The Chronicle of Higher Education

Newspaper Unmasks Anthropologist Who Went Under Cover to Study Her University's Undergraduates

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 on Friday, Jacob Gershman, a reporter for The New York...

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