Rod, I think it is obvious that you are the second author. Also, I do not see it as any kind of power issue and you are not abusing your position. The struggle for me has always been to not exceed contribution to the point where I would be a legitimate first author. Good luck!
Chuck *********************************** Charles M. Huffman, Ph.D. Chair, Psychology Department Cumberland College, Box 7990 Williamsburg, KY 40769 (606) 539-4422 ************************************ > -----Original Message----- > From: Hetzel, Rod [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, January 17, 2003 2:49 PM > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences > Subject: authorship > > TIPSters: > > I have a question about authorship on papers. One of my students has > elected to do a research study for her project in my Abnormal Psychology > class. She wants to go on to graduate school in psychology and is > interested in research, but has never had any research experience or > even a research methods class (she will take that course in the fall). > I agreed to help her conduct an independent research project because she > is a very hard-worker and has tremendous potential. She has selected a > general area that is of interest to her, but my role will be to mentor > her through the process of narrowing down her ideas, developing > hypotheses, planning methodology, analyzing and interpreting data, and > writing up the results. She will take the lead role on all of these > steps, but I will be there to help provide guidance and direction. My > goal in working with her is to provide mentorship so that she can learn > how to conduct research from the beginning to the end. In this type of > situation, should I take second-authorship? Or should the student > assume sole authorship? The APA Ethics Code suggests that intellectual > contribution should be the criterion one considers when making this type > of decision. I certainly will make an intellectual contribution, but I > want this to be her research and not my research. In some ways, taking > second authorship helps to teach her about how authorship decisions are > made (which is a very important part of graduate education in research), > but I also want to be sensitive to the power differential that exists > and not abuse my position as her instructor. I would welcome your > thoughts as I think through this issue. > > Rod > ______________________________________________ > Roderick D. Hetzel, Ph.D. > Department of Psychology > LeTourneau University > Post Office Box 7001 > 2100 South Mobberly Avenue > Longview, Texas 75607-7001 > > Office: Education Center 218 > Phone: 903-233-3893 > Fax: 903-233-3851 > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Homepage: http://www.letu.edu/people/rodhetzel > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
