Cambridge professor accused of plagiarising his PhD work also manufactured jobs at Ohio State, 2 other schools: report

A Cambridge professor ensnared in plagiarism accusations also reportedly fudged his resume by claiming he held positions at three other universities.Jason Arday, the youngest black man ever to hold a professorship at the University of Cambridge, has come under fire for appearing to have lifted more than 100 passages in his PhD dissertation from another academic’s work. Recent reports, however, also allege the professor bogusly claimed to work at three different academic institutions in his official biography at the University of Cambridge.Arday listed on his bio that he is a visiting professor at Ohio State University’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion — though the school’s DEI office closed in 2025 and school administrators said they has no record of him as an employee, according to the National Review.“We have no record of an employee by that name,” Ohio State University spokesman Benjamin Johnson told the outlet.

But it wasn’t the only line he spoofed on his resume.The University of Glasgow — where Arday also claims he works as a visiting professor in the School of Education — similarly said they have no record of him working there, the Daily Mail reported.A spokesperson for the school told the outlet in a statement that Arday “isn’t a visiting professor at the University of Glasgow.”He lists working at Durham University in the Department of Sociology as an honorary professor — and t although he held several roles at the UK school, he currently holds no “formal” position there, according to the outlet.A spokesperson for Durham told the outlet that the Arday instead “had an unpaid academic association … in relation to ongoing project work.”Ohio State, Durham University and the University of Glasgow did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment.Arday, who became Cambridge’s youngest black professor at 37, has been the subject of glowing media profiles about his journey to overcome adversity and achieve ...