Cecilia Chang, the former dean at St. John’s University, last month was indicted on charges that she was fraudulently taking money from the New York University. According to accusations, she stole over $1 million in money that was intended for the university.

Now come new charges. Apparently she not only was a Dean of the Institute of Asian Studies at St. John’s University, but she was also a “slave driver”. She allegedly used students that relied on the school for scholarships, as her own personal slaves.

What kind of work did the 57-year-old Cecilia Chang make her students do? Some of the notable dirty jobs included:
- Wiring her money while she was gambling at Foxwoods Casino, where she also blew through part of the $1 million she stole from the school..
- Picking up her son at 3:00 in the morning from the airport.
- Cleaning her home from top to bottom.
- Shoveling snow.
- Being her personal valet.
- Taking out her garbage.
- Doing her and her son’s laundry.
- Cooking her and her son’s dinner.

She had a rather complicated system down, at least since 2007. She allegedly had more than 3 students at a time on a specific rotation that allowed her to have a slave working for her every day of the week, even on the weekends.

“[she] let me be the housekeeper for her house and give me scholarship. We have three housekeeper before, and she ask us work 122 days per year per person,” said one student in a letter to the university.

Another student who did not want their name released said, “I felt so bad when she yelled at me, especially when she didn’t like my cleaning.”

One of Chang’s responsibilities as Vice President and dean of the University was to award and revoke scholarships. She would tell the students that they risked getting their scholarships revoked if they did not do what they were told. Most students believed her, and kept quiet.

How did Chang expect to get away with these inhumane practices? She simply had hoped that the students would be too terrified to report her.