Harvard President Claudie Gay faces accusations that she plagiarized multiple sources for her doctoral thesis, in contravention of Harvard's own policies on the subject.
Claudine Gay became nationally well-known last week when, along with two other Ivy League university presidents, she was unable to unequivocally condemn calls for antisemitism as being contrary to Harvard's institutional policies when being grilled by Congress, instead using answers which critics considered evasive and lawyerly.
Now the Harvard President stands accused of having plagiarized multiple sources for her own doctoral thesis, in direct contravention of Harvard's own policies on the use of sources for academic work.
The plagiarism was discovered by rightwing activist and New College of Florida board member Christopher Rufo and The American Conservative contributing editor Chris Brunet. Some examples of this can be seen in Rufo's twitter thread on the subject below:
Pershing Square CEO and Harvard alumnus Bill Ackman, who has led the public charge against major universities' failure to grapple with antisemitism, said that a senior Harvard faculty member examining the charges found them "credible."
As the Harvard Board of Trustees is set to continue meeting today (Monday) to discuss the public backlash to Gay's testimony before Congress, it remains to be seen how much these allegations will affect her continued employment as Harvard's President.
