RCR for the Humanities Sharon Shriver

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

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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 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

Stephen Ambrose/Doris Kearns Goodwin John Allegro / Dead Sea Scrolls Case “Conducting Research in Online Communities” (APPE publication) Example: Responsible authorship and publication: Case studies The grateful author The deceased author The chair as an author Whose data is it anyway? Taking short cuts