Hi,
Thank you for your work and for providing this space.
I’m an independent researcher and an article I published in an online journal was plagiarized in a Ph.D. thesis from an American university (name omitted for confidentiality purposes). The institution denies plagiarism after I submitted six pages of instances of academic integrity violations. The plagiarism is less word-by-word type and more structural, using the same analysis framework, the same divisions/subtitles and the same examples to demonstrate the same ideas. I contacted the university’s Student Provost Office to ask for help dealing with this situation and obtained no response. I met in person with one of the Jury Members of the thesis and this person acknowledged the lack of citations and described the situation as an “institutional grab” to silence my claims. The advisor refused to meet or talk with me.
What other resources do I have to deal with this situation as an independent researcher?
Dear all,
Thank you so much for your response to my case. I would like to express my gratitude to all the mentors for their time and expertise. Thank you for the detailed steps on the letters’s content – that’s very helpful. I’m glad that this forum exists and that you are open to the community regardless of background. It has been challenging as an independent to push back on the University and be heard, and it was very reassuring to have your input, support and opportunity to share my experience with others.
With gratitude,
C.