Doe

I. BACKGROUND

A. Doe’s Appointment Doe was appointed as an adjunct lecturer at SCU several times. The first appointment was for the 2016-2017 academic year, in which she was hired to teach seven courses over the full year. Doe also was appointed for the 2017-2018 winter quarter, apparently for two courses, and for the 2017-2018 spring quarter, apparently for one course. The last appointment ended June 15, 2018. B. Doe’s Allegations In her first amended complaint, Doe alleges the following facts, which we take as true for purposes of assessing the demurrer. (See, e.g., First Nationwide Savings v. Perry (1992) 11 Cal.App.4th 1657, 1662.) 1. Winter 2018 Doe is an Asian-American woman. In February 2018, she began experiencing headaches, dizziness, blurry vision, pain, and fatigue at work. She then engaged an engineering firm to “evaluate the ergonomic and environmental aspects” of her workplace. Shortly after Doe engaged the engineering firm, SCU’s “management behavior” changed. Before the change, Doe was well respected, and the environment at SCU was supportive and inclusive. Afterwards, management marginalized, micromanaged, and ostracized her. Among other things, the chair of…