My name is Paul Mason. I interviewed Alice for the above-mentioned blog post. She will be doing some job interviews shortly and one of her advisors suggested that we remove the post before the interviews. I have asked the administrators of Culture matters to remove this post and I would like to ask if you could also please remove your post or introduce some anonymity into the discussion.

Thank you for your time and thank you for your interest in Alice’s story. When I met Alice, she had some incredible stories to share with some very insightful perspectives. I am wishing her every success as her career progresses.

Sincerely,
Paul

Pretty remarkable story about her fieldwork, too. It would be interesting to know where she applied for funding; it’s easy to see how research of this kind (which essentially discovers that “humanitarian relief” does not necessarily provide “relief” at all) could make funders nervous. But you’d hope someone would be able to see the value in this project. Good to hear that she finished the degree…