{"id":139987,"date":"2024-01-04T20:31:59","date_gmt":"2024-01-05T01:31:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/?p=139987"},"modified":"2024-01-04T20:41:46","modified_gmt":"2024-01-05T01:41:46","slug":"gay-doubles-down-on-denial-of-plagiarism-antisemitism-in-new-york-times-op-ed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/gay-doubles-down-on-denial-of-plagiarism-antisemitism-in-new-york-times-op-ed\/","title":{"rendered":"Gay doubles down on denials of plagiarism, antisemitism in New York Times op-ed"},"content":{"rendered":"

‘I have never misrepresented my research findings,’ Gay said<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Former Harvard President Claudine Gay disputed plagiarism accusations and blamed her resignation on racism, lies, and anxiety projection in a Wednesday New York Times<\/em> op-ed.<\/p>\n

“My hope is that by stepping down I will deny demagogues the opportunity to further weaponize my presidency in their campaign to undermine the ideals animating Harvard since its founding: excellence, openness, independence, truth,” she wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Ivy League university announced Tuesday that Gay will resign as president after just over six months in office, as The College Fix<\/em> reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n

She has repeatedly faced plagiarism accusations, including a fresh complaint filed<\/a> Monday.<\/p>\n

Gay admitted she had “made mistakes” in neglecting to condemn antisemitism, for example; nonetheless, she attributed the “campaign against [her]” to “opportunists” waging “a broader war to unravel public faith in pillars of American society.”<\/p>\n

Speaking of the congressional hearing in which she denied that calling for the genocide of the Jews always violates campus harassment policies, Gay said she “fell into a well-laid trap.”<\/p>\n

Regarding charges of plagiarism, Gay described the instances as “errors” in which “some material duplicated other scholars\u2019 language, without proper attribution.”<\/p>\n

She refused to admit guilt, writing, “I have never misrepresented my research findings, nor have I ever claimed credit for the research of others.”<\/p>\n

“Moreover, the citation errors should not obscure a fundamental truth: I proudly stand by my work and its impact on the field,” Gay wrote.<\/p>\n

Gay also blamed the charges against her on racial stereotypes and a “false narrative of indifference and incompetence.”<\/p>\n

She stated that she “make[s] an ideal canvas for projecting every anxiety about the generational and demographic changes unfolding on American campuses,” particularly as “a Black woman selected to lead a storied institution.”<\/p>\n

The total number of plagiarism allegations against Gay now touch about half of her published works, with nearly 50 examples, Aaron Sibarium of the Washington Free Beacon<\/em> reported<\/a> Monday. Critics have cited plagiarized passages in eight out of Gay’s 17 published works.<\/p>\n

MORE: Claudine Gay to keep job as professor, earn nearly $900,000 per year<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

IMAGE: Harvard University\/YouTube<\/p>\n

\n