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Columbia prof here. He is not a professor at Columbia nor even an adjunct professor. He is a lecturer in the school of professional studies: https://search.si

Columbia prof here. He is not a professor at Columbia nor even an adjunct professor. He is a lecturer in the school of professional studies: https://search.sites.columbia.edu/people/sm786 https://search.sites.columbia.edu/people/sm786 The school of professional studies at Columbia offers "certificate" and "professional degrees" with minimal academic standards. Within the university, it is considered an embarrassment. Advertising this credential is very misleading. This is a far cry from being, for example, a professor in the world class statistics department at Columbia. I don't know the gentleman nor the facts of this case, but I'd be very suspicious of someone advertising a Columbia SPS affiliation.

Tenoke 9y ago
This and some of the tweets where he seems overly zealous make me suspicious. E.g.: Here[1] He is suggesting he was blocked for Probability work on Hilary's election odds. Here[2] he is implying they are doing it in connection with him being a math educator, and tweeting at all kinds of famous accounts with maximum sensationalism (though in his defense, the only way to get support from google is to make a massive stir). None of that means anything on its own, and this would be far from the first time Google have closed an account by mistake (though Id be very surprised if the ban was of a political nature). 1. https://twitter.com/salilstatistics/status/898906185969139714 https://twitter.com/salilstatistics/status/89890618596913971... 2. https://twitter.com/salilstatistics/status/898730013037477889 https://twitter.com/salilstatistics/status/89873001303747788...