# Prof. Dolly Chugh's research on discrimination in academia is highlighted

1 Faculty News April 28, 2014 ![The Washington Post logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_031074.jpg?itok=f6OME_Rm)>

Excerpt from [The Washington Post](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/she-the-people/wp/2014/04/28/deep-seated-bias-not-lack-of-confidence-knocks-women-off-the-path-to-success/) -- “'We found that faculty ignored requests from women and minorities at a higher rate than requests from white males, particularly in higher-paying disciplines and private institutions,' Katherine Milkman of the University of Pennsylvania, Modupe Akinola of Columbia University, and [Dolly Chugh](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/dolly-chugh) of New York University report in their study titled 'What Happens Before? A Field Experiment Exploring How Pay and Representation Differentially Shape Bias on the Pathway into Organizations.'”

[Read more](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/she-the-people/wp/2014/04/28/deep-seated-bias-not-lack-of-confidence-knocks-women-off-the-path-to-success/)

Additional coverage appeared on [Nature.com](http://blogs.nature.com/news/2014/04/discrimination-starts-even-before-grad-school-study-finds.html) and [Science Magazine](http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_magazine/previous_issues/articles/2014_04_29/caredit.a1400107).