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Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics Susan J. Pharr, who chairs the Government Department, says Benhabib's earlier stint in the department was marked by an ability to reach out to both undergraduate and graduate students. Benhabib is a "sophisticated and cosmopolitan person of great personal warmth," Pharr says...
...think in many ways Harvard is very much a male institution," says Susan J. Pharr, Reischauer professor of Japanese politics and chair of the Government Department. "I interact almost entirely with...
...Pharr notes that perhaps because they have experienced it, "quite a number are interested in the problem of marginalization itself." Others say women tend to have a more interdisciplinary outlook...
...Pharr says that narrowly defined searches can limit the likelihood that a woman will be hired. "When the standard is stated in that way, it's generally a male candidate that springs to mind," Pharr says. She is ambivalent about Harvard's procedure to find "the best" professors, and says the challenge is to make sure women candidates get equal consideration...
...Pharr says that this year the class of graduate students admitted to the Government Department was 50 percent women, up from 33 percent in recent years...