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Harvard's Chief Diversity Officer Accused of Plagiarism

Sherri Ann Charleston faces allegations of academic misconduct in her 2009 dissertation and a 2014 study, amid a broader plagiarism scandal at Harvard.

  • Harvard's Chief Diversity Officer, Sherri Ann Charleston, is accused of plagiarism in her 2009 dissertation and a 2014 study.
  • Charleston's dissertation allegedly contains verbatim language from other scholars' work without quotation marks, even though sources are cited in footnotes.
  • The 2014 study, co-authored with her husband, LaVar Charleston, is said to have recycled large parts of a 2012 paper without acknowledgement.
  • The accusations against Charleston come in the wake of former Harvard President Claudine Gay's resignation over plagiarism allegations.
  • Harvard has not confirmed receipt of the complaint and maintains procedures for responding to allegations of research misconduct.
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