It's tenure and promotion time. In universities across the country, assistant professors are preparing their files, bundling together every article they have ever published. The files are sent out to external reviewers, experts in the candidate's field, whose carefully worded letters can make or break young academics' careers.
Every year I am asked to do one or two of these reviews. I would like to think of this as a recognition of my national - or even international - scholarly reputation. But since almost every one of the reviews is for a female candidate, I suspect I am asked in part because I am a woman - and having a woman involved in the promotion process is seen as a way of ensuring that young female academics are fairly evaluated.
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