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Sophia and Jacob are most popular U.S. baby names
USA Today: The most popular baby names often change a bit year to year, but not Jacob, which in 2011 marked its 13th year as the most popular name for boys, according the Social Security
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People See Sexy Pictures of Women as Objects, Not People
Perfume ads, beer billboards, movie posters: everywhere you look, women’s sexualized bodies are on display. A new study published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, finds that both men and
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Women in Traditionally Male Jobs Judged More Harshly
Business News Daily: You’ve heard about the ‘glass ceiling,’ but do you know about the glass cliff? If you’re a woman in a traditionally male job, you probably have. New research from Yale University finds
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Diversity Makes Better Science
I’m honored to co-author this column with my colleague and friend Carol Lee. Among Carol’s many honors is having been President of the American Educational Research Association (AERA). – DLM It’s not news that minorities
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Does Being Black Make Leadership Easier For Women?
Forbes: Black women in leadership roles are judged less harshly for behaving assertively than are white women or black men, says a new study by three academics. The researchers asked 84 online participants (none black
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Black Women Leaders Approved for Assertiveness in the Workplace
While black men and white women are often jeered for being assertive and aggressive leaders, black women are expected to adopt dominant leadership styles usually associated with white men.
