Joel SnyderJust got one of those requests from a student who's instructor asked them to go interview another faculty member on a random topic. Here's my response...
I’m sorry, that’s not my expertise and honestly you should tell your instructor that relying on other faculty is not sensitive to our normal obligations, which are pretty substantial, and [here's the key for me]...
prevents students from doing the hard work themselves of research, reading and understanding the literature on a particular topic. @[email protected]
Corrie@auditoryJoel i agree I got one the other week, also not my expertise that asked me to answer the questions same day. I directed her to our experts page and told her that she was unlikely to get a response with such a short turn around. Then I found out through the grapevine she was given a script and in no way followed it.