Here's another one. If the author wants to claim authorship in a comment, they are of course welcome to do so. I should have mentioned that yesterday. Some people indicated this information with their submission, and some didn't.
This one clearly has a few Issues, and I don't mean the unconventional education history. Can you spot them?
This one clearly has a few Issues, and I don't mean the unconventional education history. Can you spot them?
Prof. A. Lex, Lutheran University
Education:
2001: PhD in physics, Phoenix State University
Thesis advisor: S. A. Ruman
Thesis title: Computation of the band structure of a 3-ring
conjugated gold compound
1994: MA in physics, Phoenix State University
1989: BA in physics, UC Surf Board (minor in recreation
studies)
1984: Associates of Arts Degree, Recreation Studies, Miami
Beach Community College
Academic employment history:
2010-Present: Associate Professor of Physics, Lutheran
University
2004-2010: Assistant Professor of Physics, Lutheran
University
2001-2014: Postdoc, Asgard University (Mentor: Prof. Lo Quy)
1998-2001: Adjunct Lecturer (part-time), Arkham College
Publications:
1) Theoretical publications: Over 100 articles posted on
vixra
Selected publications from peer-reviewed journals:
A. Lex et. al., Antarctic Journal of Theoretical Physics,
"Density functional calculation of acoustic phonon dispersion in
kryptonite", v. 13, pg. 666-669 (2009)
2) Experimental publications:
A. Lex, S. A. Ruman, Journal of Astrological Optics,
"Laboratory detection of a 1.0 solar mass star in vicinity of earth",
v. 48, p. 1516-1523 (2001)
*Paper retracted when an error was discovered in the filters
used to block stray light from the windows.
3) Additional Publications (not peer-reviewed):
A. Lex, "Unclogging the PhD pipeline: Lessons from one
mentor's experience", Annals of Improbable Research, v. 42, p. 13 (2011)
Teaching award:
- Most-improved Teaching Assistant, Phoenix State University
(1996)
Mentoring accomplishments:
-Of 9 grad students
supervised, all 9 have left with a Master's
Committee service (selected):
2010: University Committee on Faculty Conduct
-In collaboration with a faculty member from the law school,
I helped the committee parse the difference between "proof beyond a
reasonable doubt" and "preponderance of evidence."
2008: Department Budget Committee
-As a result of my efforts, the university has initiated
twice-annual audits of the Department's finances
2005: FEMA Science Advisory Committee (member)
12 comments:
This is hilariousness! The committee service narratives were awesome, including the retracted paper was clearly a winning move, and the "additional publication" title was fantastic...love.
Problem areas:
- "Recreation studies"
- Typo in postdoc years OR it involved a time machine.
- Retracted paper. ouch.
- ALL of grad students left with masters? Ouch.
- Vixra?
Maybes:
- Most improved TA means they sucked initially?
- I like the idea of including a mentoring publication but calling it "non-peer reviewed" is putting an unnecessary negative spin on it?
No comments? It's hard to tell here what is meant to be just silly or a problem - for example astrology. The only obvious thing is including a retracted paper on the CV.
Doh! I made a typo on the postdoc years.
And, yes, vixra is real: http://vixra.org/
Title suggestion: way too much information
This seems to be the CV of a pretty sinister faculty member -- Arkham College (Arkham Asylum is where the criminally insane are kept in Batman's Gotham City), Asgard (Thor and Loki's birth place -- postdoc advisor LoQui :), page number on a publication 666
Oh, I assumed ViXra was just meant to be ArXiv. Didn't realise there was such a thing.
Hilarious!!! I love the word play with the name and the affiliation! And the PhD supervisor and thesis title combo is great! My favorite is the title of the experimental publication...
poor Superman. Lex Luther has so much training and expertise.
Lex Luther has so much training and expertise.
He's a Phoenix!
Arkam is the location of Miskatonic University, which sponsored the famous ill-fated expedition to the Mountains of Madness (http://www.miskatonic-university.org/squids/). I would assume that Arkham College is the less prestiguous "party" university in the same town, much as is the case with Cornell University and Ithaca College (I will leave it to the reader to decide which is which in this analogy).
Did nobody else catch the criminal/fraud history? Pretty obvious *why* he was talking to the Committee on Faculty Conduct about proof standards...also the finances.
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