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BREAKING REPORT: ⚠️ Harvard's diversity chief Sherri Ann Charleston hit with 40 PLAGERISM ALLEGATIONS following Claudine Gay scandal..
An anonymous report received by the Ivy League institution on Monday alleges that Sherri Ann Charleston committed plagiarism in at least 40 instances, some dating back to 2009, before her tenure at Harvard, as reported by the Washington Free Beacon.
The accusations involve Charleston's failure to appropriately credit other academics in her work and omitting necessary references in footnotes. This comes on the heels of former Harvard University president Claudine Gay stepping down amidst a controversy involving plagiarism allegations and her response to antisemitism issues on campus.
The Beacon's own examination of the complaint revealed that Charleston's 2009 dissertation at the University of Michigan may have included uncredited quotes or paraphrases from about a dozen scholars.
Furthermore, the complaint contends that Charleston claimed ownership of a research project that her husband, LaVar Charleston — who is currently the deputy vice chancellor for diversity and inclusion at the University of Wisconsin-Madison — authored in 2012.
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5:40 PM · Jan 30, 2024
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Harvard’s diversity chief hit with 40 plagiarism accusations in wake of Claudine Gay scandal: report
Harvard University’s chief diversity and inclusion officer has been hit with dozens of plagiarism allegations tied to her academic work — including one claim she failed to properly cite her own husband’s study.
The Ivy League school was handed an anonymous complaint on Monday listing at least 40 examples of alleged plagiarism by Sherri Ann Charleston dating back to 2009 — a decade before she joined Harvard, the Washington Free Beacon reported.
The allegations, which include failing to properly cite other scholars’ work and not referencing them in footnotes, come just weeks after Harvard University president Claudine Gay resigned from her top post after becoming embroiled in a scandal over charges that she plagiarized work and her handling of antisemitism on campus.
According to the Beacon, which conducted its own analysis of the complaint, Charleston allegedly quoted or paraphrased a dozen scholars without adequate attribution in her 2009 dissertation at the University of Michigan.
The complaint also alleges Charleston ultimately took credit for a study that her husband, LaVar Charleston — currently the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s deputy vice chancellor for diversity and inclusion — wrote in 2012.
https://nypost.com/2024/01/30/news/harvards-chief-diversity-officer-sherri-ann-charleston-accused-of-plagiarism-report/