Category - Academic Research

Snapshot Field Documented information Name Elisa New, also appearing as Lisa New in correspondence Academic title Powell M. Cabot Professor of American Literature, Emerita, Harvard University Relevant organizations Poetry in America and Verse Video Education Verified funding distinction Harvard’s 2020 report identifies $110,000 reported by Gratitude America as donated to Verse Video Education in 2016, ... Read more

Overview This peer-reviewed criminology paper by sociologist Thomas Volscho examines the alleged trafficking operation of Jeffrey Epstein as an example of elite sex trafficking — exploitation carried out by powerful individuals using social status, institutional legitimacy, and networks of assistants rather than conventional profit-driven criminal enterprises. The article analyzes patterns documented in litigation, police investigations, ... Read more

In 2025, sociologist Thomas Volscho published a comparative case study of Jeffrey Epstein and Peter Nygard in Deviant Behavior. The paper proposes a distinct category called elite sex trafficking. Volscho argues that some wealthy offenders do not organize trafficking primarily to earn money from commercial sexual exploitation. Instead, they use wealth, businesses, employees, properties, aircraft, ... Read more

Snapshot Field Documented information Name Gerald Maurice Edelman Life July 1, 1929 to May 17, 2014 Scientific position Immunologist and neuroscientist; joint recipient of the 1972 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Relevant institutions The Neurosciences Institute, the Neurosciences Research Foundation and Scripps Research Institutional funding record C.O.U.Q. Foundation reported $250,000 to Neurosciences Research Foundation, ... Read more

Overview Jeffrey Epstein: Pedophiles, Prosecutors, and Power is a 2023 law review article by legal scholar Blanche Bong Cook examining how prosecutorial discretion and structural inequality shaped the criminal investigation of Jeffrey Epstein. Published in the Journal of Gender, Race & Justice, the article analyzes the controversial 2008 Epstein non-prosecution agreement negotiated during the federal ... Read more

Snapshot Field Documented information Name Lee Smolin Field Theoretical physics, including quantum gravity and quantum foundations Institutional connection Founding faculty member of the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Waterloo, Ontario Contemporary event record Named with Epstein among participants in Edge’s September 7 and 8, 2004 Harvard event Direct correspondence Released emails document scientific discussion ... Read more

Snapshot The October 7 congressional letter brought Leon Botstein’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein back into the headlines with a disputed question: “Is [Jane Doe] for me, or are you keeping her for yourself.” Lawmakers say it came from Botstein’s Bard presidential account. Botstein denies writing or sending it and denies knowing about or participating in ... Read more

Snapshot Field Documented information Name Murray Gell-Mann Life 1929 to May 24, 2019 Scientific distinction Recipient of the 1969 Nobel Prize in Physics Relevant institution Co-founder of the Santa Fe Institute in 1984 Specific financial record C.O.U.Q. register lists a $75,000 check to the Santa Fe Institute on November 27, 2006, with a memo identifying ... Read more

Overview In April 2026, BSA Victims published a Nexus Analysis examining connections between entities involved in the Boy Scouts of America Settlement Trust, legal defense firms, Jeffrey Epstein associated organizations, and the Humpty Dumpty Institute. The report does not allege that the Boy Scouts of America abuse claims process is directly connected to Jeffrey Epstein’s ... Read more

Snapshot Resource name: The Jeffrey Epstein Files Institution: San Diego State University Library Resource type: Academic library research guide and curated directory Platform: Springshare LibGuides Guide author: Kate Holvoet Author’s position: Scholarly Communications and Open Initiatives Librarian Public access: Free Last updated: August 25, 2026 Primary purpose: To organize official government repositories, congressional releases, international ... Read more