Comments on: The Ph.D. Candidate Who Said Too Much: A Drug History Whitewash http://suburra.com/blog/2009/11/11/the-ph-d-candidate-who-said-too-much-a-drug-history-whitewash/ Sat, 28 Apr 2012 13:57:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Narco Polo blog « cyberdisciple http://suburra.com/blog/2009/11/11/the-ph-d-candidate-who-said-too-much-a-drug-history-whitewash/comment-page-1/#comment-68516 Narco Polo blog « cyberdisciple Mon, 18 Jan 2010 16:25:02 +0000 http://suburra.com/blog/?p=504#comment-68516 [...] http://suburra.com/blog/2009/11/11/the-ph-d-candidate-who-said-too-much-a-drug-history-whitewash/ [...]

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]]> By: Administrator http://suburra.com/blog/2009/11/11/the-ph-d-candidate-who-said-too-much-a-drug-history-whitewash/comment-page-1/#comment-68426 Administrator Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:05:52 +0000 http://suburra.com/blog/?p=504#comment-68426 Gigi, Hillman studied for over 5 years with a professor of pharmacy history at UW and then he was switched to Rosenmeyer, a professor of lyric poetry. This explains how the drug chapter developed without her guidance. For more info go to the above mentioned article "Everybody Musta Got Stoned," and read the section "Just Say No to Academic Freedom?" Rosenmeyer is interviewed and Hillman's story is corroborated. Gigi, Hillman studied for over 5 years with a professor of pharmacy history at UW and then he was switched to Rosenmeyer, a professor of lyric poetry. This explains how the drug chapter developed without her guidance.

For more info go to the above mentioned article “Everybody Musta Got Stoned,” and read the section “Just Say No to Academic Freedom?” Rosenmeyer is interviewed and Hillman’s story is corroborated.

]]> By: gigi http://suburra.com/blog/2009/11/11/the-ph-d-candidate-who-said-too-much-a-drug-history-whitewash/comment-page-1/#comment-68425 gigi Sat, 14 Nov 2009 01:29:28 +0000 http://suburra.com/blog/?p=504#comment-68425 I have a problem with this story, because he had already written the chapter. Why would his advisor let him write it and how would he get as far as a dissertation defense if there was some problem with the subject? The only people in the defense are people on your committee who all theoretically would have read the chapter by then and could have said "no" at any time. The defense is more of a rite of passage than anything else. It's just to see if you can field questions about your subject rather than to try to destroy your research. Not that I don't believe his research could be valid, but the dissertation process seems strange here. Plus, anyone could look up his advisor on the UMI and the story would be a really crappy thing to do to your advisor - the one you needed letters from if nothing else. According to the UMI his advisor was someone named Patricia Rosenmeyer, who had chaired 6 dissertations by the time he came along. Why would she try to screw him? What do you think? Is it just a publisher's sales-generating story? I have a problem with this story, because he had already written the chapter. Why would his advisor let him write it and how would he get as far as a dissertation defense if there was some problem with the subject? The only people in the defense are people on your committee who all theoretically would have read the chapter by then and could have said “no” at any time. The defense is more of a rite of passage than anything else. It’s just to see if you can field questions about your subject rather than to try to destroy your research. Not that I don’t believe his research could be valid, but the dissertation process seems strange here. Plus, anyone could look up his advisor on the UMI and the story would be a really crappy thing to do to your advisor – the one you needed letters from if nothing else. According to the UMI his advisor was someone named Patricia Rosenmeyer, who had chaired 6 dissertations by the time he came along. Why would she try to screw him? What do you think? Is it just a publisher’s sales-generating story?

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