Cynthia Levine received an award from the Center for Institutional Courage for research on women faculty
Cynthia Levine received an award from the Center for Institutional Courage for her work titled: Institutional Norms about Prioritizing Students’ Needs Legitimize Contrapower Harassment. Women college/university faculty members are more likely than men to experience contrapower harassment, which is harassment from people with less formal power (e.g., students) against people with more formal power (e.g., professors). Previous research has focused on the characteristics of students that drive these disparities, but the proposed research uses an institutional betrayal framework to study institutions’ role. An experiment with a student sample and a survey of college/university professors will test whether colleges’/universities’ messages that faculty members should prioritize students’ needs (e.g., proactively check in, be available when needed) increase contrapower harassment against women and exacerbate its negative effects.
View the Center for Institutional Courage's awards announcement here: https://www.institutionalcourage.org/pressroom/center-for-institutional-courage-announces-third-year-of-research-grants