abs wrote:
> Don't you think gender-neutral naming is a
> patch/bandaid on the greater
> issue of stereotype and bias? This is not a critisism.
In publishing my (few) scientific articles, I have often
wondered if I should publish under initials or under my
full name. There are a number of studies (I don't have
the refs. off the top of my head) demonstrating that
papers with obvious female names are less cited that
those with obvious male names. This is an important
issue because, here in the US anyway, university faculty
tenure is often linked to the number of citations one
receives.
On the other hand, does one really want to hide behind
initials? And then, sooner or later, people will know
the name that goes with those initials...
Cheers,
-jennifer
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J. Steinbachs, PhD
Computational Biologist
The Field Museum
Chicago, IL 60605-2496
312-665-7810
312-665-7158 (fax)
http://cb.fmnh.org
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