Innocence

There is one thing I know for sure: I did not commit academic fraud. I did not manipulate data to produce a particular result. I did not falsify data to bolster any result. I did not commit the offense I am accused of. Period.

Data Colada claimed to have spotted data falsification in four articles. Data Colada has acknowledged that there was no evidence that I had falsified data. As Data Colada member Uri Simonsohn noted in a July 2023 webinar, “My belief is that she did it. But there is no evidence. But it doesn’t really matter.” (min 8:47)

Yet Data Colada designed its writings to leave practically everyone, including my employer, with exactly that implication. 

On this site, I will work through those allegations. This process takes time. I hope to share more of my analyses soon.

Proving my innocence has been hampered by Harvard’s refusal to give me access to certain information that would help me prove what happened (data on RA activity, IP addresses, email records, and more). I requested this information from HBS in July, before filing the lawsuit. HBS has provided no response. But I commit to doing everything I can to establish what I know to be true: I did not commit academic fraud.

In the coming days, I will also address Data Colada’s most recent post, which includes new so-called “evidence” against me drawing from excerpts from my lawsuit complaint. This post was clearly put together hastily because some of the errors in it are almost bewilderingly obvious.