Terrell Strayhorn (He/Him) is a professor of education at Virginia Union University, following a career bouncing around Illinois State University, LeMoyne-Owen College, The Ohio State University, and the University of Tennessee.
He was actually tenured at Ohio State for over 7 years - a great school!
OSU is ranked 43rd among National Universities.
So, what prompted his major downgrade from Ohio State to LeMoyne-Owen College in 2018?
LeMoyne-Owen College is not even ranked and has a 98% acceptance rate for undergrads.
Of course, there are always idiosyncratic preferences and family reasons for moving to lower schools, but in general, no rational tenured professor would voluntarily accept such a major downgrade in status and salary.
The answer is that Strayhorn was''ousted'' from ohio state in 2017 over financial misconduct.
University documents … reveal that OSU decided to fire Strayhorn as CHEE director following a university audit that revealed that Strayhorn was engaged in too many speaking engagements and other appearances made in his capacity as CHEE director.
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As a result of his failure to comply with OSU policy, the university decided to terminate his position as CHEE director in March and review his compliance with university policies as a faculty member.
In An Open Letter to Create Closure: Why I Left Ohio State, Strayhorn maintains he didn't get fired… he quit:
I am not here to write on Strayhor's downfall from OSU—that's old news—already widely reported at the time.
Instead, I aim to explore the events that unfolded afterward.
In the immediate aftermath of being ousted from Ohio State, Strayhorn sought employment at North Carolina State. This attempted move sparked a significant backlash from the faculty there. According to a 2018 article in Inside Higher Ed article, an anonymous group of North Carolina State professors expressed their disapproval of his candidacy, citing ethical concerns and stating they were "ashamed and embarrassed that he was even brought to campus for an interview."
A group of anonymous professors at North Carolina State University want to know why Terrell Strayhorn is a finalist for an education faculty position there even after he was fired from a center directorship at Ohio State University last year over financial misconduct.
"Strayhorn used his faculty position at Ohio State to enrich himself by over $100,000 a year, using state employees to schedule and book his private business engagements," reads a letter sent to the North Carolina Legislature, the University of North Carolina System's Board of Governors and news media Tuesday evening. The letter's authors identify themselves only as "Faculty of the [North Carolina State] College of Education Opposed to Hiring Criminals and Sexual Harassers."
Here is the new aspect of this story that was never reported on:
Around the same time, in 2018, a document detailing significant plagiarism accusations against Strayhorn circulated among education professors — academia is a small world, and this was shared widely. I don't believe this document originated from North Carolina State, but elsewhere.
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The main thing this document shows is that large swaths of Strayhorn's 2005 doctoral thesis are copy-pasted straight from the work of Laura W. Perna, a provost at UPenn who works in the same field.
Here are just a few examples; the entire document is 10 pages long:
I emailed Dr. Perna to ask how she felt about her work being copy-pasted without citation.
No reply.
I emailed Strayhorn for comment.
No reply.
When Virginia Tech, Strayhorn's PhD-granting institution, was informed of the plagiarism, rather than revoke Strayhorn's dissertation, they retroactively revised it to ''address minor paraphrasing issues and inadequate citations'':
Of course, this is exactly what Harvard did with Claudine Gay's thesis. "President Gay will update her dissertation correcting these instances of inadequate citation," said Harvard.
This is the beautiful thing about plagiarism, all you need to do is insert a few quotation marks and citations -- voila! The plagiarism is cured! It is a miracle! Pick up your mat and walk!
Jesus said to him, "Rise, take up your mat, and walk."
Immediately the man became well, took up his mat, and walked.
—John 5:8
"before these two instances of retroactive corrections to theses, I had never heard of this happening before. I spoke to one professor who said he had seen a thesis retroactively corrected before, but he was unable to point to any specific instances. if you know of a thesis being retroactively corrected, please link to it in the comments:
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"of course, since the only 2 instances of plagiarism being swept under the rug in this manner are black crt scholars [N.S.: sic; the phrase "black crt scholars" is an oxymoron], people will immediately point to their immutable characteristics and political leanings as the reason they got off so lightly. this argument might have merit, but I would argue that, in reality, universities have a strong aversion to scandals of any kind and typically opt to conceal them, regardless of who is involved. [N.S.: Garbage; when coeds committed rape hoaxes at Duke and uVa, the universities aggressively publicized them. Brown publicized two rape hoaxes.]. What is Virginia tech going to do, upon being notified: issue a press release?
