Comments | academics_anon: He's asking for permission to "cite" my paper

concinnity in academics_anon

He's asking for permission to "cite" my paper

Dec 11, 2006 09:45

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grading-student-writing, grad-student-life, etiquette-and-ethics

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sugar_spun December 11 2006, 17:57:31 UTC

I'd probably send him an abstract of my argument and let him figure it out on his own. If he doesn't and he's presenting to the same audience they'll notice, or you could be kind and explain that your argument was exactly like that and he might want to be more careful.

Even tired and stressed I'd make the effort to pay attention to something that looked like my work.

epistolarysmack December 11 2006, 21:57:20 UTC

Yeah, ditto. Let him worry about it.

vera_pavlovna December 11 2006, 18:00:18 UTC

In undergrad, I once had a classmate with whom I had given a presentation call me the night before the final paper was due to ask if "structure" and "agency" were my original ideas and should he credit me for them.

concinnity December 11 2006, 18:21:08 UTC

BWAHAHAHAHAHA! Did you say yes?

sensaes December 11 2006, 18:07:21 UTC

Odd. Yes, put him in the picture - if only for your peace of mind now, and in case it should happen again. (You never know.)

Alternatively, tell him to go ahead and demand fifty guineas as recompense for breach of intellectual copyright.

skirmishgirl December 11 2006, 18:08:21 UTC

I think he should cite you in his paper if he's even close, to avoid the chance of the prof thinking one or the other of you was plagiarizing the other. If he cites you, you're off the hook if that happens.

freixenet December 11 2006, 18:22:21 UTC

I'd mention this to the professor.

kriskoekk December 11 2006, 18:31:15 UTC

Yes--can you perhaps set up a meeting with both of you and the professor to discuss the situation and how he should approach it? Maybe go to office hours? This is sticky and you don't want to get caught in the middle of something.

concinnity December 11 2006, 18:39:12 UTC

It hadn't even occurred to me that the professor might think I was copying him...thanks for mentioning it. I've met with the professor twice about my paper, as I'm also using it for applications, so she is very familiar with it.

The aforementioned student, however, has been a whiny underperforming annoyance for the entire semester. I assume I'm covered that way.

I had briefly thought of sending it on to the professor, but I'm afraid of coming across like a tell-all, or someone who is overly obsessed with their own work, etc.

And kriskoekk, good to "see" you again; I wish you every success with your applications this time around.

kriskoekk December 11 2006, 18:47:46 UTC

Maybe you can do it without seeming like a tattle-tale by suggesting to the other student that he go to the professor and ask her how to cite your presentation? That should tip her off that he's not doing his own work without you having to bring it up at all. Or clue him in to the fact that he better come up with some original ideas quick if he doesn't want to fall on his ass...

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