“I had no power to say ‘that’s not okay:’” Reports of harassment and abuse in the field
April 13th, 2013 |
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It was getting late, the student center all but deserted. My old friend and I had a table to ourselves, awkwardly wedged among the chairs that had been set in a circle for an invited talk I had just given to some undergraduates about issues for women in science. My friend alluded to having a [...]
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The Biological Anthropology Field Experiences Web Survey: Now Live
February 21st, 2013 |
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Field experiences are often what help an undergraduate decide whether or not to pursue biological anthropology, they determine the course of a graduate student’s dissertation, and they provide the data needed to launch grants and make tenure cases for faculty. Yet, because field experiences often occur in remote places, far from our universities, entirely different [...]
Keep reading »Retrograde Reactions: “Lady in the Field” on the Aftermath of Sexual Misconduct
March 9th, 2012 |
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The comments on the guest post by “Hazed” demonstrate that she is not the only person to experience sexual harassment in the field. And so I must share with you the next post in this series on harassment while doing fieldwork by “Lady in the Field.” Like “Hazed,” “Lady” is brave to share her story [...]
Keep reading »From the Field: “Hazed” Tells Her Story of Harassment
January 30th, 2012 |
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Today I’m going to share something different with you all. Because of this blog, I get a lot of email and contact with women who have stories to tell about their experiences in science. I have heard enough of these by now, stories of harassment and assault, of belittling and being passed over, of subtle [...]
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