Selected Articles: “Teetering on the Family Friendly Edge” Universities who adopt family friendly policies must also commit to protect those who use them. “What’s Law Got to Do with It?” Larry Summers’ remarks on women in science illustrates stereotype bias familiar to women in academia. “It Takes a Village to Create a Full Professor” What does it take to overcome discrimination in the tenure process? "Make Room at the Top: Getting to the Heart of Women’s Exclusion from the Legal Profession” Overcoming glass ceiling discrimination requires a new partnership between lawyers and social psychologists. “Using a Legal Toolkit to Fix the Leaky Pipeline” STATUS, (January 2007) [speech] It takes both science and strategy to overcome discrimination against women in the STEM fields.  "Court Rejects ‘Smoke and Mirrors’ Argument to Limit Employee Rights," Daily Journal Forum column (478 KB)The United States Supreme Court goes back to basics to protect employees from retaliation. |
Featured CommentaryWomen at Work Are Canaries in the Mine
Despite talk of an “opt out” revolution, working mothers are at the forefront of a new social movement. “Family friendly” policies don’t enforce themselves. As Professor Laurie Freeman found out, it takes a determined woman to overcome the culture of bias that stereotypes mothers as uncommitted and unproductive. In the Workplace, Little Things Mean a Lot
In Burlington Northern v. White, a unanimous United States Supreme Court ruled in favor of forklift operator Sheila White. Adopting a common-sense, context-sensitive test for assessing retaliation claims, the Court recognized what working women always knew--retaliation need not have tangible economic consequences to intimidate employees from complaining about discrimination. Only the Fertile Need Apply
By limiting accommodation to birth mothers, Stanford ignores the needs of graduate students in nontraditional families. Achieving equity requires a policy that accommodates families formed through adoption and surrogacy, and accommodation for gay couples and others who choose an alternative model to “mom stays home; dad goes to work.” |
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