UC Santa Barbara professor claims college shortchanged her $3M, promoted male colleague: suit

Source: New York Post

A female UC Santa Barbara professor was underpaid by nearly $3 million while a less experienced, male colleague cashed in, according to a lawsuit. Edwina Barvosa, a Harvard-educated professor of applied social and political theory who has taught at UCSB since 1998, claimed she was paid far less than a man hired eight years after her for the same job, according to the suit filed in Santa Barbara County Superior Court in June. The complaint identifies the colleague only as “Professor Y.