A Penn State Professor who is deaf has filed a Federal Discrimination Lawsuit against the University.
Dr. Joseph Valente has been a professor of education, since 2010.
In what he describes as a cost cutting move Valente says Penn State first changed long standing accommodations providing him with two interpreters.
He says the University also canceled his graduate classes reduced research funding and created what he terms a hostile work environment.
According to the lawsuit, when the Department Of Justice issued a right to sue letter for Valente, the University placed him on administrative leave.