Talk:Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman

Citations for early education in infobox
Any experienced editors who could help add citations to information in infobox that isn't included in the text of the article? Specifically for Glenelg country school and St. John's Parish Day School. Thanks in advance. Yul B. Allwright (talk) 19:30, 5 June 2020 (UTC)
 * self-reply just to update: issue was resolved by adding education info and citations to article body Yul B. Allwright (talk) 23:44, 5 June 2020 (UTC)

Molecular biology research
Opoku-Agyeman conducted molecular biology work:
 * Campbell, Petreena S., Nicole Mavingire, Salma Khan, Leah K. Rowland, Jonathan V. Wooten, Anna Opoku‐Agyeman, Ashley Guevara et al. "AhR ligand aminoflavone suppresses α6‐integrin–Src–Akt signaling to attenuate tamoxifen resistance in breast cancer cells." Journal of cellular physiology 234, no. 1 (2019): 108-121. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcp.27013
 * STEMNESS GENE ALPHA6 INTEGRIN MEDIATES TAMOXIFEN RESISTANCE IN ESTROGEN in https://surf.umbc.edu/files/2014/03/SURF-Book-2016_Online-Version.pdf

Is this relevant, or does it make the article look like a resume? Should it go into the article? -kslays (talk • contribs) 03:04, 7 June 2020 (UTC)
 * We should see if there is any news coverage or even a university press release regarding the research. Then we could describe it in text, rather than just including the text version of the references themselves. Silver  seren C 03:05, 7 June 2020 (UTC)

Elementary and Middle School education, NBER visiting research fellow
I am not currently editting this page yet because of the controversy surrounding this page, but it seems to me that the part about her elementary school and high school is quite superfluous; I suggest deleting this part. Also, the article states that she is a "Visiting Research Fellow" at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Research fellows are high prestigious NBER appointments for professors and advanced PhD students; I also can't seem to find a source for her title as a "Visiting Research Fellow"; her job is most likely that of a research assistant at NBER. Finally, the part which states that she " took classes in preparation for a graduate degree" is not useful information and I suggest that it be deleted.

I have put these suggestions on the talk page because they seem somewhat unfavourable to the subject of the article, and I have no intention of involving myself in the minor controversy currently surrounding this article. If there are no objections, I shall proceed with my proposed edits. --Ysjzysn (talk) 04:58, 7 June 2020 (UTC)
 * I have now made these edits--Ysjzysn (talk) 07:40, 7 June 2020 (UTC)

Dubious
The assertion that Opoku-Agyeman was a Visiting Research Scholar Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research seemingly can only be traced to WP:PRIMARY source statements from her.

A scan of the NBER website and a search for the position title and NBER doesn’t turn up anything. Does this position formally exist at the NBER? — MarkH21talk 11:07, 8 June 2020 (UTC)


 * The NBER phone directory shows that Opoku-Agyeman is indeed a member of the NBER staff, but does not list her title. "Visiting Research Fellow" is a title some university departments give visiting graduate students from other universities. Since Opokyu-Agyeman has said she was talking classes at Harvard in preparation for a graduate degree during this period, I see no reason to doubt that she has accurately reported her title at NBER.--EAWH (talk) 11:26, 8 June 2020 (UTC)
 * It’s a title used by various university departments, but that it doesn’t seem to be one used by the NBER is the cause of doubt. It might just be a transplanted title used by her as a convenient way to describe what her position is roughly equivalent to.By the way, do you have a link to the directory that you see her listed under? She’s not in the directory of NBER researchers. — MarkH21talk 11:32, 8 June 2020 (UTC)
 * http://www.nber.org/forms/telephone.pdf — Preceding unsigned comment added by EAWH (talk • contribs) 11:41, 8 June 2020 (UTC)
 * There have been Faculty Research Fellows, Research Fellows, Research Economists, Research Associates, and Visiting Scholars, who have all been somewhere between a post-doc and a full professor at universities while holding those positions. I still can’t find a single other person who has claimed to have been a Visiting Research Fellow at NBER, nor any other trace of this title there.The claim that she held this particular title is still dubious. To resolve this, one could remove the position and write that she was at the NBER in some capacity, one could write that she described herself as having this position, or one could demonstrate that this position actually exists at NBER. — MarkH21talk 15:04, 8 June 2020 (UTC); revised 15:22, 8 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Why not change it to "She engaged in research at NBER"? The exact title confuses more than it clarifies, given that NBER research fellows are established researchers; the title of NBER visitng research fellow inevitably draws that association. I don't think visiting research fellow would be the actual title used by NBER, given that the NBER research fellow is something established researchers fight over; NBER wouldn't add a visiting to that for pre-docs.--Ysjzysn (talk) 15:16, 8 June 2020 (UTC)
 * I agree this is the best way to proceed.--EAWH (talk) 15:21, 8 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Just saw these comments as I was editing my comment; I agree with the suggestion. — MarkH21talk 15:22, 8 June 2020 (UTC)

Press mention of Wikipedia article
--- Another Believer ( Talk ) 23:43, 9 June 2020 (UTC)
 * https://slate.com/technology/2020/06/wikipedia-george-floyd-neutrality.html