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• Penn State’s program for the education of graduate students in ethical research and scholarship
14 colleges, multiple locations
~ 200 graduate programs
~ 9000 graduate students
• Inspired by the America COMPETES Act (2007):
• NSF-funded institutions must “…provide appropriate training and oversight in the responsible and ethical conduct of research”
SARI Program format
• Part 1: Online RCR training program offered by Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI)
• Biomedical science, physical sciences, engineering, social/behavioral science, human subjects, humanities
• Part 2: Five hours of discipline-specific discussion
• Offered through PSU colleges and graduate programs
RCR for the humanities
• “Research” vs. “scholarship” vs. ??
• History of field (?)– Medicine– Research– Engineering– Biomedical science– ? Humanities
“Unfortunately, the discipline of history does not lack for recent examples of questionable research ethics.”
Erich Schienke, Assistant Professor - Science, Technology, and Society Program
Pennsylvania State University
Ethical Leadership and Decision Making in Education (2005) Shapiro, J., and Stefkovich, J.
Responsible Conduct of Research
Data acquisition, management, sharing and ownership
Conflict of interest and commitment
Human subjects
Animal welfare
Research misconduct, including plagiarism
Publication practices and responsible authorship
Mentor/trainee responsibilities
Peer review
Collaborative research
Responsible Conduct of Research
Data acquisition, management, sharing and ownership
Conflict of interest and commitment
Human subjects
Animal welfare
Research misconduct, including plagiarism
Publication practices and responsible authorship
Mentor/trainee responsibilities
Peer review
Collaborative research
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Requested/planned topics• English: training on using bibliographic materials;
collaborative projects; ethics of translation; use of copyrighted material
• History / Archaeology / Anthropology: protocols for using human remains, e.g. Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act; oral history ethics
• Jewish studies: effects of research on subject populations
• Economics: proper handling and sharing of data and methods (e.g. guidelines from American Economic Association)
Requested/planned topics, continued
• Art education:– Art education: human subjects research in virtual
environments (Second Life, SIMS)
– Returning ancient artifacts to rightful owners
– Use/abuse of sacred or ritual artifacts
– De-accessioning artworks from museums for money
– Research with children
– Online images and public media
CITI training for humanities
• Introduction to the Responsible Conduct of Research
• Research Misconduct in The Arts and Humanities
• Data Acquisition and Management Module
• Responsible Authorship and Publication
• Responsible Peer Review Module – Humanities
• Responsible Mentoring Module
• Conflicts of Interest in Research in the Humanities
• Responsible Conduct of Collaborative Science Module
CITI training – proposed changes
• Introduction to the Responsible Conduct of Research - rewrite
• Research Misconduct in The Arts and Humanities - rewrite
• Data Acquisition and Management Module - revise
• Responsible Authorship and Publication - revise
• Responsible Peer Review Module – Humanities - rewrite
• Responsible Mentoring Module - revise
• Conflicts of Interest in Research in the Humanities - omit
• Responsible Conduct of Collaborative Science – rewrite
Proposed changes
• Language
• Examples / Case studies
• Content
Example: Responsible authorship and publication
• Introduction • Deception• “The Scientific Corpus”• Authorship• International Committee of Medical Journal Editors
(ICMJE) standards• Order of authors• Redundant publication and self-plagiarism• Fragmentation• How to make an acknowledgement• Conclusion• Resources
• Stephen Ambrose/Doris Kearns Goodwin
• John Allegro / Dead Sea Scrolls
• Case “Conducting Research in Online Communities”
(APPE publication)
Example: Responsible authorship and publication: Case studies
• The grateful author• The deceased author• The chair as an author• Whose data is it anyway?• Taking short cuts
