My tragedy at San Jose University began when I was invited to
attend an interview for my university appointment in July 2002.
During that time, I met a university professor called Gilda Pour,
who was of Iranian origin and was working at the university. She
begged me not to accept the university's offer to work there. Un-
fortunately, I did not take her advice, and I received the letter of
appointment after the university dean assured me everything
would be fine. I met many Silicon Valley scientific groups encour-
aging me to live in the area. Then, I returned to my office at Lin-
coln University and received a phone call from a university facul-
ty member who spoke to me rudely and told me there was no
place for me at the university. What a bad start! I immediately
called the dean, who asked me not to worry, but after I returned
to the university, I was surprised that he had left after a short
period. This book includes many examples of ill-treatment by
some university faculty members, except for one or two people
who treated me kindly and one of whom arranged a convenient
place to stay at the beginning of my stay in San Jose.
