July 20, 2001

Women in Academe, and the Men Who Derail Them

By WENDY M. WILLIAMS

Each spring, graduate students who are about to receive their Ph.D.'s hunt far and wide for tenure-track jobs. Last year, one student in the program I teach in applied for 86 positions. Competition for assistant professorships in psychology and human development is so fierce that often several hundred applicants vie for a single position. The process weeds out anyone but the most committed.

Unfortunately, male and female graduate students respond differently to the demands of the

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