Her illegal actions against Dr. Burton helped earn her the Provost position at UW Platteville and a new job at Frostburg State University. Corrupt administrators get promoted out when their actions become too embarrassing for the university. Her actions against Burton were actually used to make her look like someone who should be advanced. She was able to get rid of a "troublemaker," so she must be great, right? In a corrupt government, this is the way they think. I must admit, she was good at harassing people. Yep. Even perjury laws didn't seem to slow her down. See Timeline: December 15, 2014 5:38 PM and Tue 5/3/2016 6:42 PM.
Dean Throop threatened Dr. Burton writing “You will either refrain from discussing Dr. Dalecki’s candidacy, participating in decisions/recommendations regarding his candidacy, and voting on his candidacy, or I will remove you immediately from this search committee.” (exhibit 597a). Burton was on a search committee to find a new interim chair for the Criminal Justice Department. Throop wanted Dr. Dalecki to get the position. Dr. Burton did not want Dalecki to be her boss because she knew he was a terrible choice, and would likely retaliate against her.
Policy did not allow for the Dean to get involved in the department’s internal selection process. As Dean, Throop could have disapproved the department’s choice and installed Dalecki no matter what the search committee recommended. But she wanted to suppress Dr. Burton’s ability to speak. She wanted Burton to cower, and to stop exposing the corruption.
Dr. Burton showed backbone by writing to Throop “I will not bend to corruption, abuse and threats.”
—– We still have not bent, but we’ve been beaten. —–
See the story on the Public Timeline. – Tue 12/9/2014 12:47 PM.
Of course Throop followed through on her threat, and Dalecki was made the interim chair of the Criminal Justice department, even though he had no Criminal Justice background. The reason he was installed was because he was loyal to Throop and Shields and because he ‘knew where the skeletons were burried.’ See Timeline Oct 17, 2013. This story shows how unqualified people are elevated to positions of power in a corrupt government. Dalecki soon began retaliating against Dr. Burton.
There are many more stories of corruption about former Dean/Provost Throop in the files of the timeline. Search for “Throop” to see her involvement. I’ll post more stories when I am able.
Throop seemed a normal and reasonable person initially. Power corrupts!