Study suggests women with male partners face bias in searches for junior faculty members.
The search committee chair said of a job candidate, “She seems to have the highest potential based on limited information.”
The other search committee members agreed — with regard to her qualifications. But other issues quickly came up. One committee member said, “Some people think it’s unlikely she’d come because of her boyfriend. He’s a [names the boyfriend’s occupation], and [the city where her other offer is] is really the best for that.”
