Yale Dean Resigns After Hateful Yelp Reviews Go Public

A Yale University dean has resigned after disparaging remarks she made on the review site Yelp, including calling people “white trash,” “low class folks” and “barely educated morons,” were uncovered.


June Chu served as dean of Pierson College, one of Yale’s residential colleges, from May 2016 until this month. She was initially placed on leave but then chose to leave the position voluntarily.

Chu’s Yelp account has since been deleted, but Yale Daily News posted screenshots of some of the reviews in May.

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