Stapel

"It is unacceptable that perpetrators of anti-LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer) violence feel emboldened to come into any neighborhood, including gay-friendly neighborhoods, and attack LGBTQ people because of who we are," said Sharon Stapel, executive director of the New York City Anti-Violence Project.

Man Charged With Bias Attack At Noted NYC Gay Bar AP 2010

"It is unacceptable that perpetrators of anti-LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer) violence feel emboldened to come into any neighborhood, including gay-friendly neighborhoods, and attack LGBTQ people because of who we are," said Sharon Stapel, executive director of the New York City Anti-Violence Project.

Man Charged With Bias Attack At Noted NYC Gay Bar AP 2010

Stapel's work made it into newspapers in no small part because he delivered scientific evidence for contentions journalists wanted to believe, as with "studies" purporting to show how unconscious sexism and racism skew people's judgments.

Kim Kardashian Fails the P.T. Barnum Test Eric Felten 2011

Graduate students working under Dutch psychologist Diederik Stapel discovered he was cooking the experimental books and blew the whistle on him.

Kim Kardashian Fails the P.T. Barnum Test Eric Felten 2011

In an age when publicity-hungry cognitive scientists—most recently, prominent Dutch social psychologist Diederik Stapel—have been caught cooking their data, Ms. Gallagher and her fellow popularizers could benefit from a smidgen of skepticism about the research they are reporting.

Taking a Novel Approach to Life Eric Felten 2012

It seems there are two things that eventually made the three whistle blowers speak up and expose Stapel: Friendship and alcohol.

Forbes.com: News Freek Vermeulen 2012

Stapel did social psychology research, publishing media-bait studies that were contrarian and inflammatory to some, and highly supportive of other people's deeply held beliefs about the world.

Boing Boing Maggie Koerth-Baker 2011

For instance, back in August, Stapel and a colleague put out a press release about some not-yet-published data suggesting that people who eat meat are selfish and anti-social .

Boing Boing Maggie Koerth-Baker 2011

Stapel had gained stardom status in the field of social psychology but, simply speaking, had been making up all his data all the time.

Forbes.com: News Freek Vermeulen 2012

People had suspicions about Stapel's "too good to be true" research record and findings but did not dare to speak up while no-one else did.

Forbes.com: News Freek Vermeulen 2012