An Arizona college professor allegedly made his students to strip in front of him and their classmates, flirted with several coeds and forced them to watch orgy porn, all during class, according to a shocking investigative report.
Mace Archer, 56, a drama teacher at Mesa Community College, is currently under investigation for the allegations by school officials, according to the damning report written by the Arizona Republic.
But students accused the college of ignoring their complaints of inappropriate behavior by the professor for months before the probe was opened.
Some of the Mesa Community College drama students in Archer’s class kept a running file shared amongst them documenting the alleged litany of sexual depravity he had exposed them to over two years, the Republic reported.
It contains more than a dozen anonymous accusations, according to the outlet.
One accusation in the document states that the teacher coached one student to “dive into” her personal experience of sexual assault to channel into her performances on stage. In another alleged incident, he straddled another student as part of a “demonstration” in the middle of class. He also is accused of playing orgy porn videos to his students.
Among the most stomach-turning accusations was that he coerced three female students to take off their clothes on stage.
Under the pretense of “vulnerability exercises” for students’ midterms, Archer allegedly forced the students – some still teens – to strip down to their underwear or nothing at all on stage in front of him and their classmates, according to the local outlet.
Gabrielle Monroe, a student in Archer’s class, said the point of the midterm was for students to face their fears – not to end up nude, she told the Republic.
But that is just what Archer made it about, Monroe and other women students said.
“On the first day, two women stripped down to their underwear. The person who got naked was on the second day,” she said. “We all knew what to expect.”
“She was just silent. She just took her clothes off,” Monroe added. “People were kind of shocked, but it was silent. No music, no talking, nothing.”
Monroe was one of about 16 students in a second-level acting class that Archer taught to test the limits of the students’ fear, the publication reported.
School officials would not tell the Republic if encouraging students to undress in an acting class — or being made to watch — was an explicit policy violation. The publication noted that school rules prohibit “any unwelcome conduct that a reasonable person would find so severe, pervasive, and objectively offensive that it denies a person equal educational access.”
Administrators for Maricopa Community Colleges, the district that includes Mesa Community College, declined the Arizona Republic’s interview requests.
“Because this is an active personnel matter, we cannot provide specific details to protect the privacy of those involved,” spokesperson Lindsey Wilson told the publication in a May 19 email. “Our colleges take any allegations of misconduct seriously and are committed to fostering a safe, respectful, and supportive environment for students, faculty, and staff.”
Wilson told the Arizona Republic that the appropriate action would be taken based on the investigation’s outcome.
The Mesa Police Department said it is not currently investigating the accusations.
Mesa Community College hired Archer as co-director of its theatre program in 2021, according to the Republic.
He has had a long career in theater academia before that, working at the University of Tennessee, Randolph College in Virginia and as an artistic director at Mt. Hood Community College. He was also the director of several plays at Arizona Broadway Theatre from 2008 to 2014.
Archer did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Post.
