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Amy Bishop, the Stephen Glass of biology?

Unravel the Dr. Amy Bishop tenure controversy, revealing shocking claims of a fabricated record of accomplishments and delusions of genius.

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Ruchira Paul points me to a blogger who's been digging through Bishop's recent published works, and there's a lot of fishy stuff in there. You have to read it to believe it. Here's the conclusion:

There is no question that Dr. Bishop is smart. But it also seems very evident that she suffers delusions of genuis. Far from establishing a record of accomplishment warranting the grant of tenure, since joining UAH Dr. Bishop took a long nap on her one true laurel -- her affiliation with Harvard . Evidence strongly suggests that Dr. Bishop used her husband, her family and by all appearances the sham 'Cherokee Labsystems' to fabricate a record of recent accomplishments. Her use of essentially an online vanity publisher further diminishes her professional stature. It should have been no surprise to Dr. Bishop that the University easily saw through the smoke and mirrors and that she would ...

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