Category Archives: Academia

The Howard University School of Law Will Host Fifth Annual Wiley A. Branton Symposium On October 24, 2008

Program-at-a-glance here. Additional information here. Via Okianer Christian Dark.

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Query For Readers With An Interest In Internet Governance

Is anyone interested in being involved in a new constituency at ICANN for non-commercial Internet users?   ICANN is looking to add a constituency to increase the breadth of the stakeholder representation on the Generic Name Supporting Organization (GNSO) council, … Continue reading

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Paula A. Monopoli, “In a Different Voice: Lessons from Ledbetter”

The abstract: Women in academia – among some of the best educated women in America – suffer from the same salary inequities as other women in society. The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) has found that women faculty “earn … Continue reading

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Mary Dudziak on Women and Law Blogging

A twofer: Women and Blogging: what you can do right now at the Legal History Blog and cross-posted at Balkinization.

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Anne W. Eaton, “A Sensible Antiporn Feminsm”

Published in Symposia on Gender, Race and Philosophy (Spring 2008). Downloadable here. In addition: Commentaries by Patrick D. Hopkins, Rae Langton, Ishani Maitra, Laurie Shrage. Reply by A.W. Eaton. Via Feminist Philosophers.

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The increasing irrelevance of grades, and what it might mean for women law students.

Both the percentage and actual number of enrolled women students has been dropping at the University of South Carolina School of Law, and at a number of other law schools I am aware of. Part of the explanation is that … Continue reading

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Obama’s “Faith, Family and Values Tour” to feature law prof who opposes same sex marriage

From Pam’s House Blend: The Christian Broadcasting Network is reporting that the Obama campaign next week will kick off”Barack Obama: Faith, Family, and Values Tour,”designed to woo the votes of left-leaning Catholics, progressive Evangelicals, and some conservative mainline Protestants. If … Continue reading

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Feminist law prof glass ceilings

Inspired by recent events at my own institution as well as conversations with other feminist law profs I’ve run into at recent conferences, here’s a pattern I see – wonder if others experience this.   One fem law prof summed … Continue reading

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Is Pussy Galore a “Feminist Icon”?

I’d have to go with “no.”

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The Kip Tiernan Social Justice Fellowship

The Kip Tiernan  Social Justice Fellowship honors the life-long work of the founder of Rosie’s Place. The Fellowship provides a unique and exciting opportunity for a woman to develop and carry out a special project  that will further the mission … Continue reading

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“Most teen girls still experience sexual harassment and sexism, according to new study”

From here: Nine of 10 teen girls report experiencing sexual harassment, and majorities also say they have received discouraging comments about their abilities in school and athletics, according to a new study that appears in the May/June issue of the … Continue reading

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CFP: “Applied Feminism: How Feminist Legal Theory is Changing the Law”

This call for papers seeks submissions for the University of Baltimore School of Law’s Second Annual Feminist Legal Theory Conference.   The conference will be held at the University of Baltimore on Friday, March 6, 2009.   The conference will … Continue reading

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“Academic Bullies”

Chron story here. Via Historiann.

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NAPW Law Student Writing Competition 2008-2009 Academic School Year – $1,000 first prize

The first contest asks for a critical analysis of the absence of birthing rights issues from gender discrimination and feminist jurisprudence textbooks and curricula (in fact, none of the top three casebooks used in law school courses dedicated to gender … Continue reading

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“Customers ordered the pills, but were unable to cancel or get a refund. A former VP of the company testified that Warshak required customers to provide notarized documents from a doctor proving that they had small genitals in order to get a refund.”

Learn more about the Enzyte scam here. Wonder if the penalty would have been as severe if women had been the victims.

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“Court Tosses Student’s Lawsuit Challenging Low Grade Received From Female Professor”

Read about this at the fabulous Title IX blog.

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Romantic Partners and Academics

Historiann has an interesting post entitled: “Marrying up,”and why that could screw up your career in which she notes: There’s a new report out on the careers of social scientists, via Inside Higher Ed. The University of Washington Center for … Continue reading

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“Thought Control In Economics”

Long essay here, excerpt below: ” … Despite her interest in feminist economics, Julie Nelson’s publication record is so impressive that she qualified for tenure at one of the top 30 US university economics departments. But she’s disheartened by the … Continue reading

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“Herr Professor Daddy? I didn’t think so.”

