Teachers on leave after photos surface

Three University of South Alabama professors were placed on leave after

racially insensitive Halloween photos surfaced of them, the university said.

USA President Tony Waldrop said Friday an independent investigation into the incident will be conducted by a former trial attorney for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

The pictures were taken at an on-campus Halloween party in 2014. Then-Dean of the Mitchell College of Business and current finance professor Bob Wood was dressed in a Confederate soldier’s uniform, while professors Alex Sharland and Teresa Weldy posed with a whip and noose.