This Wired article on gender imbalance in evaluations https://www.wired.com/story/why-men-dont-believe-the-data-on-gender-bias-in-science/amp … (ht @o_guest) is fascinating - a major takeaway for me...
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...is that if you are interested in doing good science at your uni, you should STRONGLY bias towards hiring women junior faculty because...
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...women junior faculty are both excellent and undervalued - so a kind of arbitrage. Am I missing something here?
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It's not just women that get shafted- minorities and the poor do as well. The point about scientific brilliance not being as innate is key.
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There's a culture of academic exceptionalism that mirrors privilege in non-academic society at large.
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Academics overweigh merit and undervalue chance and systemic positive bias as contributors to success, just like the super rich.
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I'm assuming you mean ethnic minorities? Yeah. That's why I like the term URMs — it encompases ethnic, class, & sexuality/gender minorities.
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And yes, academics do not like being reminded they might not have got their position on merit.
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I often feel so alone for some issues that I try and find other Cypriots in my area but given there's only 1 million on Earth I haven't
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found any near me/online yet.
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