Harvard hires Divinity School graduate who faced assault charges against an Israeli student at a protest

A Harvard graduate from the Divinity School, Elom Tettey‑Tamaklo, has been appointed as a graduate teaching fellow at the Ivy League institution. The position, which began in August, involves helping faculty plan curricula and offering guidance on complex academic topics. Reports suggest he could receive a stipend of up to $11,000.

In October 2023, Tettey‑Tamaklo was recorded confronting a first‑year Harvard Business School student, Yoav Segev, during a campus protest that followed the Hamas‑related attack. The confrontation, captured on film, marked the beginning of a legal dispute. He was charged with misdemeanor assault and battery, and a judge required him to finish anger‑management coursework, take a Harvard negotiation class, and complete 80 hours of community service. After meeting those conditions, a Boston Municipal Court judge dismissed the case in November 2024.

Harvard allowed Tettey‑Tamaklo to continue his studies before deciding to hire him. The incident had drawn attention from the former Trump administration, which requested that the university investigate the incident and consider expulsion for those involved, citing concerns about the institution’s federal funding and the need to prevent antisemitic harassment on campus.

Unlike this case, the university imposed no other academic penalties on Tettey‑Tamaklo beyond removing him from a proctoring role. The decision was justified by school officials as a response to “student discomfort.”

Tettey‑Tamaklo was not the sole student facing charges. Harvard Law School graduate Ibrahim Bharmal, who also participated in the protest, was charged similarly. Bharmal also avoided academic sanctions and later secured a substantial fellowship from the Harvard Law Review, worth $65,000.

Both defendants maintained that they did not physically touch Segev and claimed that they experienced racially biased law enforcement by the Harvard University Police Department. The police report indicated that several protesters pressed their bodies against Segev as they tried to block his camera, labeling Tettey‑Tamaklo, Bharmal, and another individual as the “most prolific and aggressive.”

Segev has since filed a federal lawsuit against Harvard, alleging that the university failed to provide adequate protection and obstructed his efforts to seek disciplinary action. He accuses Harvard of using “misleading tactics” that hindered his pursuit of administrative remedies during the criminal investigation.

Fox News Digital has reached out to Harvard for a response.

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