While one in three jobs deemed essential are held by women, the pandemic has also exacerbated gender inequality in academic settings.
2020
With Recent Hires, Women in ECE Reach a New Milestone
The increase in women faculty is no accident; it’s the result of a commitment to diversity in the department. “When I was hired in 1998, I was one of two women in ECE,” says Philip …
Breaking Bias
In 2015, Devine partnered with Molly Carnes, the director of the UW’s Center for Women’s Health Research, to examine, and potentially reduce, gender bias in departmental units covering all fields of science, engineering, and medicine …
Evaluation of the Vilas Life Cycle Professorship Program (2020)
Pribbenow, Christine Maidl and Jennifer Sheridan. April 15, 2020. “Evaluation of the Vilas Life Cycle Professorship Program.”
Race May Influence Transplant Decision Making in Heart Failure
“When the patient information is more subjective, then the implicit biases are more likely to influence clinical decision making in ways that would usually disadvantage members of certain groups versus another,” Carnes said.
Gender, Race, and Grant Reviews: Translating and Responding to Research Feedback
Biernat, Monica; Molly Carnes; Amarette Filut; and Anna Kaatz. 2020. “Gender, Race, and Grant Reviews: Translating and Responding to Research Feedback.” Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.