"or quietly correct his thesis and hope nobody notices?
"the real impact of intersectional privilege becomes evident in the consequences—or lack thereof—that follows the revelation of misconduct. instead of facing termination, he was permitted to resign from ohio state, subsequently continuing his esteemed career without apparent impediment.
"One can't help but speculate on the starkly different trajectory likely faced by a White conservative male found guilty of similar transgressions—financial misconduct and a plagiarized thesis—a scenario in which re-entry into the academic sphere would seem virtually impossible.
For years, Strayhorn advertised himself as a ''law student'', but when you check his cv, it is not a ''law degree'', instead it is a one-year masters in the study of law… which he never completed.
\Nonetheless, he listed it on his CV as a degree obtained.
A university spokesperson said that Ohio State had additional concerns about Strayhorn promoting himself as holding an M.S.L. degree in an academic bio and in his promotion process to full professor. Strayhorn had previously been enrolled in a master of law program at Ohio State, he said, but did not finish.
— inside higher ed
For years Strayhorn has been bragging about 200+ refereed publications:
He has published more than 200 refereed journal articles book chapters and more than 150 papers at international and national conferences.
— Strayhorn's amazon author profile
Author of 12 books and over 200 peer-reviewed journal articles and academic publications
— K12 digest
Strayhorn has authored 12 books … and over 200+ peer-reviewed journal articles and academic publications
— Maricopa community college
"Strayhorn has authored … and over 200 peer-reviewed journal articles and academic publications"
—Louisville
Strayhorn has authored … over 200+ peer-reviewed journal articles and academic publications
—"innovative educators
"he has authored … more than 200 academic publications in highly-regarded peer-reviewed journals and volumes, plus dozens of widely-circulated op-eds, letters, and blogs
—"new england association of collegiate registrars and admissions officers
"when he was hired at Virginia union university in 2023, the wording changed to be slightly more ambiguous, highlighting that his 200+ publications may include policy reports and op-eds: ''Strayhorn has published over 200 peer-reviewed articles in top-ranked journals and nationally circulated policy reports, technical briefs, and op-eds.''
"Furthermore, his personal website no longer refers 200+ peer-reviewed articles, but instead, simply 200+ scholarly publications, which is much broader:
A 2024 speaking engagement, however, is less ambiguous: it explicitly states that he has authored over 200+ peer-reviewed journal articles.
Strayhorn has authored 12 books … and over 200+ peer-reviewed journal articles and academic publications.
—Lebanon Valley college, SYMPOSIUM ON INCLUSIVE EXCELLENCE 2024
So, how many peer-reviewed articles does he have?
Is it over 200+, as he constantly claims online?
These 200+ publications should be easy to verify on his CV, right?
But he no longer lists his CV online.
Oh.
Weird.
Why not?
Luckily, I've obtained an exclusive copy of his CV from 2014.
It lists:
12 Books, Monographs, & Edited Volumes
43 Book Chapters
69 Refereed Journal Articles and Abstracts
6 have gone offline
1 is just an abstract
1 is published in the non-peer-reviewed ''News and Views'' section of a journal
1 is an introduction to his book
1 is an introduction in the ''editors note'' section
5 are blurbs in newsletters
19 Refereed Papers in Conference Proceedings
14 Technical Reports and White Papers
7 book reviews
18 Editor-Reviewed Publications
2 Instructional Materials
2 Research Fellowship Reports
These add up to 186 publications on his CV.
But once we remove:
powerpoints
double-counted book chapters
non-peer-reviewed policy/technical papers
newsletters
abstracts
introductions
non-peer-reviewed ''news and views'' section
books
book reviews & conference proceedings
Remember, on Amazon, he delineated the ''200 refereed journal articles & book chapters'' from the ''150 papers at international and national conferences'' — so by his own categorization, conference proceedings don't count in the supposed 200+ total that he brags about.
If we are conservative and include the 6 publications that have gone offline, we are left with 31 book chapters + 60 publications, for a total of 91 ''refereed journal articles and book chapters'', a far cry from the 200 that he claims.
But this total of 91 comes from his 2014 CV.
To update it to 2024, since he doesn't list any new CV online, the only way is by using his Google Scholar which lists 163 total publications.
Roughly 30 of those Google Scholar publications are from 2015-2023.
So, if we add those 30 recent publications to the 91 on his old CV, we can estimate that today he has approximately 121 refereed journal articles and book chapters.
