Political science professors assign fewer readings by women than by men. Here’s why that matters.
Political science professors assign fewer readings by women than by men. Here’s why that matters.
- August 21, 2019
- Heidi Hardt, poli sci, explains in The Washington Post, Aug. 21, 2019
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Heidi Hardt is an associate professor of political science at the University of California
at Irvine, [Hardt and Amy Smith write] “Our findings build on and confirm the results
of a few recent studies of PhD syllabi in the political science subfields of American
politics and international relations. However, our project is by far the largest and
most comprehensive data set of graduate readings to date, to the best of our knowledge.”
For the full story, please visit https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/08/21/political-science-professors-assign-fewer-readings-by-women-than-by-men-heres-why-that-matters/.
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