RCR for the Humanities
Sharon Shriver
[email protected]
www.research.psu.edu/orp
• 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
yyyyy Data acquisition, management, sharing and ownership
yyy Conflict of interest and commitment
yyyyyyy Human subjects
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Animal welfare
Research misconduct, including plagiarism
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Publication practices and responsible authorship
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Mentor/trainee responsibilities
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Peer review
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y 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
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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
Example: Responsible authorship and
publication: Case studies
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The grateful author
• Stephen Ambrose/Doris
Kearns Goodwin
The deceased author
• John Allegro / Dead Sea
The chair as an author
Scrolls
Whose data is it anyway?
• Case “Conducting Research
Taking short cuts
in Online Communities”
(APPE publication)