1. BethAnn McLaughlin is a former assistant professor of neurology at Vanderbilt University.
18 Facts About BethAnn McLaughlin
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BethAnn McLaughlin was born in Boston and raised in St Louis and New Hampshire.
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BethAnn McLaughlin had an early interest in nature and science but was not as engaged in "formal science classes", in contrast to her brother who took to academic studies more readily.
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BethAnn McLaughlin describes her brother as gifted, particularly in math, but the academic pressure "looked miserable" so she leaned more towards sports.
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BethAnn McLaughlin obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Biopsychology from Skidmore College in 1990.
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In 2002, BethAnn McLaughlin joined Vanderbilt University as a research assistant professor at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center, a non tenure track position.
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In 2005, BethAnn McLaughlin received a new appointment at the same institution as an assistant professor, a tenure track position.
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The BethAnn McLaughlin Lab looked into identifying new genes that affect vulnerability to injury and the reasons behind cell death.
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Specifically, BethAnn McLaughlin focused on understanding cell loss post hypoxic and ischemic insults.
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BethAnn McLaughlin has collaborated with researchers in physics and chemistry to study organoids for drug screening, cholesterol in the brain, and sensitive sensors for metabolic signalling.
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BethAnn McLaughlin applied for tenure in 2015, but Vanderbilt delayed a decision on her application for two years while a disciplinary investigation was conducted.
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The disciplinary investigation was based on accusations that BethAnn McLaughlin was sending derogatory tweets to colleagues, from anonymous, multiuser Twitter accounts.
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BethAnn McLaughlin admitted to sending threats to colleagues, though does not recall if the specific threats of stabbing a colleague were specifically authored by her.
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BethAnn McLaughlin appealed the decision by filing a grievance with the university, and started a petition garnering social media support for her tenure.
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In June 2018, BethAnn McLaughlin launched a campaign on social media to stop the red chili pepper "hotness" rating for professors at RateMyProfessors.
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On July 31,2020, BethAnn McLaughlin posted on Twitter that her colleague, "@Sciencing_bi", supposedly a female Indigenous anthropology professor at Arizona State University, had died of COVID-19.
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BethAnn McLaughlin claimed the woman contracted COVID-19 after "[s]he was forced by her university to continue teaching in person until April", though ASU had suspended classes in March 2020.
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BethAnn McLaughlin was removed from the editorial board of the Journal of Neuroscience.