“Yes,” Dr.
Marsh said.
“That is what the evidence shows.”
She let that sit.
She was right to let it sit.
“I want to be honest with you about what comes next,” she said.
“I’ve asked Professor Holt to meet with me this afternoon.
He doesn’t know the specifics of what I know.
I wanted to speak with you first.”
“What are you going to do?” I asked.
“That depends, in part, on what he says.” She folded her hands on the desk.
“But I want you to understand that regardless of what he says, the use of a current student’s work as a negative teaching example — without consent, without disclosure, and while that student was under his academic supervision — is a serious breach of professional conduct.
The university has a policy.
I intend to follow it.”
“I’m not looking for him to be punished,” I said.
