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New Study Examines Gendered and Racialized Perceptions of Faculty Workloads

New Study Examines Gendered and Racialized Perceptions of Faculty Workloads Researchers, including UMass Amherst’s Joya Misra, say greater transparency, clarity in workload and assignments may grant women more success in wide range of occupations April 14, 2021 Joya Misra AMHERST, Mass. – An exploration of how higher education faculty members perceive the equity and fairness of workloads in their departments may provide insight for creating pathways for women – and women of color, in particular – to be more successful in a wide range of occupations, according to a new study published online by the journal The team of interdisciplinary researchers, including sociologist and lead author Joya Misra of the University of Massachusetts Amherst, observed that workload transparency and clarity, and consistent approaches to assigning classes, advising and service, can reduce perceptions of inequitable and unfair workloads among wome

Miami University junior Ethan Klein named a Goldwater Scholar

Miami University junior Ethan Klein named a Goldwater Scholar Ethan Klein, center, with mentors Claire McLeod and Mark Krekeler (images by Scott Kissell). By Susan Meikle, university news and communications Miami University junior Ethan Klein has been named a Goldwater Scholar for 2021-2022. He is among 410 students nationwide to receive the scholarship, the premiere undergraduate award of its type in the fields of mathematics, natural sciences and engineering. Klein, from Stevenson Ranch, California, is one of seven students from an Ohio public university to receive the award. He is a geology major with an environmental science co-major, pursuing a certificate in geographic information science.

Communicating change in a land of extremes

Communicating change in a ‘land of extremes’ In Aurora MacRae-Crerar’s Penn Global Seminar, students are grappling with the impacts of a shifting and unpredictable climate in Mongolia. Yurts, known as gers in Mongolia, were the dwelling of choice during Aurora MacCrae-Crerar s biology doctoral studies there. Now an instructor in the Critical Writing Program, MacRae-Crerar was inspired to craft a Penn Global Seminar focused on how climate change is affecting the country. (Image: Peter Petraitis) It was a beautiful morning in Mongolia’s Dalbai Valley the day that Aurora MacRae-Crerar was due to launch her doctoral field work. As a Penn graduate student in 2009, she and colleagues were getting ready to set up experiments to evaluate the effect of warming on plants and soil microbes. Then a huge snowstorm hit.

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