Degrees

Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1990, higher education
M.S., University of Iowa, 1978, mathematics
B.A., St. Olaf College, 1976, mathematics

Current and Recent Professional Activities

• Principal investigator, project on Integrity in International Research Collaborations, funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIGMS/ORI)
• Chair of the organizing committee, 3rd World Conference on Research Integrity
• Co-editor (with Nicholas H. Steneck) of International Research Collaborations: Much to be Gained, Many Ways to Get in Trouble, Routledge Press, 2010
• Organizer, international conference on Challenges and Tensions in International Research Collaborations, Minneapolis, Minnesota (October 2008)
• Member, (Inaugural) Ethics Committee, American Educational Research Association, and chair of subcommittee to revise the AERA Ethical Principles
• Editor, Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations:  Plagiarism, 29(1), 90-108.
• Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Empirical Research in Human Research Ethics
• Member, Editorial Board, Accountability in Research
• Consulting Editor, Journal of Higher Education
• Chair, University of Minnesota Senate Research Committee
• Member ex officio, University of Minnesota Faculty Consultative Committee
• Member ex officio, University of Minnesota Provost's Research Council
• Member ex officio, University of Minnesota Council of Research Associate Deans
• Member, University of Minnesota International Risk and Liability Committee
• Instructor in University of Minnesota Responsible Conduct of Research Program and instructor of a course on Survival in Research, which satisfies the NSF training requirement in responsible conduct of research

Profile

Melissa S. Anderson is professor of higher education at the University of Minnesota. Her work over the past 25 years has been in the areas of scientific integrity, research ethics, and academy-industry relations. Professor Anderson's research has focused on the research environment in relation to scientific research and graduate and postdoctoral training. She is principal investigator of a study funded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health on international research collaborations and co-editor, with Nick Steneck, of International Research Collaborations:  Much to be Gained, Many Ways to Get in Trouble (Routledge, 2010). She was recently appointed co-chair, with Sabine Kleinert of The Lancet, of the organizing committee for the next World Conference on Research Integrity.

Honors and Awards

• Robert H. Beck Faculty Teaching Award, Alumni Society of the University of Minnesota College of Education and Human Development (2005)
• Distinguished Teaching Award University of Minnesota College of Education and Human Development (1998)

Selected Publications

1. Anderson, M. S., Chiteng Kot, F., Shaw, M. A., Lepkowski, C. C., & De Vries, R. G. (In press). Authorship issues in international research collaborations. American Scientist.

2. Anderson, M. S., & Steneck, N. H. (2011). The problem of plagiarism. Urologic oncology: Seminars and original investigations, 29(1), 90-94.

3. Anderson, M. S., & Steneck, N. H. (Eds.). (2010). International research collaborations: Much to be gained, many ways to get in trouble. New York: Routledge.

4. Anderson, M. S. (2010). What can be gained and what can go wrong in the context of different national research environments. In M. S. Anderson, & N. H. Steneck (Eds.), International research collaborations: Much to be gained, many ways to get in trouble. New York: Routledge.

5. Bohnhorst, M. A., McQuaid, M., Tsantir, S. R. B., Amundson, D. M., & Anderson, M. S. (2010). Legal and regulatory considerations in international research collaborations. In M. S. Anderson & N. H. Steneck (Eds.), International research collaborations: Much to be gained, many ways to get in trouble. New York: Routledge.

6. Anderson, M. S., & Steneck, N. H. (2010). Realizing gains and staying out of trouble. In M. S. Anderson & N. H. Steneck (Eds.), International research collaborations: Much to be gained, many ways to get in trouble. New York: Routledge.

7. Anderson, M. S., Chiteng Kot, F., Jie, Y., Kamata, T., Kuzhabekova, A., Lepkowski, C. C., Shaw, M. A., Sorenson, M. M., & Vasconcelos, S. M. R. (2010). Differences in national approaches to doctoral education: Implications for international research collaborations. In M. S. Anderson & N. Steneck (Eds.), International research collaborations: Much to be gained, many ways to get in trouble. New York: Routledge.

8. Martinson, B. C., Crain, A. L., De Vries, R., &  Anderson, M. S. (2010). The importance of organizational justice in ensuring research integrity. Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics, 5(3), 67-83.

