SCHOOL’S OUT FOR EMORY HISTORY PROFESSOR

Emory author won’t be in class
by Jen Sansbury
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
8/23/02

History Professor Michael Bellesiles won’t be teaching Emory University
classes this fall as a six-month investigation continues into charges
against him of academic fraud.

Bellesiles will be on paid leave for the upcoming semester, according to
Robert A. Paul, dean of Emory’s undergraduate college.
Bellesiles’s 2000 book, “Arming America: The Origins of a National Gun
Culture,” received widespread attention for its contention that early
Americans did not own and use firearms in great numbers.

But snowballing accusations of research misconduct and incompetency from
gun-rights advocates and fellow scholars prompted Emory officials to
launch an inquiry in February. In April, the investigation was handed to
an external committee as part of a lengthy process that could result in
Bellesiles’s dismissal if the charges are proven.

A replacement instructor has been found for an Introduction to Violence
Studies class Bellesiles was scheduled to team-teach with another
professor. The status of a history course slated to be taught by
Bellelisles was unclear Thursday evening.

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