Who is Nathan Cofnas, the self-styled 'race realist' at centre of Jason Arday plagiarism row

Nathan Cofnas (L), who exposed Cambridge professor Jason Arday’s plagiarism, suspended by Ghent University. Nathan Cofnas, the American academic who brought plagiarism allegations against Jason Arday into the spotlight, has himself been suspended by Ghent University in Belgium, days after the former Cambridge professor was found dead after intense scrutiny over his academic work.Arday, a Black former Cambridge professor, had resigned earlier this month amid rising scrutiny of his academic work following Cofnas's detailed Substack post, which questioned its integrity.Arday was later found dead on August 14. The developments have now placed Cofnas, a self-styled “race realist” previously dismissed from Cambridge's Emmanuel College over his views on race and intelligence, at the centre of the controversy.Who is Nathan Cofnas?Cofnas is an American philosopher whose work focuses on the philosophy of biology and ethics. He studied philosophy at Columbia University before completing master's degrees at Cambridge and Oxford, and later earned a doctorate from Oxford.In 2022, he joined Cambridge as an early-career research fellow and also became a research associate at Emmanuel College.He ha...