At 03:41 PM 11/02/2000 -0600, you wrote:
>Greetings --
>Have any of you encountered a situation in which empirical research
>conducted by a student under faculty supervision (or by a faculty person for
>that matter) has been "censored" by the institution?
>Thanks,
>Deb Hume
>
Indirectly, yes. Many years ago I submitted a proposal to our animal IRB
involving muricide (i.e., rats killing mice) which would have involved
student RAs. The IRB turned it down. I appealed to the APA Office of
Scientific Affairs which sent the proposal out for independent review. The
reviewers said I should be allowed to do the study. The IRB chair still
said no and then added the following. He said that even if the IRB said
yes, I still could not do the study unless I received approval from the
highest campus administrative level. When I asked why he said that all
research done was noted in various publications perused by advocacy groups.
Since the proposal would involve muricide "they" were concerned about
negative reaction from animal rights groups and therefore the administrator
had veto power.
Bill Ghiselli
Department of Psychology
University of Missouri at Kansas City
"One man's fish is another man's poisson"
