Useful Links

We believe that the first step in addressing bias in academia is becoming educated about the issues. Here, we link to several other pages that have proven insightful in developing our own opinions about the issues. Many of these pages offer different points of view and focus on academic fields other than linguistics, placing this work in a broader perspective.

1. LSA's recently updated Guidelines for Inclusive Language
2. Gender bias and stereotyping in syntactic examples
3. LSA's annual reports
4. Committee on the Status of Women in Linguistics (COSWL)
5. Study suggesting women outperform men in terms of professional service
6. Why women leave academia
7. Part-time academics face poverty
8. Gender bias in choosing reviewers
9. Gender Bias in Academe: An Annotated Bibliography of Important Recent Studies
10. Gender-Heterogeneous Working Groups Produce Higher Quality Science
11. Ethnically heterogeneous groups produce work with greater impact
12. Racial Diversity Matters: The Impact of Diversity-Related Student Engagement and Institutional Context