Christenfeld

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FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL

BACKGROUND

Christenfeld began working at the University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego or the university) in 1991. He was a professor in the psychology department. Jane Doe 1 transferred to UC San Diego from community college in fall 2010. During her first semester there, she took an introduction to social psychology course taught by Christenfeld. Later, in winter 2012, Jane Doe 1 took a smaller seminar with Christenfeld. She began visiting him during his office hours, where they would talk for several hours about social psychology, how she might prepare to attend graduate school, and other topics. Christenfeld is 25 years older that Jane Doe 1, which meant that at the time he was more than twice her age. They sometimes discussed sexuality (the subject of her honors thesis), which led to more generalized discussions about sexual topics, as well as flirting. After the course ended, the two continued to communicate by email, and in April 2012 they met for the first time outside office hours. They quickly began a romantic and sexual relationship, which spanned the next four years. A different professor, who was Jane Doe 1’s primary academic mentor…