Post every woman academic should read, here.

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Josephine Louise Newcomb established an undergraduate liberal-arts college in 1886 at Tulane in memory of her daughter. Her descendants are suing to have it reopened.

Last October it was reported that a first effort to get Newcomb College reopened failed: A state appeals court today narrowly turned down an attempt to resurrect Newcomb College, ruling that the plaintiffs had no right to file suit. By … Continue reading

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Privacy Issues Highlighted in the September issue of Scientific American

Via Dan Solove: Daniel J.   Solove, Do Social Networks Bring the End of Privacy? Whitfield Diffie and Susan Landau, Internet Eavesdropping: A Brave New World of Wiretapping Steven Ashley, Digital Surveillance: Tools of the Spy Trade Katherine Albrecht, How … Continue reading

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Minna Kotkin, “Of Authorship and Audacity: An Empirical Study of Gender Disparity and Privilege in the ‘Top Ten’ Law Reviews”

Abstract: In today’s law schools, article placement is a significant consideration in hiring, promotion, tenure, and lateral mobility. This article analyzes authorship by gender and home school “privilege” in 15 law reviews (the “top ten”) over a three year period. … Continue reading

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Obama Phenomena: Facets of a Historic Campaign

We invite you to attend “Obama Phenomena: Facets of a Historic Campaign,” a one-day symposium at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law on Friday, August 29, 2008, the day after the Democratic National Convention. Randall Kennedy, the Michael … Continue reading

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The AALS Speaks

This just in from the AALS: Statement Adopted by AALS Executive Committee August 15, 2008 The AALS 2009 Annual Meeting will take place January 6-10, 2009, in San Diego, California. Several years ago the Association booked rooms at the San … Continue reading

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“Use your own rather than state or discretionary funds because nothing spoils a meal as quickly as an internal audit.”

Some advice from: Cooking for the Faculty Via Historiann.

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Welcome Back to School

As the fall 2008 school semester begins with much of the country hoping for change early next year it seems that some things have not changed: Inside Higher Education (August 15, 2008): If One Professor Gropes, Does Everyone Need Training? … Continue reading

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Kerry Ann Rockquemore and Tracey Laszloffy, “The Black Acedemic’s Guide for Winning Tenure – Without Losing Your Soul”

From Inside Higher Ed: In The Black Academic’s Guide to Winning Tenure : Without Losing Your Soul (Lynne Rienner), Kerry Ann Rockquemore and Tracey Laszloffy offer both empathy and”to do”lists for African American scholars seeking tenure : as well as … Continue reading

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Frida Kahlo Look-alike Model Open Audition pictures

Here.

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Maternity leave: a request for strategies and advice

Head over to Historiann and help a sister out!

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“Crafting a Scholarly Persona: A Panel Discussion”

Abstract: This is an edited transcript of Crafting a Scholarly Persona, the Scholarship Section’s program from the AALS Annual Meeting in 2007. During this program, three established scholars, Ian Ayres, Paul Robinson, and Carol Sanger, discussed their individual career paths … Continue reading

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Ouch: USC wins Trademark case . . . against USC

The LA Times reports: Trojans have priority of use for ‘SC’ logo, says the administrative tribunal of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. August 8, 2008 The University of Southern California and the University of South Carolina share the same … Continue reading

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Isaac Royall and Janet Halley

Because Al Brophy is both incredibly cool, and also a good friend, I think he will let me get away with pirating this post: This morning’s CLIP service brings news that Janet Halley’s talk on becoming the Royall Chair at … Continue reading

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Gender and Math

Long, detailed post here at Neuroanthropology.