I might have miscounted by a few — it's hard to comb through hundreds of bullshit publications on Google Scholar and discern which ones are peer-reviewed vs. book chapters vs. policy reports vs. newsletter blurbs — if I did miscount, I would be more than happy to correct this article.
Dr. Strayhorn, if you are reading this, please send me an updated CV that shows your 200 refereed journal articles & book chapters that you claim to have, and I will happily issue a correction: chrisbrunet@protonmail.com
What does it mean if an individual like Terrell Strayhorn is unveiled as a fraud?
His story—a narrative punctuated by plagiarism, financial misconduct, and an inflated CV that, even in its most honest form, offers little more than low-IQ rambling on DEI—might seem like just another tale of personal fallibility. However, focusing solely on Strayhorn misses the broader, more critical issue at hand.
Strayhorn's journey from academic disgrace to his current moonlighting as President/CEO of Do Good Work Consulting Group, a consulting firm that charges institutions hefty fees for lectures on DEI, isn't just a story of individual misconduct. It's symptomatic of a deeper malaise within the academic world and beyond.
This scenario reveals a larger, more troubling reality: the DEI-industrial complex has evolved into a lucrative venture for intellectual lightweights, exploiting noble ideals for personal gain. It's a world where intellectual depth and integrity often give way to superficiality and opportunism, run by liars more interested in self-enrichment than in meaningful change. In shedding light on figures like Strayhorn, we're compelled to confront not just the individuals but the systemic rot they embody—an environment that allows, and perhaps even encourages, such exploitation to thrive.
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Man,woman,midget?Looks like that one black dude on "What's Happening?"(Not "Rerun")
The answer:You're making a fool out of yourself--is what's happening.
--GRA
WILL SMITH GOES ONSTAGE AT OSCARS AND SLAPS ENTIRE CAST OF "OPPENHEIMER" FOR BEING ALL WHITE.(fictional report,as I didn't watch the show at all.)
GRA:Somehow Will Smith's disguise as Jimmy Kimmell fooled everyone until "Oppenheimer" started winning awards in bunches,so much so,that Smith began slapping and yelling at the cast as they came up onstage to collect their statuettes.
Earlier,Smith/Kimmel had landed a right handed slap of best actor winner Cillian Murphy,after which,Chris Rock yelled from the audience,"That's not Kimmell,that's WILL SMITH."
The crowd laughed,but the makeup on Smith began to wear off quickly and after best picture was announced to be "Oppenheimer",it was clear Kimmell's place had been taken by Smith,who went right down the line assaulting the director,producer and everyone else onstage from the Oscar winning flick.
Kimmell was found tied up in his dressing room .
Asked why he did it,Smith said,"I hate White people--they make good movies."
--GRA
Colleges have already turned into drive-thrus: sign here for your student loan so our administrators can administrate, and pull up to the second window for your diploma. Why even bother with the coursework or dissertation and then revisions when the cheating gets into the news? Just getting in the way of the Entitlement these people are Entitled too. Like having to wait a couple weeks to get muh taxes (refund of $150 withholding from min-wage work, plus $6,000 Child Tax Credit and $4,000 Earned Income Credit). Cuz I'm ENTITLED.
jerry pdx
Ha, funniest thing Will Smith ever did...too bad he didn't really do it. He's that black guy that thinks he's hilarious, but really isn't. I've seen those guys many times, they say something stupid and maybe even kind of racist trying to mock Whitey then stand there like they said the funniest thing in the world. Black people laugh because they want every black person to be funny and woke Whites laugh because they're bootlickers. Rational Whites don't don't laugh and get mocked by the others for not going along with the pretense that every black man is some kind of natural comedian.
Interesting about the Oscars last night,"Killers of the Flower Moon"--a pretentious title,if there ever was one--received 0 wins out of 10 nominations for Martin Scorsese.Why--it was another movie with a White as villain vs,in this case,an Indian family of circa 1921.This kind of flick would normally get big Oscar backslaps from the Academy,however no blacks were in the movie,which might have been it's downfall. There was an article about Scorsese stating,"other movies--including "The Irishman" went 0 for 10 as well."
A case of Scorsese being punished for not making enough movies with blacks in them?
A theory.
--GRA
Jerry,
Cedric "the entertainer" a perfect example of an unfunny black.He was on the tube tonight as I clicked on channel three so I could watch YouTube stuff.For that 30 seconds,I had to listen to him.Could be the writers,but he was totally worthless as host of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" also.
The bigger question is, WHO watches that crap("The Neighborhood")?
--GRA
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