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In the words of Marsha Norman

December 1, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Pulitzer- and Tony-winning playwright Marsha Norman expressed her views in this article from “American Theatre”.

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More Coverage

July 24, 2009 · Leave a Comment

6.22.09 Presentation at 59E59

Check out tomorrow (Saturday’s) Wall Street Journal for more coverage of “Opening the Curtain on Playwright Gender.” The article can also be accessed here from the WSJ website.

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After Another Beautiful Vacation, I’m Back

July 24, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Croatia in July

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A Newly Forming Body of Literature on Discrimination

July 1, 2009 · Leave a Comment

National Bureau of Economic Research

A new body of literature on discrimination is slowly taking shape.

Traditionally, the literature on discrimination studies cases in which individuals discriminate against members of other groups and in favor of members of their own groups.

This newly forming body of literature on discrimination, meanwhile, examines cases in which individuals discriminate against members of their own group.

Here’s one example, from the abstract of a National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) working paper by Rema Hanna and Leigh Linden entitled “Measuring Discrimination in Education” (#15057):

“In this paper, we illustrate a methodology to measure discrimination in educational contexts. In India, we ran an exam competition through which children compete for a large financial prize. We recruited teachers to grade the exams. We then randomly assigned child “characteristics” (age, gender, and caste) to the cover sheets of the exams to ensure that there is no systematic relationship between the characteristics observed by the teachers and the quality of the exams. We find that teachers give exams that are assigned to be lower caste scores that are about 0.03 to 0.09 standard deviations lower than exams that are assigned to be high caste. The effect is small relative to the real differences in scores between the high and lower caste children. Low-performing, low caste children and top-performing females tend to lose out the most due to discrimination. Interestingly, we find that the discrimination against low caste students is driven by low caste teachers, while teachers who belong to higher caste groups do not appear to discriminate at all. This result runs counter to the previous literature, which tends to find that individuals discriminate in favor of members of their own groups.”

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A Couple More Reactions

June 30, 2009 · Leave a Comment

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From The Guardian…

June 29, 2009 · Leave a Comment

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NYT: Letters to the Editor

June 29, 2009 · Leave a Comment

The New York Times

Why Are There Few Staged Plays by Women?

Many thanks to all who wrote in!

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Another Article from the NYT…

June 26, 2009 · Leave a Comment

…this one from their “Economix” blog.

Click here to read Gender Bias in Theater.

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I’m Particularly Loving My Hometown’s Take

June 26, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Today, the local Bozeman Daily Chronicle wrote a very sweet piece.

Endless thanks to my Montana teachers, family, and friends for supporting me along the journey.

My alma mater’s student paper also weighed in.

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Still Want to Hear More?

June 25, 2009 · Leave a Comment

NPR's Talk of the Nation

C heck out National Public Radio’s Talk of the Nation TODAY at 3:30 EST. Playwright Julia Jordan and I will be on to discuss the study’s methods, findings, and implications. Thanks for your interest!

The interview is now available at http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=105909353

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