About Me:
Dr. Melissa Ing

In 2017, I took a leap of faith that Tufts Dental would advocate for me when I reported my sexual harasser, a man with a known serial history of misogynistic harassing towards dental students and faculty. Instead, I was denied promotion to full professor, while 8 men were held to lower standards.  I was bullied, punished for reporting, retaliated and discriminated against. #whistleblower

​I was severely punished by a network of complicit enablers, central in protecting the perpetrator and the university. I suffered mental, physical, and financial anguish, eventually pushed out of my 30-year national multiple award-winning career, while the abuse was covered up.

I was forcibly silenced with a protective order, prohibited from speaking documented truth, even though this is against U.S. Title IX law and First Amendment Rights.​

My journey is #lonely but I learned that #iamnotalone. 

Across the globe millions of women and men suffer sexual violence.

Trauma has no time stamp. The smallest symptoms trigger tears. I still have terrible nightmares about my perpetrators. Recovery is slow.

Yet, I have moved from betrayal to restored faith in people; from being powerless to being empowered; from angry to being an activist. ​I build awareness. I work on public policy to stop sexual abuse, including filing of a petition to the United States Supreme Court, #SCOTUS; public awareness of "Pass the Harasser" problems #stoppasstheharasser; and confidentiality agreements related to sexual harassment and sexual assault. #stopNDA​

I went back to school at age 58, receiving my MBA. I founded a small business, producing sustainable affirmation/playing cards, encouraging #positivity and #kindness.