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| For his teaching, Maas has received the American Psychological Association's Distinguished Teaching Award, Cornell's Clark Award for Distinguished Teaching, and the Merrill Presidential Scholars Award (four times) for being an outstanding mentor at Cornell. | For his teaching, Maas has received the American Psychological Association's Distinguished Teaching Award, Cornell's Clark Award for Distinguished Teaching, and the Merrill Presidential Scholars Award (four times) for being an outstanding mentor at Cornell. | ||
| For 48 years, he taught Psychology 101 (now entitled Psych 1101) at Cornell. Over the course of that time, the class achieved a "near-mythical status" and often had enrollments of 1,948 students, making it one of the largest classes in the country.<ref name="NYT class">{{cite news|author = Karen W. Arenson |publisher=]|title = Lining Up to Get a Lecture; A Class With 1,600 Students and One Popular Teacher |url = http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9905EED9123BF934A25752C1A9669C8B63&sec=health&spon=&pagewanted=1|date = 2000-11-17|accessdate= 2008-09-23}}</ref> The class size required a large venue, ], the university's main concert hall.<ref name="NYT class"/> He has instructed over 65,000 students in his |
For 48 years, he taught Psychology 101 (now entitled Psych 1101) at Cornell. Over the course of that time, the class achieved a "near-mythical status" and often had enrollments of 1,948 students, making it one of the largest classes in the country.<ref name="NYT class">{{cite news|author = Karen W. Arenson |publisher=]|title = Lining Up to Get a Lecture; A Class With 1,600 Students and One Popular Teacher |url = http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9905EED9123BF934A25752C1A9669C8B63&sec=health&spon=&pagewanted=1|date = 2000-11-17|accessdate= 2008-09-23}}</ref> The class size required a large venue, ], the university's main concert hall.<ref name="NYT class"/> He has instructed over 65,000 students in his 48 Year career at Cornell. | ||
| As inaccurately and incompletely reported in the January 27, 1995 issue of the New York Times, an Cornell Arts College (not university-wide) ethics committee (since disbanded) recommended sanctions against Maas for (alleged) sexual harassment. Many articles were written in response to ad-hoc hearing procedures that denied Maas due process, including the right to active counsel and the right to face his accusers even though they had already graduated. The Dean of the Arts College modified proposed sanctions that were not supported by any evidence (and some evidenced to the contrary)* but denied him a salary increase for one year. On June 23, 1995, in light of the widespread and unauthorized of information related to the case, Cornell University issued its press release that noted: "Professor Maas was not found to have had, or sought, an intimate sexual relationship with any of his students, nor to have engaged in any of the abusive behaviors often associated with the term 'sexual harassment.' Professor Maas has had a long history of dedicated service to Cornell University and to its student, faculty, staff and alumni. It is the University's hope that with the conclusion of this proceeding, that service will continue." | |||
| Professor Maas remained a distinguished member of the Cornell faculty for 18 more years. During that time he published two books and several articles on sleep research with undergraduates he named as co-authors. He also was awarded two Presidential Merrill Scholar Distinguished Mentor awards. He retired on December 31, 2011. | |||
| * "Why Maas is Innocent", Cornell Review, September 15, 1995, ""Enough!", Center for Individual Rights Docket Report, August 1995,"Feminist Follies: Radical Feminists Harass Professor Maas" The Cornell Review, February 8, 1996, The Shadow University. The Shadow University: The Betrayal Of Liberty On America's Campuses Paperback – September 22, 1999 | |||
| by Alan Charles Kors (Author), Harvey A. Silverglate. | |||
| As reported in the January 27, 1995 issue of the New York Times, the Cornell University ethics committee recommended sanctions against Maas for sexual harassment. | |||
| == References == | == References == | ||
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James Maas is an American social psychologist, professor at Cornell University, and Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellow, and Chair of the Psychology Department for 8 years. He is best known for his work in the field of sleep research, specifically the relationship between sleep and performance. He coined the term "power nap" and wrote the best-selling book Power Sleep. He holds a B.A. from Williams College and an M.A. and Ph.D. from Cornell. Maas has produced numerous film specials on sleep research for PBS, BBC, and others.
For his teaching, Maas has received the American Psychological Association's Distinguished Teaching Award, Cornell's Clark Award for Distinguished Teaching, and the Merrill Presidential Scholars Award (four times) for being an outstanding mentor at Cornell.
For 48 years, he taught Psychology 101 (now entitled Psych 1101) at Cornell. Over the course of that time, the class achieved a "near-mythical status" and often had enrollments of 1,948 students, making it one of the largest classes in the country. The class size required a large venue, Bailey Hall, the university's main concert hall. He has instructed over 65,000 students in his 48 Year career at Cornell.
As inaccurately and incompletely reported in the January 27, 1995 issue of the New York Times, an Cornell Arts College (not university-wide) ethics committee (since disbanded) recommended sanctions against Maas for (alleged) sexual harassment. Many articles were written in response to ad-hoc hearing procedures that denied Maas due process, including the right to active counsel and the right to face his accusers even though they had already graduated. The Dean of the Arts College modified proposed sanctions that were not supported by any evidence (and some evidenced to the contrary)* but denied him a salary increase for one year. On June 23, 1995, in light of the widespread and unauthorized of information related to the case, Cornell University issued its press release that noted: "Professor Maas was not found to have had, or sought, an intimate sexual relationship with any of his students, nor to have engaged in any of the abusive behaviors often associated with the term 'sexual harassment.' Professor Maas has had a long history of dedicated service to Cornell University and to its student, faculty, staff and alumni. It is the University's hope that with the conclusion of this proceeding, that service will continue."
Professor Maas remained a distinguished member of the Cornell faculty for 18 more years. During that time he published two books and several articles on sleep research with undergraduates he named as co-authors. He also was awarded two Presidential Merrill Scholar Distinguished Mentor awards. He retired on December 31, 2011.
- "Why Maas is Innocent", Cornell Review, September 15, 1995, ""Enough!", Center for Individual Rights Docket Report, August 1995,"Feminist Follies: Radical Feminists Harass Professor Maas" The Cornell Review, February 8, 1996, The Shadow University. The Shadow University: The Betrayal Of Liberty On America's Campuses Paperback – September 22, 1999
by Alan Charles Kors (Author), Harvey A. Silverglate.
References
- Maas, James B. (1998) Miracle Sleep Cure: London: Thorsons
- ^ Karen W. Arenson (2000-11-17). "Lining Up to Get a Lecture; A Class With 1,600 Students and One Popular Teacher". New York Times. Retrieved 2008-09-23.
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