Prof Tô and Prof. Ellis win a multi-year grant to study gender differences in academia
Professor Linh Tô and Randall Ellis of the Economics Department, along with Professor Patricia Cortes of the Questrom School of Business, have won a two-year grant to study biases in self-assessment that affect the success of women in academia.
Their abstract reads “This project draws upon principles from behavioral economics to raise awareness about individuals’ and organizations’ biases and preferences. The project involves a comprehensive self-assessment of decision-making within academia, including by department chairs and deans. The overarching objective is to increase awareness of bias in departments and among individual faculty themselves, potentially leading to adjustments in choices and eventually changing job market outcomes for women and other underrepresented minorities.”
The funding comes from the Social Science Research Council, in partnership with the American Economic Association’s Committee on the Status of Women in the Economic Profession (CSWEP), and with the support of the Alfred P. Sloan and Henry Luce Foundations, known as that CSWEP-SSRC Women in Economics and Mathematics Research Consortium.
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