In a recent op-ed for the Cornell Daily Sun, FGSS major Anuli Ononye '22 explains how failing to acknowledge women in higher education by their academic title is a form of internalized misogyny:
"Martha Pollack is the highest ranked faculty member at Cornell University, and the way that students refer to her is telling of continued gender biases in higher academia. There is a major disparity in referencing senior staff at Cornell University, with President Pollack referred to more frequently by her first name than Vice President Ryan Lombardi and Provost Michael Kotlikoff. In common conversation, students abbreviate these administrators’ titles to 'Martha,' 'Lombardi' and 'Kotlikoff'.”
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