Gender Harassment in Science: Is it Just Me?€¦ · Dr. Kathryn Clancy is Associate Professor in...

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Dr. Kathryn Clancy is Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology, Director, of the 21 st Century Scientists Initiative, and Co-Director of the Laboratory for Evolutionary Endocrinology at the University of Illinois, Urbana- Champaign Sponsored by Biology, Anthropology, TCCS, and the Deans of CLA, CSM, and the School for the Environment Gender Harassment in Science: Is it Just Me? No, it isn’t just you. Gender harassment in particular, the “put downs” of sexual harassment, are rarely recognized as creating a negative workplace for women and gender minorities. Dr. Clancy will explain how gender harassment causes people to question the validity of their experience, their scientific identity, and their worth, and how people are targeted for intersecting forms of harassment depending on their other identities (e.g., race, sexuality). She will share the ways in which science climates can improve to benefits all scientists and science itself. Monday, November 26 th , 12pm Campus Center 02-2545 Reception to follow

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Page 1: Gender Harassment in Science: Is it Just Me?€¦ · Dr. Kathryn Clancy is Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology, Director, of the 21stCentury Scientists Initiative,

Dr. Kathryn Clancy is Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology, Director, of the 21st Century Scientists Initiative, and Co-Director of the Laboratory for Evolutionary Endocrinology at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Sponsored by Biology, Anthropology, TCCS, and the Deans of CLA, CSM, and the School for the Environment

Gender Harassment in Science: Is it Just Me?

No, it isn’t just you. Gender harassment in particular, the “put downs” of sexualharassment, are rarely recognized as creating a negative workplace for womenand gender minorities. Dr. Clancy will explain how gender harassment causespeople to question the validity of their experience, their scientific identity, and theirworth, and how people are targeted for intersecting forms of harassmentdepending on their other identities (e.g., race, sexuality). She will share the ways inwhich science climates can improve to benefits all scientists and science itself.

Monday, November 26th, 12pmCampus Center 02-2545

Reception to follow