Articles and Research
Research on how gender bias can affect the quality of searches, tenure, promotion and peer review:
- Exploring the Color of Glass: letters of recommendation for female and male medical faculty PDF
- The Impact of Gender on the Review of Curricula Vitae of Job Applicants and Tenure Candidates PDF
- Selected References on Stereotyping and Unconscious Bias PDF
Research reports and recommendations on gender equity in higher education:
- AAUP Faculty Gender Equity Indicators 2006 link
- An Agenda for Excellence: Creating Flexibility in Tenure-Track Faculty Careers (An American Council on Education and Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Report) PDF
- Career Patterns of Women and Men in the Sciences, Sonnert, Gerhard, Holton, Gerald. American Scientist. Research Triangle Park: Jan 1996. Vol 84, Iss. 1; pg.63 (Available through Cornell University's Library Databases) [Sonnert and Holton discuss the results of Project Access, which studied in detail a sample of female and male scientists to determine both the degree of gender disparity in the average career outcome and the causes for the disparity.]
- Motivated Stereotyping of Women Link
- Casuistry and Social Category Bias Michael I. Nornton, Joseph A. Vandello, John M Darley. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. Washington: Dec 2004. Vol. 87, Iss. 6: pg. 817 (PDF) [This research explored cases where people are drawn to make judgments between individuals based on questionable criteria, in particular those individuals' social group memberships. Authors suggest that individuals engage in casuistry to mask biased decision making, by recruiting more acceptable criteria to justify such decisions.]
Articles and commentaries on differences in perception and experiences of women in academe:
- Women see less Clarity in Tenure Requirements than do Men Link
- Where the Elite Teach, It's Still a Man's World Link
- Nepotism and sexism in peer review PDF
- Don't Just Search, Recruit PDF
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