Posted this also on Parent Forum. Just saw it on NY Times mobile website:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/21/us/yale-dean-yelp-white-trash.html?mwrsm=Email
In addition to her unfortunate reviews, she was not a good Dean. DS will not miss her.
I remember reading that the students found out about her Yelp account when she sent around an email bragging about how she had reached some kind of senior reviewer status on Yelp.
Ha.
She should have known better than to post such reviews publicly and then invite attention by sending an email to all of her college’s students about how she had reached Yelp Elite status. Her reviews paint her as snarky and full of herself and call into question her ability to genuinely relate to her students.
@IxnayBob Just wondering, what did your DS not like about her? I have heard some people praising her work as dean, saying that she provided a lot of helpful support. Others also commented about appreciating being able to see and talk to a dean who was a female POC. Of course, many of these people have also spoken out about feeling conflicted now that her reviews have come to light and questioning the genuineness of their previous conversations; but they liked her as dean before.
@OrchidBloom, DS found her unhelpful. He is an MS/BS student in CS, and apparently he needed some approvals from her (I don’t know the details). He found her difficult and obstructionist. He expressed this opinion well before her idiotic and reprehensible behavior online became known.
It’s not just that she was nasty online, but she also lied about it.
Another example of the “revolution eating its own.” It’s interesting to see how opinions on this have split on different lines. It is definitely an example of the destructive/divisive nature of some aspects of social media. To get attention/followers/likes/SM status, people are tempted to post the most outrageous comments (see also Harvard admits that got their admissions rescinded). She should have known better. What really has made it a clear “good riddance” for me was her disingenuousness when she initially claimed there were only 2 questionable posts. The issue went from a question of momentary indiscretion to one of integrity.
@RenaissanceMom , yes, she gets added to the long list of people who discovered that it’s often the coverup that dooms you.
Social media is not your friend.
@IxnayBob I can definitely see how that would be annoying! I hope he got everything he needed from her in the end 
@OrchidBloom, I just remembered another issue with her. DS had stitches in his hand, right before exams. He’s a very fast typist, but not with fingers taped together. He asked for some kind of Dean’s Accommodation, which she refused. His professors cut him some slack.
Deans can be a wonderful resource - a parent away from home. A bad one who does not have the best interest of her students at heart can create a lot of issues. Those posts were more than snarky, they were downright offensive. A sense of superiority like that must have crept into her interactions with her students, many of whom seem to fit the demographic she seemed to find so undeserving of her respect.
I wonder what school will hire this dean now that her employment with Yale has ended.
ETA - Maybe she could be a professional Yelp reviewer?
Somewhere will hire her. They will think Yale’s firing of her was caving to special, privileged “snowflakes” and not give a woot about her microagressions.