Medicine2012-2013 Medical Professions: The Status of Women and Men The Center for Research on Gender in the Professions provides its own analysis of gender within the professions of medicine. This case study, co-authored by CRGP Graduate Student Affiliate Stacy Williams, Graduate Fellow Laura Pecenco, and Director Mary Blair-Loy, utilizes contemporary data and historical comparisons to provide evidence for the persistence of inequality within the field today.
2011-2012 Gender Pay Gap among Medical Researchers Female medical researchers earn approximately $12,000 less per year than their male colleagues. Challenging the notion that choices, such as working fewer hours or specializing in lower-paying fields, explain this persistent gender wage gap, a team of researchers, lead by Reshma Jagsi, MD, DPhil, found that this pay gap holds even after controlling for hours, field of speciality, publications, academic rank, and leadership positions. Click here for an interview with Dr. Jagsi. The full set of findings, entitled "Gender Differences in the Salaries of Physician Researchers," is published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. An article in the Huffington Post discusses the findings, noting the concern that women may not ask for raises as often as men. Few Women Faculty at Dental Schools
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News and Events CRGP Newsletter View our Spring 2013 newsletter for an update on our most recent activities. Flaunt Magazine Features Prison Creative Writing Program A recent Flaunt magazine article highlights SDSU Professor Paul Sutton's Creative Writing Program at the Donovan Correctional Facility. CRGP Graduate Fellow Laura Pecenco works with the Program as part of her broader dissertation study, which analyzes gender performance and the social construction of multiple masculinities through art creation in prison. The Flaunt article includes an introduction by Prof. Sutton, photographs, and writings by inmate participants. Funding for the Institute of Social Research, Oslo The Institute for Social Research, located in Oslo, Norway, where CRGP Senior Academic Affiliate Sigtona Halrynjo serves as Senior Research Fellow, has received funding from the Norwegian Ministry of Children, Equality and Social Inclusion to become the Norwegian National Center for Research on Gender Equality. Women and the Gun Control Debate CRGP Senior Academic Affiliate Ronnee Schreiber, author of Righting Feminism: Conservative Women and American Politics, has analyzed the positions of women across the political spectrum regarding gun control. In a KPBS interview, she discussed the comments made by Democratic Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and conservative Independent Women's Forum activist Gayle Trotter. Although the two women differ on their political stances, they both utilize motherhood as the frame for their arguments. Mary Blair-Loy's Book One of Most Cited Works in Sociology Competing Devotions (2003), by CRGP Founding Director Mary Blair-Loy, is listed as one of the top 102 works cited in sociology between the years of 2008-2012. The list, in full here, was created by UNC Assistant Professor Neal Caren.
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