CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – A Harvard University psychology professor has resigned, saying he wants to pursue other opportunities more than 10 months after a faculty investigation found him “solely responsible” for eight instances of scientific misconduct at the Ivy League school.
Dr. Marc Hauser said in a letter obtained Tuesday that his resignation is effective Aug. 1.
Hauser is director of Harvard’s Cognitive Evolution Laboratory, which studies the developmental foundations of the human mind. He took a yearlong leave of absence after the school’s three-year probe found him responsible for misconduct.
He said in a resignation letter dated July 7 that, while he was on leave, he began “doing some extremely interesting and rewarding work focusing on the educational needs of at-risk teenagers.”
Hauser also said that he has been offered “some exciting opportunities” in the private sector. He did not elaborate.
Hauser didn’t immediately respond to a call and an email request for comment.
“While I may return to teaching and research in the years to come, I look forward to focusing my energies in the coming years on these new and interesting challenges,” he said in the resignation letter addressed to Faculty of Arts and Sciences Dean Michael Smith.
