Scholar and author Jason Arday, 41, was found dead in his home in London on Friday, August 14. Arday’s memoir, Great and Unfortunate Things, was published in the US by Simon & Schuster imprint 37 Ink last week, and is due to be published on August 27 in the UK. Earlier this month, Arday resigned from his post as a sociology professor at Cambridge University, which he joined in 2023 as the institution’s youngest Black professor. Arday was accused of plagiarism in his academic work and of fabricating or exaggerating information about his personal life. In a statement, Arday’s family […]
