Academic Parity Movement

Letting powerful academics off the hook and punishing the people they bullied sends the message that abuse is acceptable in academia.
@Nature
nature.com/articles/d4158…

In this piece, Professor of Psychology Catherine A. Sanderson situates the Cornell Jane Doe case in the broader phenomenon of inaction in the face of problematic behavior asserting that the reality is that pretty much everyone has been in situations where they’ve seen potentially problematic behavior and failed to speak up because we misperceive that we are the only one who thinks the behavior is problematic. In order to reverse this trend, she argues that we need to better understand the very normal psychological factors that lead people to misperceive what others are actually thinking and feeling and learn specific strategies for intervening.

theconversation.com/dozens-of-men-…

This piece is a reprint of an article by Stephanie Lamy published in the French publication, Mediapart, in which Lamy details the three-year long “hunt” for Jason Arday that led to his death. Lamy applies her expertise in online propaganda to reframe the story as a calculated and coordinated effort by individuals with ties to the right wing ‘race realist’ network to target and harass Jason Arday.

broligarchy.substack.com/p/the-killing-…

Cornell Professor of Philosophy Kate Manne reflects upon what the recently publicized case of Jane Doe reveals both the reality and widespread acceptance of violence against women on American campuses, and the fact that violence against women is often punished far less severely than other, less egregious, infractions. Manne asserts that we urgently need massive institutional change on university campuses to put a stop to the indifference and disproportionality demonstrated in this case.

thecut.com/article/what-i…

In this piece, Katherine Mangan describes the recent controversy around Michigan State University’s decision to investigate and place an assistant professor of chemistry on administrative leave. Critics of MSU’s actions cite both the lack of transparency around the charges against the faculty member and note that the abrupt decision to investigate her comes in stark contrast to her recent and overwhelmingly positive recommendations for promotion. The article draws attention to issues surrounding MSU’s internal procedures and questions whether this case may be evidence of an “overzealous crackdown on an early-career scholar”.

chronicle.com/article/banish…