Podcast
Strict Scrutiny
This book was presented as the first formal empirical investigation into the law faculty experience, using an intersectional lens to examine race and gender among law professors. It documented the profound challenges faced by women of color in legal academia, from hiring biases to workplace dynamics.
Mira is also the author of An Equal Profession, Race and Gender in Legal Academia, which was published last year by the Stanford University Press.
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Episode: Cute as a Button
This book was presented as the first formal empirical investigation into the law faculty experience, using an intersectional lens to examine race and gender among law professors. It documented the profound challenges faced by women of color in legal academia, from hiring biases to workplace dynamics.
Mira is also the author of An Equal Profession, Race and Gender in Legal Academia, which was published last year by the Stanford University Press.
An Equal Profession is the first formal empirical investigation into the law faculty experience using a distinctly intersectional lens.
As the book documents, race and gender intersect to create profound challenges for women of color law faculty members, presenting unique challenges as well to the opportunities to improve educational and professional outcomes in legal education.
The book is riveting and at many points really hits close to home, maybe too close to home.
I've counted over 10 times on the faculty where I've said something and no one has responded. And then a male colleague repeats it and another man says, good idea. That's he-peating.