According to UVA’s Office of Public Affairs, an internal examination of the Virginia Quarterly Review—launched following the July 30 suicide of managing editor Kevin Morrissey, allegations of workplace bullying leveled at editor Ted Genoways and reports of staff complaints to UVA human resources—remains ongoing.
The review of VQR had a tentative deadline of September 30; however, UVA spokeswoman Carol Wood says the University is not certain when the review will be complete. When UVA President Teresa Sullivan announced the review of VQR, she said in a news release that the timetable of the review "will be subject to change if unanticipated complexities are discovered. It is more important that this review be done well than that it be done quickly."
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