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Sociology professor Jason Arday was lauded as the youngest-ever Black professor appointed at the University of Cambridge in 2023. But since landing that position, he\u2019d been, according to his family, \u201csubjected to a campaign of sustained abuse,\u201d stemming from scrutiny about his work and record.<\/p>\n

Arday faced growing accusations of plagiarism and fraud, was found dead in London on August 14th, just days after he resigned from Cambridge.\u00a0<\/p>\n

His death is raising new questions about how fairly Black academics are elevated and criticized in comparison to their peers. In this episode, we explore those questions with University of Southern California Professor Shaun Harper, whose research focuses on race, gender, and equity in education and other spheres.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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This episode was produced by Michelle Aslam and Jeffrey Pierre, with audio engineering by Robert Rodriguez. Our director is Alejandra Marquez Janse.<\/p>\n

It was edited by Christopher Intagliata and Ashley Brown.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Our interim executive producer is Courtney Dorning.<\/p>\n

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Sociology professor Jason Arday was lauded as the youngest-ever Black professor appointed at the University of Cambridge in 2023. But since landing that position, he\u2019d been, according to his family, \u201csubjected to a campaign of sustained abuse,\u201d stemming from scrutiny about his work and record.<\/p>\n

Arday faced growing accusations of plagiarism and fraud, was found dead in London on August 14th, just days after he resigned from Cambridge.\u00a0<\/p>\n

His death is raising new questions about how fairly Black academics are elevated and criticized in comparison to their peers. In this episode, we explore those questions with University of Southern California Professor Shaun Harper, whose research focuses on race, gender, and equity in education and other spheres.\u00a0<\/p>\n

For sponsor-free episodes of Consider This, sign up for Consider This+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Email us at considerthis@npr.org<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This episode was produced by Michelle Aslam and Jeffrey Pierre, with audio engineering by Robert Rodriguez. Our director is Alejandra Marquez Janse.<\/p>\n

It was edited by Christopher Intagliata and Ashley Brown.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Our interim executive producer is Courtney Dorning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8367,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-consider-this-from-npr"],"yoast_head":"\nThe questions Jason Arday's life and death raise for academia - Best USA Movers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/?p=8368\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The questions Jason Arday's life and death raise for academia - Best USA Movers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Sociology professor Jason Arday was lauded as the youngest-ever Black professor appointed at the University of Cambridge in 2023. 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