University of Bath paleontologist loses 1 million pound Leverhulme grant over bullying complaints
Some readers will have seen my Tweets over the past week about Nick Longrich, a paleontologist at the University of Bath with a reputation for bul…
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Sexual harassment investigation at South Africa's University of the Witwatersrand
Wits campus For the past several months I have been tracking an investigation by the university into allegations of sexual harassment against t…
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Truth and Consequences: A #MeToo Saga Finds a Happy Ending, and an Alleged Abuser is Sent Into What Seems to be Permanent Exile
Brian Richmond Since I began writing about sexual misconduct in the sciences nearly three years ago, I have rarely had good news to r…
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Happy birthday, Alice McGrath
Alice McGrath, in a scene I saw many times at her home. Today is the birthday of my wonderful friend Alice McGrath. Had she lived, she would be …
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Note to an editor whose major publication decided to pass on an important #MeToo story (but that does not involve politicians or film stars)
Are #MeToo stories about famous perpetrators or unknown victims? Note: In the past few days I heard back from the editors of a major publication…
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Should Title IX investigations be kept secret? The case of anthropologist William Hylander at Duke University
Duke University/WikiMedia Commons In recent days I have put it out on social media that Duke University is investigating one of its anthropolog…
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My visit to a "shithole" country
Central Managua/WikiMedia Commons I’ve visited a lot of what Donald Trump might call “shithole” countries in my life, but the one that evokes t…
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My book about Neolithic Catalhoyuk in Turkey and the origins of civilization, the paperback edition. For more information about it, please visit MY WEB SITE
- Michael Balter
- I have been a working journalist for more than 40 years, beginning in Los Angeles as an investigative reporter and then in Paris as a travel, food, and science writer. For more than 20 years I have covered anthropology and archaeology writer for Science, Audubon, Scientific American, SAPIENS, and other publications. I have also covered sexual misconduct for The Verge, Scientific American, and others; I write about mental health, especially schizophrenia; and I engage in occasional media criticism. I returned to the USA in October 2017 after 30 years in Paris, and now live in the New York City area, where I currently teach journalism at City College of New York (I previously taught journalism at Boston University and New York University.) For more about me and what I do, copies of my articles, information about my book, and other goodies, please visit MY WEB SITE
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