Cambridge Professor Who Allegedly Plagiarized Ph.D. Also Accused of Falsely Claiming He Worked at 3 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 falsely 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 have 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.

{snip} 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.

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He lists working at Durham University in the Department of Sociology as an honorary professor — and although he held several roles at the UK school, he currently holds no “formal” position there, according to the outlet.

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