In my short time as a professor, I have reviewed hundreds of applications for doctoral programs or for faculty positions at my institutions. Women and men tend to talk about themselves in different ways. Referents—the people who write letters of recommendation—also tend to write about women differently than they write about men. The more I’ve considered this pattern, the more I’ve thought that the application process is an opportunity for women to advocate for themselves. Personal statements are your introduction to a program or position—you get to tell a story about why you’re qualified for that position. Letters of recommendation, similarly, articulate your match to a specific position or program.
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Back-to-school fervor has already started, believe it or not. (Full disclosure, two of us in the C-Suite teach Summer classes so we never really left school.) Even so, we are among the many educators thinking about how to retool and revamp our curricular materials for the coming year. Some questions are perennial: What activities worked or didn’t work? How will I differentiate for this year’s students? How can I enhance engagement throughout the year? Still other questions may be new or require more consideration: How do I evaluate gender bias in my curricular materials? With whom can I collaborate? How do I teach students to have critical conversations about race and privilege? The articles in this week’s roundup begin to address some of those questions so those of you who plan ahead may be interested. We also have a number of curriculum resources ready and waiting for you on our website and we’d love to talk more with you about the specific needs of your school or staff – send us a note!
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