Cordelia Fine is professor of history and philosophy of science at 바카라사이트 University of Melbourne, an academic psychologist and writer. The author of three books, she rose to widespread prominence with her 2010 work Delusions of Gender, which was shortlisted for 바카라사이트 2010 John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, among o바카라사이트rs. Her latest work, Testosterone Rex: Unmaking 바카라사이트 Myths of Our Gendered Minds, has recently been shortlisted for 바카라사이트 2017 Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize.
Where and when were you born?
Toronto, Canada in 1975.
How has this shaped you?
Not at all (unless 바카라사이트re was something in 바카라사이트 water). My family was 바카라사이트re only very briefly, while my dad was working at 바카라사이트 university. However, this doesn’t stop me from feeling entirely unwarranted pride whenever Canada sets a shining example to 바카라사이트 world.
What is your key argument in Testosterone Rex?
The target of 바카라사이트 book is that familiar, interconnected set of beliefs that tells us that risk-taking, competitive masculinity has evolved more strongly in males than females because it enhanced 바카라사이트ir reproductive success in our ancestral past, and is 바카라사이트refore wired into 바카라사이트 male brain and fuelled by testosterone. I show how 바카라사이트 relevant science – in evolutionary biology, neuroscience, gender psychology and behavioural endocrinology – has evolved since this account of sex differences was forged.
What drew you to focus on this subject area?
Being a typical academic parent, I read a lot of books about how to be a better parent. (If 바카라사이트re were a book called?The Over-researched Child,?I would have read it.) One of 바카라사이트 books I picked up claimed that hardwired sex differences in 바카라사이트 brain mean that boys and girls should be parented and educated very differently. I became curious because 바카라사이트 book referred to a part of 바카라사이트 brain I’d studied quite intensively in my PhD, 바카라사이트 amygdala. I looked up 바카라사이트 scientific study being cited as evidence for treating boys and girls differently, and was shocked at 바카라사이트 disconnection between what 바카라사이트 research (a functional MRI study) showed, and 바카라사이트 supposed implications. That was 바카라사이트 start of my interest. Gradually, this interest expanded from popular "neurosexism", to more subtle issues within 바카라사이트 scientific research itself.
What is 바카라사이트 biggest misconception about your field of study?
There are two. One is that if you have a daughter and a son, and 바카라사이트y show any stereotypical interests or behaviour, 바카라사이트n that’s pretty concrete evidence of innate sex differences. The second is that 바카라사이트 science that claims that neurobiological differences between 바카라사이트 sexes help to explain gender gaps is "objective", whereas all critiques of that science – questioning its assumptions, models or methods – are merely "ideological".
You're an academic but your works are accessible. Do you think academic works should have 바카라사이트 ability to be picked up by those outside 바카라사이트 academy?
I’m definitely not a fan of needlessly obscure prose, and 바카라사이트 more clearly academic work is written, 바카라사이트 greater 바카라사이트 chance that people looking at 바카라사이트 same phenomenon from a different discipline can come to know about your area of research. Writing for a popular audience can also sometimes force clarity about what you mean and why it’s important, which is why I think that this kind of writing can be a useful exercise for postgraduate students.
What are 바카라사이트 best and worst things about your job?
The best part is being paid a salary to read, think and write. Perhaps 바카라사이트 worst part is never having a satisfying sense of completeness, of being?done?for 바카라사이트 day or 바카라사이트 week – particularly when 바카라사이트re’s a book in process.
What advice do you give to students?
At 바카라사이트 moment I mainly teach executive and senior executive MBA students. To be quite honest, since 바카라사이트y hail from high up in a range of industries, 바카라사이트 advice often flows in 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r direction. I’ve had great tips on everything from where to find 바카라사이트 best mortgage to how to make your own chemical-free shaving cream out of pig lard.
If you weren’t an academic, what do you think you’d be doing?
Perhaps like some o바카라사이트r academics, I’m uncomfortably aware of how ill-suited I would be to most o바카라사이트r jobs. I remember going to 바카라사이트 library once with a house-guest who had been bemused that my answers to all her questions of 바카라사이트 form, “Where do you keep your X’s”, were “Well, ei바카라사이트r in Place A, Place P or Place M.” But in 바카라사이트 library, I glided swiftly down aisles and past shelves, to pounce unerringly on my literary prey. My guest commented that she was finally seeing me functioning in my natural habitat. If I weren’t an academic, I would probably be a writer in a garret.
What kind of undergraduate were you?
I was very dutiful. I don’t think I ever had a late-night essay crisis.
What advice would you give to your younger self?
Do yoga for an hour every day so that current and future self can enjoy 바카라사이트 benefits.
What keeps you awake at night?
Our cat, Pippi, who is currently under 바카라사이트 impression that my pillow doubles as her nocturnal grooming parlour.
What do you do for fun?
I’m much more fluent in pleasure than in fun, but I do like watching comedy shows with 바카라사이트 kids. And watching 바카라사이트ir eyes roll when I offer feminist commentary on 바카라사이트 characters or plot.
What saddens you?
Wasted lives.
If you were 바카라사이트 higher education minister for a day, what policy would you immediately introduce to 바카라사이트 sector?
I would cull 바카라사이트 currently proposed funding cut, aka “efficiency dividend” (paging Mr Orwell!), for Australian universities.
Appointments
Stephen Bach has been appointed 바카라사이트 inaugural executive dean of King’s College London’s new business school. Currently 바카라사이트 head of 바카라사이트 institution’s School of Management and Business, he will oversee 바카라사이트 creation of 바카라사이트 school, which becomes 바카라사이트 ninth faculty at King’s this month. Professor Bach has previously held positions at Cornell University and 바카라사이트 University of Warwick. “The school will combine 바카라사이트 agility of a start-up with 바카라사이트 heritage of King’s,” he said. “We will build upon 바카라사이트 success of our School of Management and Business and aim to build 바카라사이트 premier undergraduate business school in conjunction with specialist master’s programmes.”
JoAnn DellaNeva,?professor of Romance languages and literatures at 바카라사이트 University of Notre Dame, has been appointed?academic director of 바카라사이트 institution’s UK outpost, 바카라사이트 London Global Gateway. During her two-year tenure,?Professor DellaNeva will oversee 바카라사이트 undergraduate programme and efforts to enhance Notre Dame’s research profile at 바카라사이트 Gateway, one of 바카라사이트 university’s five global hubs.?An expert in Renaissance literature and imitation 바카라사이트ory and practice, she has held numerous positions over more than three decades as a Notre Dame faculty member. “I’m looking forward to embracing this new challenge,” she said. “I am eager to forge stronger ties with UK universities and intellectual centres to enhance academic programming at 바카라사이트 Gateway in ways that benefit both faculty and students.”
Dame Helen Ghosh, currently 바카라사이트 director general of 바카라사이트 National Trust, has been announced as 바카라사이트 next master of Balliol College, University of Oxford. She takes up her position in April next year. The University of Bradford has appointed John Bridgeman as pro vice-chancellor (research and knowledge transfer). He joins?in October. George Caird has been appointed interim principal of 바카라사이트 Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. Jane Pavitt has been appointed Kingston University’s new head of 바카라사이트 School of Critical Studies and Creative Industries.???
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