u/kvellj

I'm talking blxde carving runes. Does anyone practice this? What are your thoughts about it?

Hi everyone, especially those in academia.

Need some honest perspective because ang bigat talaga sa loob. I just finished my Master’s thesis and I’m publishing it online, but my advisor suddenly instructed me to be the one to tell our Dean to include her name as a co-author. The reality is that she had zero intellectual input, gave absolutely no help or solutions when I hit roadblocks, and never even checked up on me during long, stressful silences. Her only contribution was proofreading some parts of the paper, yet I am the one carrying the entire intellectual weight and paying for the heavy publication fees through my tuition.

Now, she wants me to do the talking to the Dean, which feels like she is making me authorize it so she doesn't look bad. Is this really the standard in Ph grad schools, and does basic proofreading actually warrant authorship ethically? I want to respect her, but I’m terrified of getting power-tripped if I refuse, yet giving in feels like my hard work and sleepless nights are being stolen. How do I navigate this without risking my graduation?

Edit: Publication fee is included in our tuition which costs a lot.

Salamat po.