Well I decided to look into it a bit. It seems like the original Faith ran into trouble for dedicating her Masters thesis to her boyfriend.

I cannot find the OP amongst that particular story which was reported on a lot of low-effort quasi-journalistic outlets (think Buzzfeed but less well known).

Might it be the case these are copycat meme creators who are creating these memes to capitalize on a trend/news event and are impersonating the original author for - at best a laugh, at worse for an ulterior motive?

I don’t think it’s “weird” to question these motives. I think its perfectly reasonable to suggest that this anonymous screenshot should be subject to critical thought.