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From: danielle <DMC96005@UCONNVM.UCONN.EDU>
Subject:      Re: prestige scores
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In terms of prestige, I would disagree with Pamela on the crim one.
I would, sadly enough, agree that gay/lesbian studies (one of my major
interest areas), qualitative methods, and teaching are at the lower end
of the totem pole.

Interestingly, I thought about P's comment about looking at our own
biases, and I would disagree that I see my "own" areas as prestigius
because the above three are my areas, and they are also the ones that `
I see as the least prestigious.

Brings up another question for those of us interested in the "lower"
areas -- are we trying to save the world so desperately that we cling to
those "underdog" areas in hopes that they will not be completely dismissed?

-Danielle Currier at UConn