A theory: A student saw the postings, told his/her parents, who complained to the school, citing the recent Alabama shootings, which felt it had to "do something" to show that it was taking the matter as seriously as the parent demanded.
Chris -- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada 416-736-2100 ex. 66164 [email protected] http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ ========================== ============= Helweg-Larsen, Marie wrote: > Yes it is surprising that people don't have common sense (my daughter's high > school FB friends repeatedly post detailed pictures on FB of their underage > drinking and drug use). But is suspension for the professor (or any employee) > really necessary! What about just a normal "chat" by the dean (or whomever) > reminding the professor about how public facebook is. Gesh - imagine if > people had to be suspended every time they didn't make a good choice or made > a minor error. > > Marie > > **************************************************** > Marie Helweg-Larsen, Ph.D. > Department Chair and Associate Professor of Psychology > Kaufman 168, Dickinson College > Carlisle, PA 17013, office (717) 245-1562, fax (717) 245-1971 > Office hours: Mon & Wed 2-3:30 > http://users.dickinson.edu/~helwegm/index.html > **************************************************** > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Penley, Julie [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 3:56 PM > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) > Subject: RE: [tips] Professor Suspended Over Facebook Venting > > It's like that old commercial...they tell two friends, and they tell two > friends, and so on and so on. I'm not a FB expert but, while Gadsden's posts > wouldn't be seen by non-friends, I believe comments to her posts would be > visible to the poster's friends. Right? > > Depending on where she's doing her FB'ing, universities have the legal > authority to monitor employee's computer use. > > Although a lack of common sense isn't a crime, this case is a good example of > why people should think twice about what they post on social networking > sites. It's hard to convey humor (or sarcasm or whatever she was going for) > in writing. > > Julie > > > > Julie A. Penley, Ph.D. > Associate Professor of Psychology > Special Assistant to the Dean > El Paso Community College > PO Box 20500 > El Paso, TX 79998-0500 > Office phone: (915) 831-3210 > Department fax: (915) 831-2324 > email: [email protected] > webpage: http://www.epcc.edu/facultypages/jpenley > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Smith [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 1:44 PM > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) > Subject: Re: [tips] Professor Suspended Over Facebook Venting > > I suppose one of her 'friends' must have supplied the postings to the > relevant people otherwise how would they have it if it was only > visible to her friends? (admitting I don't really know much about > facebook). > > Is freedom of speech still alive? > > --Mike > > On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 12:44 PM, Pollak, Edward <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Professor Suspended Over Facebook Venting >> >> East Stroudsburg University has suspended Gloria Gadsden, a sociology >> professor, for joking comments she posted on her Facebook page that >> apparently were taken seriously, The Pocono Record reported. One comment was >> about wanting to hire a hit man. Another said "had a good day today, DIDN'T >> want to kill even one student :-). Now Friday was a different story." >> Gadsden said that in the meeting where she was told of the suspension, a >> dean referenced last month's murders at the University of Alabama in >> Huntsville. Gadsden said that the humor was clear to her Facebook friends >> and she doesn't know why the university was monitoring her account. >> University officials said that they did not routinely monitor Facebook >> accounts and that they couldn't discuss details of Gadsden's case. >> >> See >> http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100226/NEWS/2260344 >> >> >> >> Edward I. 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