Timeline for Getting a letter of recommendation from a socially controversial PhD advisor
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| S Jun 23, 2020 at 10:48 | history | suggested | Rodrigo de Azevedo | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Shockley was his surname
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| Jun 22, 2020 at 17:20 | comment | added | Tobias Kildetoft | This also matches what I was advised to do in a similar situation. After discussing it with several people, the conclusion was that leaving out a reference from your advisor was probably going to be too big of a disadvantage. Plus, the people reviewing applications can hopefully be counted on to act professionally and not let their view be tainted by non-professional aspects. | |
| Jun 22, 2020 at 16:19 | comment | added | Jeff | @BryanKrause That's reasonable, although I intended my comment to be an endorsement of the answer from Buffy, so I would refer to that. | |
| Jun 22, 2020 at 15:26 | comment | added | Bryan Krause♦ | I think the question is not the effect on the advisor but whether the recommendation could be actually harmful to the student @Jeff | |
| Jun 22, 2020 at 14:42 | comment | added | Jeff | Yes, avoiding asking your advisor for a letter in these circumstances feels a bit like sabotaging your own career for no gain - after all, it doesn't help your adviser to write you a letter. | |
| Jun 22, 2020 at 14:34 | history | edited | Buffy | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jun 22, 2020 at 14:13 | history | answered | Buffy | CC BY-SA 4.0 |