An acclaimed African-American academic who accused outgoing Harvard president Claudine Gay of copying his work is demanding to know how the school will fix its approach to plagiarism after its board supported the embattled academic.
Lawyers representing Carol Swain, a former political science professor at Vanderbilt University, sent a letter to the Harvard Corporation, the school’s top governing body, asking to know what “remedies” the Ivy League institution seeks to pursue. unauthorized use of your work.
“Through its acts, inactions, and public statements surrounding the use of Dr. Swain’s work, the Harvard Corporation is now involved in this matter and its subsequent outcome,” attorney Robert Kleinman wrote on Swain’s behalf.
The stern letter, dated Jan. 3, also sought clarification on what constitutes “duplicate language” and when the line crosses into plagiarism.
“How many instances of duplicate language in an academic work would constitute plagiarism?” the letter asks.
“Would five instances of duplicate language constitute plagiarism? fifty?
Lawyers representing Swain, a former professor of political science at Vanderbilt University, sent a letter to the Harvard Corporation requesting to know what “remedies” they will seek to take for the unauthorized use of her work. AFF-USA/Shutterstock
Gay has been accused of taking passages from scholar Woodrow Wilson’s award-winning work, “Black Faces, Black Interests: The Representation of African Americans in Congress” for use in her 1997 doctoral dissertation.
“Have a conversation with the people who have been harmed by Gay’s plagiarism and the system that protects her,” Swain posted last month on X, calling for Gay to be fired “in a hurry.”
“Stop listening to the plagiarism apologists,” he also wrote in the lengthy post titled “Some Free Unsolicited Advice for Harvard University.”
“Stop listening to the racist mob of whites and blacks who cry racism while they are among the worst offenders.”
Gay has been accused of taking passages from scholar Woodrow Wilson’s award-winning work, “Black Faces, Black Interests: The Representation of African Americans in Congress” for use in her 1997 doctoral dissertation. David McGlynn
Meanwhile, the Harvard Corporation said an independent review had uncovered three cases of “inappropriate quotes” by Gay, but no misconduct.
“Harvard cannot condemn Ms. Gay because she is a product of an elite system that holds high-pedigree minorities to a lower standard,” Swain responded.
“This hurts academia as a whole and demeans Americans, of all races, who had to work to earn everything they earned.”
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