The former Elmira College academic uncovered what is at minimum sloppy scholarship, and at most academic fraud, by black “historian” Kerri K. Greenidge in her book, The Grimkes. Greenidge was a professor at Tufts University in Massachusetts. Tufts also revealed that Greenidge did not give proper credit to another writer four years ago. The publisher dropped the book from its website, and Tufts told the Times that Greenidge isn’t working there. Other DEI FailuresWhile Rufo didn’t uncover the problem with The Grimkes, he revealed plagiarism at Harvard and other top universities in 2024.