Overview

• Students say theatre director Mace Archer encouraged three female students to strip partially or fully nude on stage as part of a required ‘vulnerability’ midterm while classmates watched.
• At least one formal complaint filed in February led to a March investigation, but Archer remained in the classroom through the end of the semester.
• Current and former students maintained a shared document logging over a dozen incidents of alleged misconduct, including unwanted touching and overt flirtation, over two years.
• After inquiries from ArizArizona Republic, Archer’s name was removed from the fall course catalog and he is prohibited from returning to teaching until the inquiry concludes.
• Maricopa Community Colleges officials confirmed the ongoing investigation and promised action based on its findings following criticism over the college’s delayed response.