Bethel: Emails Reveal Mary Willingham's Fake Methodology

Posted Dec 1, 2015
The email exchange between Mary Willingham and Lyn Johnson reveals that Willingham was making up her research as she went. Instead of admitting she was wrong after the provost exposed her claims as false, Willingham denied and obfuscated and, in the process, embarrassed and exploited the very athletes for whom she claimed to be advocating. (Coaching the Mind)

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