Tag Archives: sexual harrasment

The privilege of moving past

Posted on October 16, 2013 by Adam Van Arsdale

The past weekend brought a flurry of activity in the science blogging community, much of it having to do with the assumption of power and authority (and their abuse) associated with gendered roles. To recap, an editor at biology-online.org made … Continue reading →

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Field research experience web survey

Posted on May 2, 2013 by Adam Van Arsdale

From colleague Julienne Rutherford: Dear Colleagues, Kate Clancy, Robin Nelson, Katie Hinde, and I are conducting a survey to learn about people’s experiences conducting field research, including some topics that are less often addressed. At this juncture we have >400 … Continue reading →

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Biological Anthropology fieldwork experiences

Posted on February 21, 2013 by Adam Van Arsdale

I have linked previously to Kate Clancy’s discussion of sexual harassment and field work in anthropology. This is an important, though often unspoken, issue within anthropology. Particularly for those subfields that have group, field-site focused research, “the field” is a … Continue reading →

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Sexual misconduct in the field

Posted on March 9, 2012 by Adam Van Arsdale

Kate Clancy, continuing a series on sexual harassment and anthropological fieldwork has an important post up on her Scientific American site. Exploitation of power is very common in grad school settings, where graduate students often have no positive options available … Continue reading →

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