The Science and Politics of Gender in the Academy

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Designed for graduate students and select seniors who are interested in graduate study in scientific disciplines that focus on human behavior and social interaction. The purpose of the seminar is examine the science and politics in an academic career. The seminar has three goals: 1) to promote discussion, debate, and an eventual understanding of sociopolitical aspects of the academy, 2) to provide members with an opportunity to summon, integrate, and apply insights that they have acquired through readings and discussion as they analyze arguments from the standpoint of multiple social sciences, and 3) to integrate scholarship across disciplinary lines.