tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558726.post111246035858652001..comments2024-02-20T17:40:21.618-05:00Comments on jeremy freese's weblog: more on the sociology rankingsjeremyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12755662766163119607noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558726.post-1131885763544383312005-11-13T07:42:00.000-05:002005-11-13T07:42:00.000-05:00Here's some anecdotal evidence...evaluate as you w...Here's some anecdotal evidence...evaluate as you will. I just interviewed at an top-ranked Ivy League sociology department where one of the old white males used the word "bimbo" in a conversation and the other used the word "ho". One of these two is openly conservative/Republican. The women in this department are completely outnumbered by the men, and there is no one doing gender studies...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558726.post-1127878704991660862005-09-27T23:38:00.000-04:002005-09-27T23:38:00.000-04:00I would agree with Nina. Subfield rankings are ra...I would agree with Nina. Subfield rankings are rather suspect, given that they are liked based on the existence of one or two individuals. <BR/><BR/>Let me know if I am hearing the anonymous blogger and Prof. Freese correctly: the implication is that there is a strong suspicion of discrimination against women in departments of sociology.<BR/><BR/>I think that's rather bizarre. Sociologists are nearly 90% left/liberal, especially so in the top 50 departments. The gender discrimination sociologists are most likely to engage in, in 2005, is in *favor*, not against, women. Anyone who has sat on hiring committees in a Top 50 department knows that it is a benefit, not a liability, for a potential hire, or tenure applicant, to be female.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558726.post-1112557904012768052005-04-03T15:51:00.000-04:002005-04-03T15:51:00.000-04:00(sorry for the previous blogger delete)Before jump...(sorry for the previous blogger delete)<BR/><BR/>Before jumping to the obvious, mightn't one consider the non-obvious? Most Ivy soc departments are pretty small. Unless you hire a gender superstar (Myra), chances are your department wont be rated favorably in this, since gender is so often just one of a person's research interests. And then there's the lag time: with Julia Adams recently moving to Yale and Michelle Lamont now at Harvard, these rankings may shift next time 'round. Just a thought...I don't really know much about sociology, nor rankings...ninahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01222848486174278888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558726.post-1112557322716582062005-04-03T15:42:00.000-04:002005-04-03T15:42:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.ninahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01222848486174278888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558726.post-1112491773142020252005-04-02T20:29:00.000-05:002005-04-02T20:29:00.000-05:00maybe becuase of the gender discrimination in Ivy ...maybe becuase of the gender discrimination in Ivy League departments. Try and find Szonja Szelenyi's comments of gender discrimination in her former dept.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558726.post-1112474291695996572005-04-02T15:38:00.000-05:002005-04-02T15:38:00.000-05:00HOOOOAH!! This is almost orgasmic!HOOOOAH!! This is almost orgasmic!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558726.post-1112472673514199822005-04-02T15:11:00.000-05:002005-04-02T15:11:00.000-05:00Hey, go USC! Er, not that I place any stock in the...Hey, go USC! <BR/><BR/>Er, not that I place any stock in these ratings.Bradyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11392485598731995230noreply@blogger.com