9. Anderson, M. S. (2010). International research collaborations: Anticipating challenges instead of being surprised.  Europa World of Learning 2011 (61 ed., Vol. 1, pp. 14-18) London: Routledge.

10. Anderson, M. S. (2010). Research misconduct and misbehavior in relation to the research environment. In T. Bertam Gallant (Ed.), Creating the ethical academy: A systems approach to understanding misconduct and empowering change. New York: Routledge.

11. Anderson, M. S., Ronning, E. A., Martinson, B. C., & De Vries, R. (2010). Extending the Mertonian norms: Scientists' subscription to norms of research. Journal of Higher Education.

12. Martinson, B. C., Crain, A. L., Anderson, M. S., & De Vries, R. (2009). Institutions’ expectations for researchers’ self-funding, federal grant holding, and private industry involvement: Manifold drivers of self-interest and researcher behavior. Academic Medicine, 84(11), 1491-1499.

13. Anderson, M. S. (2009). Who is in charge?: Research integrity in the international context. Research Global, 22, 12-13.

14. Louis, K. S., Holdsworth, J., Anderson, M. S., & Campbell, E. G. (2008). Everyday ethics in research: Translating authorship guidelines into practice in the bench sciences. Journal of Higher Education, 79(1), 88-112.

15. Vogeli, C., Yucal, R., Bendavid, E., Jones, L. M., Anderson, M. S., Louis, K. S., & Campbell, E. G. (2006). Data withholding and the next generation of scientists: Results of a National Survey. Academic Medicine, 81(2), 128-136.

16. Martinson, B. C., Anderson, M. S., & De Vries, R. (2006). Scientists' perceptions of organizational justice and self-reported misbehaviors. Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics, 1(1), 51-66.

17. De Vries, R., Anderson, M. S., & Martinson, B. C. (2006). Normal misbehavior: Scientists talk about the ethics of research. Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics, 1(1), 43-50.

18. Martinson, B. C., Anderson, M. S., & De Vries, R. (2005). Scientists behaving badly. Nature, 435, 737-738.

    Note: The publication of the Nature paper was named by Discover as one of the top 100 events in science in the world in 2005: Zorich, Zach. (2006). Deception plagues medical research. Discover, 27(1), 49.

Selected Presentations

1. American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, DC (February 2011)

2. National Science Council of Taiwan / Academia Sinica Workshop on Research Integrity.  Academia Sinica, Taiwan (December 2010)

3. University of Oxford, Oxford, UK (October 2010)

4. Science in Question series, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany (October 2010)

5. Second World Conference on Research Integrity, Singapore (July 2010)

6. Center for Excellence, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, ermany (May 2010)

7. American Educational Research Association, Denver (April 2010)

8. Association for Practical and Professional Ethics, Cincinnati (March 2010)

9. European Science Foundation / Office of Research Integrity Workshop on Responsible Conduct of Research:  Good Research Practices and Research Integrity Training, Strasbourg, France (October 2009)

10. University of Michigan, Rackham Graduate School and Program in Biological Sciences (October 2009)

11. Society of Research Administrators, Seattle (October 2009)

12. National Institutes of Health: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; Inter-Institute Bioethics Interest Group; National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Scientific Resource Development Team; National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Strategic Planning and Evaluation Branch (June 2009)

13. Joint workshop of the China Association for Science and Technology (CAST) and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) San Diego (April 2009)

14. American Educational Research Association, San Diego (April 2009)

15. Society of Research Administrators, Washington DC (October 2008)

16. Workshop on Ethics Education and Scientific and Engineering Research:Wha's Been Learned? What Should Be Done? National Academy of Engineering and National Science Foundation (August 2008)

17. Conference on Developments in Research and Theory on Higher Education Organizaion, Athens, Georgia (May 2008)

18. Fourth International Barcelona Conference of the Global University Network for Innovation, Barcelona, Spain (April 2008)

19. First Biennial Conference on Responsible Conduct of Research: Education/Instruction/Training, St. Louis (April 2008)

20. American Educational Research Association, New York (March 2008)

21. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories, New York (October 2007)