New York is moving closer to achieving gender parity as the number of women who hold spots in state elected offices has increased, according to a report released last month.
A project between the computer science and sociology departments at SBU has helped quantify and define the gender disparity in the media called the “paper ceiling.”
Successful people tend to gain further successes, though many wonder if these successes are a result of merit or other social factors. Dr. Arnout van de Rijt, associate professor of sociology at Stony Brook University, is elucidating the social influences in success through his experiments.
“Fame isn’t fleeting,” according to the press release about the research team led by Arnout van de Rijt, an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology at Stony Brook University.
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