September 2, 2005

Anthropologist Who Posed as a Student Is Unmasked

By JOHN GRAVOIS

A cultural anthropologist who went under cover as a freshman at her own university to write a book about undergraduate life has been unmasked by a New York newspaper, just weeks before the book's scheduled publication date.

In an article published August 19, Jacob Gershman, a reporter for The New York Sun, wrote that he had deduced from clues in an advance copy of My Freshman Year: What a Professor Learned by Becoming a Student that its author, Rebekah Nathan, was Cathy A. Small, an

Digital or Print Subscription

Web Pass

Already have an account? Log In Now.