In April 2012, The Boston Globe sparked a campaign controversy by reporting that from 1986 to 1995 Warren had listed herself as a racial minority in the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Directory of Law Teachers.[38] Harvard Law School had identified Warren as a "woman of color" in response to criticisms about a lack of faculty diversity.[39][40] Scott Brown, her Republican opponent in the Senate race, accused Warren of fabricating Native American heritage to gain advantage in the job market.[41][42][43] Former colleagues and supervisors at universities where she had worked stated that Warren's ancestry played no role in her hiring.[40][38][43][44] Warren stated that she had listed herself as a minority to meet people of similar heritage, and was unaware that Harvard had listed her as a woman of color.[45] Her brothers defended her, stating that they "grew up listening to our mother and grandmother and other relatives talk about our family's Cherokee and Delaware heritage".