310J Wulling Hall mand@umn.edu Phone: 612-624-5717 Fax: 612-624-3377

Melissa S. Anderson Professor of higher education, appointed 1991 Director, Postsecondary Education Research Institute, appointed 2003 Organizer: Conference on Challenges and Tensions in International Research Collaborations, University of Minnesota, October 2-3, 2008. Sponsored by the U.S. Office of Research Integrity and the University of Minnesota. Mailing address: Dept. of Educational Policy and Administration 330 Wulling Hall University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN 55455-0221

Areas of current research

• Research integrity, research misconduct and related ethical issues
• Graduate education
• Academy-industry relations

Academic degrees

• Ph.D., University of Minnesota, higher education, 1990 (Dissertation: Resource Dependencies of Academic Departments: A Demographic Perspective)
• M.S., University of Iowa, mathematics, 1978
• B.A. Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa, with distinction in mathematics, St. Olaf College, 1976

Employment

• Professor of higher education (2008- )
  • Associate professor of higher education (1996-2008)
  • Assistant professor of higher education (1991-1996)
  • Courses in theory of organizations, data analysis, and higher education institutions.
  • Department of Educational Policy and Administration, University of Minnesota
• Director of the University of Minnesota Postsecondary Education Research Institute (2003- )
• Coordinator of the graduate program in higher education (1997-2005, 2007-2008)
• Post-doctoral Fellow (1990-1991)
  • Sponsored by the National Science Foundation through the Acadia Institute's Project on Professional Values and Ethical Issues in the Graduate Education of Scientists and Engineers; Department of Educational Policy and Administration, University of Minnesota
• Instructor in mathematics (1981-1985, 1987-1988)
  St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota
  • Courses in mathematical probability and statistics, real analysis, linear algebra, multivariate calculus, introductory statistics, finite mathematics, calculus, mathematical ideas

Honors and awards

• Robert H. Beck Faculty Teaching Award, Alumni Society of the University of Minnesota College of Education and Human Development, 2005
• Distinguished Teaching Award University of Minnesota College of Education and Human Development, 1998

Selected publications

Anderson, Melissa S., Ronning, Emily A., Martinson, Brian C., and De Vries, Raymond. (In press). Extending the Mertonian norms: Scientists' subscription to norms of research. Journal of Higher Education.

Louis, Karen Seashore, Holdsworth, Janet, Anderson, Melissa S., and Campbell, Eric G. (2008). Everyday ethics in research: Translating authorship guidelines into practice in the bench sciences. Journal of Higher Education, 79(1), 88-112.

Anderson, Melissa S. (2007). Collective openness and other recommendations for the promotion of research integrity. Science and Engineering Ethics, 13(4), 387-394.

Anderson, Melissa S., Ronning, Emily A., De Vries, Raymond, and Martinson, Brian C. (2007). The perverse effects of competition on scientists' work and relationships. Science and Engineering Ethics, 13(4), 437-461.

Anderson, Melissa S., Martinson, Brian C., De Vries, Raymond. (2007). Normative dissonance in science: Results from a national survey of U.S. scientists. Journal of Empirical Research in Human Research Ethics, 2(4), 3-14.

Anderson, Melissa S., Horn, Aaron, Risbey, Kelly R., Ronning, Emily A., De Vries, Raymond, and Martinson, Brian C. (2007). What do mentoring and training in the responsible conduct of research have to do with scientists' misbehavior? Findings from a national survey of NIH-funded scientists. Academic Medicine, 82(9), 853-860.

Louis, Karen Seashore, Holdsworth, Janet M., Anderson, Melissa S., and Campbell, Eric G. (2007). Becoming a scientist: The effects of work-group size and organizational climate. Journal of Higher Education, 78(3), 311-336.

Vogeli, Christine, Yucal, Recai, Bendavid, Eran, Jones, Lisa M., Anderson, Melissa S., Louis, Karen Seashore, and Campbell, Eric G. (2006). Data withholding and the next generation of scientists: Results of a National Survey. Academic Medicine, 81(2), 128-136.

Martinson, Brian C., Anderson, Melissa S., and De Vries, Raymond. (2006). Scientists' perceptions of organizational justice and self-reported misbehaviors. Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics, 1(1), 51-66.

De Vries, Raymond., Anderson, Melissa S., and Martinson, Brian C. (2006). Normal misbehavior: Scientists talk about the ethics of research. Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics, 1(1), 43-50.

Martinson, Brian C., Anderson, Melissa S., and De Vries, Raymond. (2005). Scientists behaving badly. Nature, 435, 737-738.

Note: The publication of the Nature paper was named by Discover as one of the top 100 events in science in the world in 2005:
Zorich, Zach. (2006). Deception plagues medical research. Discover, 27(1), 49.

Abridged curriculum vitae for Melissa Anderson