Rosa Freedman
Prof Rosa Freedman said she feared for her safety after the reaction to her discussing a government consultation on how people can change their gender.
The human rights lawyer had raised concerns on how the changes might affect women's rights.
The University of Reading said staff and student safety was a top priority.
Prof Freedman, who has said she is against self-identification, attended debates on the plans to change the Gender Recognition Act.
She told the BBC that afterwards she found her door had been covered in urine.
Prof Freedman also said she was called a "Nazi" who "should be raped" and added it was a "tipping point" for her to "push back" against the abusers when she received anonymous phone calls.
'Anonymous cowards'
Prof Freedman added: "I'm pretty public and open about the fact that I'm Jewish.
"I'm pretty public and open about the fact I've survived sexual violence - I have been throughout these debates.
"So obviously being told I'm a Nazi and being told I'm transphobic when I'm not transphobic and nothing I've said or done is transphobic...having been told I should get raped. None of them are particularly pleasant."
Dr Chloe Houston, an associate professor at the university, tweeted to "100% condemn the abusive treatment" of her colleague by "anonymous cowards".
She added: "Rosa has not expressed transphobic views and she is not transexclusionary."
A University of Reading spokesman said Prof Freedman had "worked extensively throughout her career on the rights of women and the LGBT community".
He added: "We explicitly respect the right of our trans staff and students to self-identify their gender.
"This is entirely consistent with our strong defence of the principle of academic freedom and the role of universities and academics in public debate."
Is this the mentality of this group of people and there sycophants that are responsible for this behavior if so, they have succumbed to a most base animal nature,
And makes me wonder, are they really human, or are they revealing themselves to be nothing more than animals clothed in a human body.
I fail to understand the issue if gender politics, and see it as more of the same old, divide and separate. Most people don't give a damn how a selfish few want to live their lives.
They are a minority, and as such, in reality, the vast majority of people have more important issues to deal with like continuing to provide and afford a safe home for their family, to feed and clothe said family, and maintain an employment status that will allow them to do that.
Meanwhile we have to listen to this drivel, and they are considered "educated".