsuit filed Monday, industrial design Professor Deana McDonagh alleges that she is paid less because she is a woman and was retaliated against for making complaints.

After one complaint in 2014, she alleges that the then-director of the School of Art & Design responded "by asking her why she needed a pay increase given that Plaintiff does not have a family."

After filing a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in 2017, McDonagh alleges that "just three weeks later, Defendant issued Plaintiff her first ever mediocre faculty evaluation."

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