I think we have a winner! Ding, ding, ding! :-) Chris --- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada
[email protected] http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ ========================= On 2013-06-04, at 10:40 AM, Mike Palij wrote: > 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=430248.781165b5ef80a3cd2b14721caf62bd92&n=T&l=tips&o=25891 > or send a blank email to > leave-25891-430248.781165b5ef80a3cd2b14721caf62b...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- 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=25893 or send a blank email to leave-25893-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
