Fall 2016 meeting minutes
Fall 2016 meeting minutes are available here, updated as they become available: September 2016 October 2016 November 2016 December 2016
The not-so-alternative career of a journal editor – discussion with Magdalena Skipper
In November 2016, WiGS hosted a career spotlight with Dr. Magdalena Skipper (@MagdaSkipper), current director of scientific communications and publishing for the Altius Institute for Biomedical Sciences and former senior editor for genetics and genomics at Nature. Notes for the discussion are available here.
Men set their own cites high – discussion with Jevin West
In November 2016, WiGS held a discussion with Jevin West, associate professor at the UW Information School and co-director of the DataLab, about his recent work on gender and self-citation. Notes from the discussion are available here, the manuscript is available here, and a Nature news piece on the work …
Male biology students consistently underestimate female peers – discussion with Dan Grunspan
In spring 2016, WiGS held a discussion with UW anthropology graduate student Dan Grunspan, first author of a popular study demonstrating gender bias in how undergraduates assess their peers’ abilities. Notes from the discussion are available here, the original paper is here, and the UW press release is here.
Bias in peer review, fall 2015 discussion with Dr. Carole Lee
We had a interesting fall discussion with insightful UW Philosopher of Science Dr. Carole Lee in fall 2015 about bias in peer review. We discussed how commensuration, the distillation of many qualities into a single metric, can make room for hidden biases about race or gender and can discourage innovation. The …