During July 2010 managing editor Kevin Morrissey repeatedly complained to university officials about editor Ted Genoways' treatment of him. On July 30, 2010, Morrissey shot himself, after first calling 911 to report his own shooting. Press reports accused Genoways of harassing and bullying Morrissey. Genoways denied the bullying and in an August 1 e-mail to
VQR writers said he did not "feel responsible" for Morrissey's death. After staffers had completed most work on the
VQR Fall issue to be published in Morrissey's memory, in August 2010 Genoways took charge of the issue. Staffers removed their names from the
masthead in protest, and subsequently the entire staff resigned. A documentary titled "What Killed Kevin" revisited Genoways' relationship with Morrissey and the time leading up to the suicide. New university president
Teresa Sullivan called for a "thorough review" of both financial and managerial practices at the magazine. In the meantime the university had put the Winter issue of
VQR "on hold," to "let the internal review progress." The university later stated that it was cancelling the Winter issue, and stated it might publish a "bonus issue" at some future date, or reimburse subscribers for the cancelled issue. After completing its investigation, in a controversial report published October 20, 2010, the university concluded that, because there were "no specific allegations of bullying or harassment" prior to Mr. Morrissey's death, the university would not fire Mr. Genoways—and Mr. Genoways wrote in an e-mail to the
New York Times that he would be "remaining on as editor." The university stated its intent to reorganize
VQR under a new reporting structure, bring its finances under outside supervision, and revise "how employees report [problems] and receive assistance." Despite the temporary suspension,
VQR never skipped an issue and resumed publication in late January 2011, marking "the start of its 87th year of continuous publication." In December 2011, about fourteen months after one newspaper said "the award-winning
Virginia Quartlerly Review might have appeared on the verge of extinction," the university announced it was hiring a new publisher and a new deputy editor; Mr. Genoways remained as editor. In April 2012 Genoways resigned, saying: "I look back on my nine years as editor with pride, but I also hope that the new staff will not feel in any way encumbered by that legacy." ==Continuation under new staff==