Dr. Yuel Embars: A Graduate Student Strike

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Dr. Yuel Embar is a tenured faculty in the psychology department at University of California, Los Angeles. He was invited to join SPSB as an associate professor but turned it down due to his controversial views on issues such as diversity statements and anti-racism organizations. Dr. Embars' podcast Two Psychologists, Four Beers has 101 episodes including one that he called "critical" The letter sent by graduate students said they were concerned about him being hired for reasons related to his position on abortion rights.

A VBW exclusive report! For years David and Tamler have been a little dismissive of fears about cancel culture in academia but now the SJWs have come for one of our own! We welcome back Yoel Inbar to talk about his experience applying for a position at UCLA psychology only to have his candidacy pulled at the last minute because of remarks he made on his podcast (!) about diversity statements. What does this mean for freedom of expression in academia? Should we advise our students and younger faculty to watch what they say when it comes to politically charged topics? Are they really going to start combing through podcast episodes now – is nothing sacred?

Plus another case of fraud in psychology comes to light courtesy of the Data Colada guys.

Data Colada post about Gino fraud