Our article, "Re-evaluating evidence for a 'naming bias' in scientific awards," has been published in Nature Human Behavior. In this paper, our team responds to ongoing debates about gender disparities in scientific awards and re-examines the findings in the 2024 Nature...
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February 23, 2026
March 9, 2025
In this article, we found that women letter writers tend to use less doubt language, fewer personal pronouns, and overall a more positive tone. After collecting data from a sample of 10,056 ERL emphasizing gender roles, we found that a higher proportion of women letter writers is linked to...
October 4, 2024
The study "Underrepresented minority faculty in the USA face a double standard in promotion and tenure decisions", by Theodore Masters-Waage, Christiane Spitzmueller, Ebenezer Edema-Sillo, Ally St. Aubin, Michelle Penn-Marshall, Erika Henderson, Peggy Lindner, Cynthia Werner, Tracey...
March 1, 2024
Our research article entitled "External review letters in academic promotion and tenure decisions are reflective of reviewer characteristics" dives into the significant role that external review letters (ERLs) play in the promotion and tenure (P&T) process. The study examines 995 ERLs...
December 21, 2023
Our research article entitled "External review letters in academic promotion and tenure decisions are reflective of reviewer characteristics" dives into the significant role that external review letters (ERLs) play in the promotion and tenure (P&T) process. The study examines 995 ERLs...
