Show Notes
Laura was introduced to Dr. Kristina Mitchell’s (
@KMWMitchell) research at the last National University Technology Network (
NUTN) conference back in 2017. Kristina’s study offered findings around
Gender Bias in Student Evaluations from university instruction and was co-authored with Jonathan Martin. We were thrilled to have Kristina on the #InVinoFab Podcast, Episode no. 18 to share about her passion for political science, gender equity, international relations, and action films.
Dr. Kristina Mitchell is an Instructor of Political Science at Texas Tech University. Her research interests include pedagogical technique, best practices in higher education, gender and diversity, and issues in international relations. Learn more about Dr. Mitchell’s work and connect here:
http://www.depts.ttu.edu/politicalscience/faculty/kristina_mitchell.php
“What we noticed was that students were much more likely to comment on my appearance and my personality, and to call me a ‘teacher.’ They were a lot more likely to mention his competence or refer to him as a ‘professor.” ~ Dr. Kristina Mitchell
Dr. Mitchell said the language used in the ratings indicated that “we were evaluated on two different sets of criteria.” Comments about her personality or image or her body were being sexually objectified. Kristina said, “Students were looking at me not as a source of expertise on a topic, but either as a barrier to them not getting the grade they wanted because I’m too mean, or as a potential sexual conquest.” This was not a surprise based on her study of research and examination into how learners evaluate women and men differently at the university-level.
References and reads mentioned during our conversation with Kristina:
- Obama’s Female Staffers Came Up With a Genius Strategy to Make Sure Their Voices Were Heard https://www.thecut.com/2016/09/heres-how-obamas-female-staffers-made-their-voices-heard.html
- Mitchell, K. M., & Martin, J. (2018). Gender Bias in Student Evaluations. PS: Political Science & Politics, 1-5. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/ps-political-science-and-politics/article/gender-bias-in-student-evaluations/1224BE475C0AE75A2C2D8553210C4E27/core-reader
- Amani El-Alayli, Ashley A. Hansen-Brown, Michelle Ceynar. Dancing Backwards in High Heels: Female Professors Experience More Work Demands and Special Favor Requests, Particularly from Academically Entitled Students. Sex Roles, 2018; DOI: 10.1007/s11199-017-0872-6
- Female professors are asked for favors more often than male professors https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/01/180103101125.htm
- No More Chili Pepper: RateMyProfessors Ditches ‘Hotness’ Ratings https://www.chronicle.com/article/No-More-Chili-Pepper-/243809
- Women, Own Your ‘Dr.’ Titles https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/28/opinion/women-dont-back-down-online.html by @bairdjulia "... a horde of women revealing that they, too, had been taunted for using their titles, while many men who had not received such criticism were baffled."
- Female stars in Star Wars https://www.slashfilm.com/best-female-star-wars-characters/
- Curiosity makes 'Wonder Woman' director a great filmmaker https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a07aBnZqtQU
- Inside the tag team of “GLOW” creators Liz Flahive and Carly Mensch https://www.fastcompany.com/40589727/chatting-with-glow-creators-liz-flahive-and-carly-mensch
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