Word: pedersen
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Particularly younger women faculty, sometimes find themselves up against what I consider to be outdated expectations of what a `Harvard professor' is supposed to look like," says Susan G. Pedersen, professor of history and chair of the Committee of the Status of Women...
According to Pedersen, women may be denied tenure more readily than men because their research may be controversial or interdisciplinary...
Women, who are often "disproportionately represented in interdisciplinary or innovative work, may be disproportionately disadvantaged in the hiring process," Pedersen says...
...Still, Pedersen is not alone in saying "It'stime for the University to look at thisseriously...
...Pedersen also says there is a "lack of clarity"in the process...