>The human memory researcher, Elizabeth Loftus, has moved from University >of Washington to UC-Irvine. Rumor has it (intuited from a sentence in >the most >most recent Skeptical Inquirer) that she left due to a lack of >support for her >activities - especially those related to testifying in >court cases about "repressed memory". > >Does anyone know the details of this? > >Sherry Ferguson
>>See http://www.williamcalvin.com/2002/TavrisArticle.htm >> PAUL K. BRANDON There�s more information about Loftus�s departure from U. of Washington in a lengthy article published in the Orange County Register on 3 November 2002. It�s no longer available on the Register website, but has been archived at Religious News Blog [sic]: www.apologeticsindex.org/rnb/archives/00001131.html The journalist in question, Amy Wilson, writes on the Jane Doe case discussed by Carol Tavris: �In September 1999, somewhat bewilderingly to Loftus, who believes it was prompted by others, Jane Doe complained to the university about Loftus' invasion of her privacy. With 15 minutes notice, the university seized Loftus' files on the case and denied her the right to talk about it or publish anything she'd discovered. For a year and nine months, Loftus stood accused of doing research on a human subject without her permission. Loftus had never thought of it as research, she said. It was, if anything, journalism. The university's action hit her hard. "They were my family," she says. "It was like I was betrayed by my kids. My work is what I'm devoted to. But I was going to give up my job if I couldn't publish my Jane Doe story." In July 2001, Loftus was officially exonerated by the University of Washington. The university never did say it was sorry. She'd racked up $30,000 in legal fees and enough vitriol to last a lifetime.� Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.human-nature.com/esterson/index.html www.butterfliesandwheels.com/articleprint.php?num=10 --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
