But even administrators like Garber who advocate departmental status for these programs acknowledge that it upset much of the Harvard establishment to do so. Professor of Government Seyla Benhabib, chair of the Social Studies program and former chair of the Standing Committee on the Status of Women, announced her departure for Yale this fall, saying she thought Social Studies would never attain departmental status. Pedersen says FAS may soon pay the price if it does not devote extra attention and resources to interdisciplinary research. It is important, then, to make sure that field definitions for searches are broad enough to include those scholars. If one defines a field narrowly or without taking account of new areas of research, one can overlook top women scholars.
Many female faculty say that they take on excessive administrative and mentoring responsibilities.
And if they don't, they're not assuming a feminine role. Georgi says he thinks female faculty members at Harvard are disproportionately overworked. According to Professor of Economics Caroline M. Hoxby this pattern holds, especially when women in a department are few and far between. There's no way you're not going to get a very disparate load. One Web site.