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Nipples and Liberals

An Adrants blogger opined: … This is America. Nudity is bad. Nudity is something to be shunned. Natural beauty? Screw that. Put a potato sack on! Cover that God-given beauty. Sex is bad. Sex dirty. Sex is nasty. Sex should … Continue reading

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Legal Writing Institute Will Not Host Event at San Diego’s Grand Hyatt

Ruth Anne Robbins, President of the  Board of Directors  of the Legal Writing Institute, has notified the AALS that it will not hold its customary  award ceremony at the AALS annual meeting, if the meeting is held at the Grand … Continue reading

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Upcoming Feminism and Legal Theory Project Events

More information on the following events will be available as the dates approach. Conflict and Transitional Justice: Feminist Approaches September 19-20, 2008. Emory University Gambrell Hall Truth Commissions and other forms of transitional justice have become ubiquitous as a mechanism … Continue reading

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A Few Observations About Mentoring

So I’m at a really great law prof conference. Best highlight so far was seeing Bridget Crawford, and listening to her interesting observations about the intersection of tax law and feminist legal theory.   In addition to being a brilliant … Continue reading

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Lard Help Me, I Like Glenn Reynolds

I got to know him last year at a party, and then I was on a really fun panel with him a couple of days ago. I don’t agree with him about very much, to put it mildly, but face … Continue reading

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Women, Body Image, Shame and Self-Objectification

Social science research report available here. Below is a short excerpt: In considering why a state of self-objectification might lead to extended body thoughts, we predicted that the experience of shame would play a key role. Previous researchers who manipulated … Continue reading

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Law Prof Blog Recommendations: Increasing the Estrogen

We here at Feminist Law Professors don’t care about “size.” There isn’t a publicly accessible Site Meter here because we do not run commercial advertisements, and we try to offer some small measure of privacy protection to our readers. Publicly … Continue reading

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San Diego Grand Hyatt Boycott (and Girlcott!)

Since this is the hotel where the AALS annual meeting is being held, I thought the FLP readership would be concerned about this story.   The Grand Hyatt’s owner gave $125K to the marriage ban campaign; now gay activists are … Continue reading

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The University Of South Carolina Has A New President.

Announcement here. It was clear to me when the two other finalists were women that Pastides was going to get the job. As far as I can tell, the women finalists were perfectly well qualified, but there wasn’t a chance … Continue reading

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There Are Three Finalists for the Presidency of the University of South Carolina. Two Are Women. This About Guarantees the Job Will Go To the Man.

Information about the three finalists is here. See also. I’ll be happy enough to eat my words if I’m wrong. We’ll see tomorrow. –Ann Bartow

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Why Zuska Needs To Keep Blogging

Over at Thus Spake Zuska, Zuska decided to cull from her comments all the reasons she has been told she should not blog. Below are a few of them: You’re ugly. You’re old and ugly. You need to get laid. … Continue reading

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On Bullying in the Academic Workplace

Check out Historiann’s posts here and here.

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Continuing the Air Travel Theme: Hang On To Those Laptops On Your Way To Conferences!

PC World reports: Some of the largest and medium-sized U.S. airports report close to 637,000 laptops lost each year, according to the Ponemon Institute survey released Monday. Laptops are most commonly lost at security checkpoints, according to the survey. Close … Continue reading

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Announcing Women in International Economic Law, a new global organization in international law

Women in International Economic Law, a new global organization in international law, will hold its organizational meeting from 1:30 to 3 pm on Tuesday 15 July, in conjunction with the inaugural meeting of the Society of International Economic Law (SIEL) … Continue reading

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What if Title IX Applied to Math and Science Courses?

Debra Rolison of the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory thinks that would be a great idea.  Christa Hoff Sommers,  font of anti-feminist soundbites and Resident Scholar at  the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, takes  a different view: While Title … Continue reading

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“It seems the ability we’re so fond of calling talent or even genius arises not from innate gifts but from an interplay of fair (but not extraordinary) natural ability, quality instruction, and a mountain of work.”

That is a sentence from here, via Feminist Chemists, who posted the following: This is a great article from New Scientist, which summarizes years of research on how to be a genius. Apparently, having an extraordinarily high IQ is not … Continue reading

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“Racism 2.0”

That’s the title of this thoughtful post at Diary of An Anxious Black Woman.

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