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Emory widens probe of professor's book
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Emory widens probe of professor's book
By JEN SANSBURY
Atlanta Journal-Constitution Staff Writer
Emory University has appointed a committee of outside experts to further investigate accusations of research misconduct by history professor Michael Bellesiles.
Emory University is widening its probe of the research done by history professor Michael Bellesiles for this book on guns in America.
Bellesiles has drawn criticism over his 2000 book, "Arming America: The Origins of a National Gun Culture," which argues that guns were more rare in early America than previously thought.
Critics, including gun rights advocates and several historians who recently reviewed Bellesiles' book in a prominent history journal, claim that his research and interpretation of historical information were flawed and biased.
The newly appointed investigative committee is made up of "distinguished scholars from outside Emory" and their work is already under way, according to a brief statement issued Thursday.
The group's work will be confidential, but Bellesiles has agreed that the outcome can be made public. The investigation is expected to wrap up "no later than summer's end," according to the university.
More than two months ago, interim undergraduate Dean Robert Paul initiated what was supposed to have been a 30-day initial inquiry into the accusations against Bellesiles. Emory officials have since been mum about the process.
Thursday's statement did not reveal when Paul determined there should be a formal investigation or when the committee began its work. Officials did not respond to requests for additional information.
Bellesiles, who has been spending the year on a fellowship at Chicago's Newberry Library, could not be reached for comment. He is scheduled to teach in an Emory summer abroad program in England and those plans have not changed, university spokeswoman Nancy Seideman said.
Public controversy surrounding the book escalated after it won the prestigious Bancroft Prize in American History and Diplomacy last year.
http://www.accessatlanta.com/ajc/metro/0402/26emory.html
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
By JEN SANSBURY
Atlanta Journal-Constitution Staff Writer
Emory University has appointed a committee of outside experts to further investigate accusations of research misconduct by history professor Michael Bellesiles.
Emory University is widening its probe of the research done by history professor Michael Bellesiles for this book on guns in America.
Bellesiles has drawn criticism over his 2000 book, "Arming America: The Origins of a National Gun Culture," which argues that guns were more rare in early America than previously thought.
Critics, including gun rights advocates and several historians who recently reviewed Bellesiles' book in a prominent history journal, claim that his research and interpretation of historical information were flawed and biased.
The newly appointed investigative committee is made up of "distinguished scholars from outside Emory" and their work is already under way, according to a brief statement issued Thursday.
The group's work will be confidential, but Bellesiles has agreed that the outcome can be made public. The investigation is expected to wrap up "no later than summer's end," according to the university.
More than two months ago, interim undergraduate Dean Robert Paul initiated what was supposed to have been a 30-day initial inquiry into the accusations against Bellesiles. Emory officials have since been mum about the process.
Thursday's statement did not reveal when Paul determined there should be a formal investigation or when the committee began its work. Officials did not respond to requests for additional information.
Bellesiles, who has been spending the year on a fellowship at Chicago's Newberry Library, could not be reached for comment. He is scheduled to teach in an Emory summer abroad program in England and those plans have not changed, university spokeswoman Nancy Seideman said.
Public controversy surrounding the book escalated after it won the prestigious Bancroft Prize in American History and Diplomacy last year.
http://www.accessatlanta.com/ajc/metro/0402/26emory.html
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878