BERKELEY SOCIOLOGY COLLOQUIUM SERIES
MICHÈLE LAMONT
Harvard University
HOW PROFESSORS THINK: Inside the Curious World of Academic Judgment
TODAY! Monday, 29 March 2010, 2-3:30 p.m.
Blumer Room, 402 Barrows Hall
Lamont examines the culture of excellence in the social sciences and the humanities through an analysis of academics participating in the peer review of grants and fellowship proposals. Questions to be address include: How do the evaluative culture of disciplines compare? What are the main criteria of excellence? How do panelists factor in diversity?how do they go about evaluating interdisciplinary proposals? How do the panelists convince themselves that the process "works"? Where do they believe the excellence reside -- in the proposal or outside? How do identity and emotions factor into the process? This talk will be of interest to graduate students and seasoned evaluators alike.
Michèle Lamont is Robert I. Goldman Professor of European Studies and Professor of Sociology and African and African-American Studies at Harvard University.
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