Carl T. Bergstrom

There's an important new piece, now out in the Communications of the ACM, from @nick and colleagues on how subfield differences and university prestige hierarchies contribute to gender inequity in faculty hiring in computer science.

Here's a short video summary:
https://vimeo.com/761970439

#ComputerScience #FacultyHiring #GenderDiversity #DEI #Prestige

Subfield Prestige and Gender Inequality Among U.S. Computing Faculty

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Show threadCarl T. BergstromNov 29, 2022

Here is the paper: https://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2022/12/266925-subfield-prestige-and-gender-inequality-among-us-computing-faculty/fulltext

Nick also has a nice thread: https://fediscience.org/@nick/10942859

Subfield Prestige and Gender Inequality among U.S. Computing Faculty

A study of the intersections of gender, race, socioeconomic status, prestige, and subfield structure in computing.

Show threadRobert ThauNov 30, 2022
@ct_bergstrom FYI -- the thread doesn't load for me (referenced from my view of your post on mastodon.social).
Show threadLuisa N. BorrellNov 30, 2022
@rst @ct_bergstrom I too could get to the thread. Thank you!
Show threadAaron ClausetNov 30, 2022
@ct_bergstrom Thanks for the boost! Looks like the thread URL got truncated. Full URL for @nick is here: https://fediscience.org/@nick/109428597840680896
Nick LaBerge (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image 1/ New paper, recently published by the Communications of the ACM! “Subfield Prestige and Gender Inequality among U.S. Computing Faculty” with @hneutr @alliecmorgan @sz @DanLarremore and @aaronclauset: We wondered: how do subfields and prestige shape demographic representation among computing faculty? Link: https://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2022/12/266925-subfield-prestige-and-gender-inequality-among-us-computing-faculty/fulltext #diversity #computing #prestige #subfields #gender #inequality #faculty

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Show threadJereNov 30, 2022
@ct_bergstrom @nick Interesting work. The not so hidden influence of a few institutions seems like a recurring problem. What would we do without “prestige”? What we do with it, seems futile.