On Tue, 04 Jun 2013 06:57:36 -0700, Christopher Green wrote:
Another psychologist out there making the rest of us look good (not). http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/06/04/outrage-over-professors-twitter-post-obese-students
WOW! Talk about displaying "gratuitous nastiness!" ;-) But before someone makes hay of the fact that this guy is associated with that den of nastiness, NYU, allow me to point out that he is only a visiting professor for the spring and summer 2013 (I hasten to point out that his appointment is at the STERN school of business which is also home to "Dr. Doom" Nouriel Roubini; for those unfamiliar with Dr. D, see: http://money.cnn.com/2013/04/29/investing/roubini-stocks/index.html ). The guy's homebase is the University of New Mexico-Albuquerque (NOTE: isn't Albuquerque where the TV series "Breaking Bad" is set? Perhaps Walter White was this guy's inspiration ;-) and his homepage does mention that he has an opening for a new graduate student but doesn't specify BMI requirements; see: http://psych.unm.edu/people/directory-profiles/geoffrey-miller.html He's also on Linkedin and his page is here: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/geoffrey-miller/10/a37/2 But some Tipsters may remember this guy from a previous outstanding achievement, namely, he won the Ig Noble prize in economics in 2008. Here is his entry on the Ig Noble awards webpage: |ECONOMICS PRIZE. Geoffrey Miller, Joshua Tybur and Brent Jordan |of the University of New Mexico, USA, for discovering that professional |lap dancers earn higher tips when they are ovulating. | |REFERENCE: "Ovulatory Cycle Effects on Tip Earnings by Lap Dancers: |Economic Evidence for Human Estrus?" Geoffrey Miller, Joshua M. Tybur, |Brent D. Jordan, Evolution and Human Behavior, vol. 28, 2007, pp. 375-81. | |WHO ATTENDED THE CEREMONY: Geoffrey Miller and Brent Jordan So, shouldn't have someone seen that this guy was going to be trouble? ;-) -Mike Palij New York University [email protected] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=25891 or send a blank email to leave-25891-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
