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University of Colorado Boulder Going Blind to See the Stars: Removing PI Name Decreases Gender Bias in Hubble Proposal Ratings Stefanie K. Johnson University of Colorado-Boulder

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GoingBlindtoSeetheStars:RemovingPINameDecreasesGenderBiasinHubbleProposal

Ratings

Stefanie K. JohnsonUniversity of Colorado-Boulder

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BackgroundGenderdiversityleadstogreaterinnovation

Womenrepresentonly28%ofallS&Eoccupations

Evidencethatbiasagainstwomendoesexist

Institutionalforces– genderroleexpectationsandavailablerolemodels

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BlindingHubbleimplementedblindingprocedureNostudieshavetestedimpactofblindingprocedures

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MethodQuasi-experimentalfieldstudy

InvestigatetheeffectsofHubbleblinding

Cycle21andCycle24

Onlyabout20%ofapplicationsreceiveaccess

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HSTVisitTworesearchersattendedthe2017TACmeeting

Qualitativeapproach

Blindingremovedfirstname(leavinginitial)anddidnotidentifyPI

Focusedoncontentandtoneofconversations

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QualitativeApproachObserved13ofthe16panelsacrossthreedays

Recordednotesonapplicationconversations

Observedthat50%ofapplicationconversationsincludesomementionofthePIorteam

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ThePIandTeam“He[referringtotheauthor]isverywellqualified”

“Mygrouphasbenefittedalotfrompreviousworkfromthisteam”

Panelmembersevenpulledupresearcharticlesbytheteamandnotedtheirhighcitationcount

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Recommendations• Fullyblindtheapplications

• Authorguidelines

• Separateevaluationofscienceandmanagement

• Moretrainingforpanelchairs

• Trainingonuseofscaleanddisucssions