1. University supervisor bullying story: University of Ottawa Professor Rocci Luppicini and postdoctoral research fellow Baha Abu-Shaqra
A university supervisor bullying story involving Dr. Abu-Shaqra’s former 1) graduate studies supervisor at uOttawa Professor Rocci Luppicini, 2) PhD thesis academic supervisor for Area 2 of the PhD in DTI uOttawa Program Professor Liam Peyton, and 3) PhD thesis advisory committee member and PhD thesis examiner Professor Andre Vellino.
Read Dr. Abu-Shaqra’s letter to uOttawa President Jacques Frémont about why and how to implement policy reforms to prevent supervisor bullying of students: Letter to uOttawa President Jacques Frémont. You may also be interested in How to end supervisor bullying at uOttawa.
Dr. Abu-Shaqra obtained his PhD in Digital Transformation and Innovation in April 2020 from the PhD in DTI uOttawa Program at uOttawa engineering, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS). His uOttawa PhD thesis focused on the topic of ethical hacking sociotechnology (thesis title, Technoethics and sensemaking: Risk assessment and knowledge management of ethical hacking in a sociotechnical society).
2. Academics Anonymous – The Guardian
Stories of academic bullying in British universities (2014-2019)
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Harrowing abuse tales from students, researchers, postdocs, and junior faculty catalogued by the journal of Science, Washington, D.C. (25 MAY 2021)
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How to bully-proof higher education organizations – article digest
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Supervisor bullying in academia is alive and well – article digest
The arrangements that trap PhD students in toxic relationships with abusive supervisors must be reformed – here’s how, writes Timothy Ijoyemi in Times Higher Education
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