Author Archives: Kathleen Kelley Reardon

American Women Ambushed in the Dark by the Supreme Court

Posted on May 3, 2022 by Kathleen Kelley Reardon

No matter your stance on abortion, Politico’s report of the Supreme Court’s intention to overturn Roe vs. Wade reveals power run amok. It conjures up mostly robed men entrusted with protecting the rights of all citizens skulking about behind closed … Continue reading →

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“According to One Source” is not Journalism

Posted on April 11, 2022 by Kathleen Kelley Reardon

When my young children were listening to advertisements, my husband and I would occasionally say in passing, “That doesn’t sound right,” “It’s hard to believe that” or ask “Do you think that’s really true?” Yes, if overdone it’s annoying. But … Continue reading →

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Violence Against Women – The Murder of Ashling Murphy

Posted on January 16, 2022 by Kathleen Kelley Reardon

The broad daylight murder of Ashling Murphy, 23-year-old beloved primary school teacher, jogging in her hometown of Tullamore, Co. Offaly sent shock waves through the entire country of Ireland and beyond. It was yet another wake-up call that violence against … Continue reading →

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Not Knowing That It Can’t Be Done

Posted on August 18, 2021 by Kathleen Kelley Reardon

During an online presentation this week, I was asked what it takes to move from writing nonfiction to writing fiction and from being a professor of social sciences to becoming an artist. In general, the question was about what encourages … Continue reading →

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Haven’t Read ‘Shadow Campus’ Yet?

Posted on July 17, 2021 by Kathleen Kelley Reardon

If not, here’s your chance. Amazon reduced it for now to $5.05! Still looking for a summer crime mystery read? How about one that Forbes described as a “masterful” and “fast-paced” debut? A young professor on the eve of tenure … Continue reading →

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Whose Burden is it? Cleaning up Bias in Academia

Posted on July 8, 2021 by Kathleen Kelley Reardon

When the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill put New York Times reporter Nikole Hannah-Jones essentially through the wringer in what should have been a slam-dunk tenure decision, they broke a promise to her as an incoming holder of an endowed chair … Continue reading →

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Courage vs. Subservience – Liz Cheney and Elise Stefanik

Posted on May 12, 2021 by Kathleen Kelley Reardon

Representative Liz Cheney made a choice yesterday and she did it alone. There was no pandering to power, no one standing by her side at the podium. She took what I wrote about in my Harvard Business Review article “Courage … Continue reading →

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The Secret Excuse for Still Holding Women and Minorities Back: “There Just Aren’t Many Like You Out There”

Posted on April 22, 2021 by Kathleen Kelley Reardon

Some years ago, a male senior colleague shared with me why more women weren’t being promoted in our division: “There just aren’t many like you out there,” he said. I replied, “That’s simply not true.” He persisted: “It is. We’ve … Continue reading →

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Why So Much Hatred?

Posted on March 22, 2021 by Kathleen Kelley Reardon

Even ordinarily pleasant people can be provoked to meanness. Stanford University researcher Philip Zimbardo demonstrated this in a memorable study. He set up a prison simulation and asked college students to be guards and others to be prisoners. The guards … Continue reading →

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Is This Another Al Franken Situation?

Posted on March 7, 2021 by Kathleen Kelley Reardon

I’ve read and watched the press feeding frenzy around Governor Andrew Cuomo’s alleged sexual misconduct, and I can’t help but wonder where they’re going with this. CNN appears to be having a field day with the issue rather than doing … Continue reading →

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