Damayanti Banerjee v. Univ. of Tenn.

NOT RECOMMENDED FOR PUBLICATION File Name: 20a0381n.06 No. 19-6009 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT FILED DAMAYANTI BANERJEE, ) Jun 26, 2020 ) DEBORAH S. HUNT, Clerk Plaintiff-Appellant, ) ) v. ) ON APPEAL FROM THE ) UNITED STATES DISTRICT THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE, ) COURT FOR THE EASTERN ) DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE Defendant-Appellee. ) ) BEFORE: BOGGS, GRIFFIN, and LARSEN, Circuit Judges. BOGGS, Circuit Judge. As a tenure-track assistant professor at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (“UTK”), Dr. Damayanti Banerjee knew she had to publish or perish. She failed to…