Leigh Deneef是2005年杜克大学研究生院负责学生事务的副院长，曾协助唐紫蕙解决其与导师间的纠纷；
Alex Roland是历史系副主任，美国军事史专家，在唐紫蕙重组指导委员会后担任其代理导师并负责监督其委员会重组进程。
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 13:22:38 -0400 （EDT）
From: [email protected]
Reply-To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Update on Materials
To: Leigh Deneef
Leigh:
Thanks for copying me. So much for trying to help out Ms. Tang,
eh? I hope this all reminds you of the joys of laying down such burdens.
Alex
On Tue, 11 Jul 2006, Leigh Deneef wrote:
> Dear Ms. Tang,
> I am obviously sorry to hear of ongoing difficulties with your
> dissertation research and with your advising
> committee. Unfortunately, I am not currently at the University and
> my position in the Graduate School has been assumed by Professor
> David F. Bell. I believe that Dean Bell is currently out of the
> country, but will return soon, so I am copying him on this email as
> well as Professor Alex Roland, who, as I recall, was working with you
> towards development of an appropriate dissertation topic. Dean Bell
> will have in his official file all the records of our earlier
> conversations regarding Dr. Mazumdar and the agreements that we
> reached over how you might proceed in your program. I would urge you
> to contact him--and Professor Roland--as soon as possible.
>
> I am sorry again for these troubles, and I hope that they will be
> resolved quickly and to everyone's satisfaction. I am sorry as well
> that there is little more that I can do at the moment, as I am not
> familiar with what took place over the past year since we spoke or
> even who the current Director of Graduate Studies in History is.
>
> With best wishes,
>
> Leigh DeNeef
> At 11:36 PM 7/10/2006, you wrote:
> >Dear Dr. DeNeef,
> >
> >How have you been? I hope you are having a wonderful summer break.
> >
> >I am the graduate student from History Department who filed a petition to you
> >last July complaining about the discrimination and unfair treatment I have
> >suffered from working with my former advisor Sucheta Mazumdar. Under your
> >intervention, I constituted my advising committee and got back on track of my
> >program last semester. Unfortunately, on June 27 the DGS came to the
> >departmental office to announce his final decision of discontinuing my study,
> >obviously in a hurry, after his assistant told him that I would come for some
> >paperwork. The date on which they made this announcement to me coincides with
> >the date when I was supposed to fly back to China for a research
> >trip under the
> >grant from APSI. My advising committee scheduled the research trip with me at
> >the beginning of the past semester. The reason that I was still here is I
> >couldn't get the airticket and had to delay my flight to July. I was convinced
> >that they wanted to take advantage of my absence to finally remove me from my
> >program study. To continue to fight against unfair treatment and
> >deprivation of
> >my rights of due process, I filed a second complaint to Graduate School right
> >after the department's announcement.
> >
> >Right now, I am seeking help from media and civil rights
> >organizations that have
> >showed their concerns over my case. Some media wants to interview people here
> >who know my case to get the whole story. Therefore, I wonder whether you are
> >available for an interview in which you would tell them the drama you know. I
> >greatly appreciate it if you could drop me a line regarding this. many thanks.
> >
> >With best,
> >Zihui
> >
> >
> >Quoting "A. Leigh DeNeef"
> >
> >>Dear Zihui,
> >>
> >>I have read through all the material that you delivered to me and
> >>have spoken with some of the members of the History department as
> >>well. I can certainly appreciate how the difficult relations
> >>between you and Professor Mazumdar have adversely affected your
> >>work in the doctoral program thus far. This is a situation that
> >>both the Graduate School and the Department of History take very
> >>seriously. I wish that you had reported these troubles to me, or
> >>to the DGS/Chair of the department, much earlier. As it is,
> >>please be assured that we will do everything we can to ensure that
> >>these kinds of difficulties do not recur.
> >>
> >>At this point, however, I and Professor Roland hope that you can
> >>concentrate on constituting a new faculty committee with a new
> >>dissertation advisor. I am told that the possibility of using
> >>Professor Ocko as a co-chair is a viable option and I am pleased
> >>with that prospect. As I told you when we met, I have every
> >>confidence in the fairness and the wisdom of Professor Roland, and
> >>I am sure that he will do everything he can to help you succeed in
> >>your program here.
> >>
> >>I wish you all the best this year,
> >>
> >>Leigh DeNeef
> >>Associate Dean
> >>
> >>
> >>A. Leigh DeNeef
> >>Associate Dean
> >>The Graduate School
> >>127 Allen Building
> >>Duke University
> >>Durham, North Carolina 27708
> >>
> >>Phone: 919-681-1559
> >>Fax: 919-684-2277
> >>
> >
> >
> >
>
> A. Leigh DeNeef
> Professor of English
> Duke University
>
> Home Phone: 919-828-2753
> Cell Phone: 919-810-5027
Alex Roland
Department of History
Box 90719
Duke University
Durham, NC 27708
919/684-2758
（FAX） 919/681-7670
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