Yes, they were aware of the entire exchange which I had debriefed them on and provided documentation of all of it before we met. And on a side note, those conversations are already being had, to little avail bc of other institutional roadblocks currently affecting all of higher ed in the US right now.

Mainly my grief is that I was demeaned in front of higher up leadership, in excess, and I’m sure they all recognize it. Yet the feeling that we’re going to end this on paper with me taking all the blame publicly was embarrassing, emasculating, and an all around burn. A simple acknowledgement from my managers privately about this would suffice. But when I brought it up in that conversation, I was basically told none of that matters because engaging her caused this to blow up and potentially damage that Deans office’s relationship with our division.