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James B. Twitchell was born in Burlington, Vermont, in 1943. He received his BA (1962), MA (1966), and Ph.D. (1969) from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- ↑ Jack Stripling (2008-04-25). "Student vs. faculty plagiarism". Gainesville Sun . Retrieved 2013-07-06.
Recent plagiarism allegations made against James Twitchell, a longtime UF English professor, have triggered what appears to be the first formal plagiarism inquiry of a humanities faculty member in about two decades, according to UF officials.
- ↑ Jack Stripling (2008-04-25). "UF professor Twitchell admits he plagiarized in several of his books". Gainesville Sun . Retrieved 2013-07-06.
Twitchell initially denied a pattern of plagiarism, but the 64-year-old professor was contrite and ashamed when recently confronted with a larger body of evidence.
- 1 2 Manar Sabry, Daniel Levy (2009-01-15). "Plagiarist Punished at Florida". Inside Higher Education . Retrieved 2013-07-06.
The professor, James Twitchell, was a longtime faculty member who was highly regarded for his writings about consumerism and popular culture. He was frequently quoted by national media organizations, including The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. But when confronted with a significant body of evidence, collected by The Gainesville Sun, Twitchell admitted that he had "cheated by using pieces of descriptions written by others."
