Economy Oct 01 Psychological studies can’t always be reproduced, and that’s OK Science proceeds by fits and starts, and replication failures don’t necessarily spell doom for a scientific endeavor.
Making Sen$e Apr 17 Column: Why the STEM gender gap is overblown Women are capable of doing well in STEM fields traditionally dominated by men, and they should not be hindered from pursuing careers in such fields. But women, argues psychologist Denise Cummins, also should not be ashamed if their interests differ…
Nation Oct 01 Think tenure protects you? With wealthy donors and less public funding, think again Tenure isn't all it's cracked up to be, argues Denise Cummins. The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where Cummins used to teach as an adjunct, recently rescinded a job offer made to professor Steven Salaita -- even though he had…
Nation Aug 29 Why the backlash against adjuncts is an indictment of the tenure system Psychologist Denise Cummins, who has held faculty and research positions at Yale and the University of Illinois, draws upon her own career to argue that tenure is a meaningless distinction between the accomplishments of adjuncts and full-time professors.