For those who don't, this is the professor who raised hell when he described the 11/9 attacks as on legitimate targets, likened victims to "little Eichmanns", and said the attacks were the predictible result of homicidal US government policies. He's now in deep trouble over alleged scholarly misconduct:
CU committee blasts Ward Churchill
Panel alleges prof plagiarized, violated research standards
By Sara Burnett and Kevin Vaughan, Rocky Mountain News
May 17, 2006
University of Colorado professor Ward Churchill stole the work of others, twisted facts to bolster his own theories and repeatedly violated the most basic standards of scholarly research, the committee assigned to investigate him wrote in a stinging report made public Tuesday.
One of the five committee members recommended Churchill be fired. Two said he should be suspended without pay for two years; the two others recommended a five- year suspension without pay.
The final decision will be left to Provost Susan Avery and arts-and- sciences Dean Todd Gleeson, and it is not expected until mid-June.
Churchill, who infuriated people across the nation with an essay about the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, did not respond to a Rocky Mountain News request for comment. However, he told The Associated Press the committee's findings were "a travesty."
"Some of this I see as being transparently ridiculous, laughable," he told The Associated Press. "I feel, in a weird way, actually sort of validated they would put themselves through such contortions" to condemn his work.
Gov. Bill Owens, upon receiving the report, again called on Churchill to resign.
Research misconduct is considered one of the most serious offenses a faculty member can commit. And the investigative committee concluded that Churchill had consistently committed it.
"Some of the allegations that we have discussed in this report could plausibly have been characterized as not serious had they been founded on one instance, a singular departure from an otherwise clean record of scholarship," the report said. "But this is sadly not the case."
On one of the allegations - Churchill's claim that the U.S. Army intentionally spread smallpox among the Mandan Indians in 1837 - the committee concluded that the professor "has created myths under the banner of academic scholarship."
The committee also questioned whether Churchill understood the gravity of the problems in his work.
While the report states Churchill was "civil and collegial" toward the committee, it also says he did not acknowledge any serious wrongdoing.
"Professor Churchill repeatedly claimed in his written submissions and interviews with us that he has been singled out for unfair scrutiny by those who oppose his political views," the report said. "We note, however, that his habit of responding to an accusation by disparaging the accuser rather than addressing the question serves as a way to evade genuine confrontation with the charges."
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Panel alleges prof plagiarized, violated research standards
By Sara Burnett and Kevin Vaughan, Rocky Mountain News
May 17, 2006
University of Colorado professor Ward Churchill stole the work of others, twisted facts to bolster his own theories and repeatedly violated the most basic standards of scholarly research, the committee assigned to investigate him wrote in a stinging report made public Tuesday.
One of the five committee members recommended Churchill be fired. Two said he should be suspended without pay for two years; the two others recommended a five- year suspension without pay.
The final decision will be left to Provost Susan Avery and arts-and- sciences Dean Todd Gleeson, and it is not expected until mid-June.
Churchill, who infuriated people across the nation with an essay about the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, did not respond to a Rocky Mountain News request for comment. However, he told The Associated Press the committee's findings were "a travesty."
"Some of this I see as being transparently ridiculous, laughable," he told The Associated Press. "I feel, in a weird way, actually sort of validated they would put themselves through such contortions" to condemn his work.
Gov. Bill Owens, upon receiving the report, again called on Churchill to resign.
Research misconduct is considered one of the most serious offenses a faculty member can commit. And the investigative committee concluded that Churchill had consistently committed it.
"Some of the allegations that we have discussed in this report could plausibly have been characterized as not serious had they been founded on one instance, a singular departure from an otherwise clean record of scholarship," the report said. "But this is sadly not the case."
On one of the allegations - Churchill's claim that the U.S. Army intentionally spread smallpox among the Mandan Indians in 1837 - the committee concluded that the professor "has created myths under the banner of academic scholarship."
The committee also questioned whether Churchill understood the gravity of the problems in his work.
While the report states Churchill was "civil and collegial" toward the committee, it also says he did not acknowledge any serious wrongdoing.
"Professor Churchill repeatedly claimed in his written submissions and interviews with us that he has been singled out for unfair scrutiny by those who oppose his political views," the report said. "We note, however, that his habit of responding to an accusation by disparaging the accuser rather than addressing the question serves as a way to evade genuine confrontation with the charges."
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