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I have been sharing this study with my lab, and thought with the influx of job ads that the list might find it interesting as well. I was aware of the studies that look at differences in how people treat CVs in relation to perceived gender and ethnicity of applicants, but I was unaware that letters of recommendation could be biased! And, since when is collaboration a bad thing?!?!? http://www.insidehighered.com/layout/set/popup/news/2010/11/10/letters Julie Libarkin Associate Professor, Director - Geocognition Research Lab Michigan State University 206 Natural Science East Lansing, MI 48824 Phone: 517-355-8369 https://www.msu.edu/~libarkin Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Geoscience Education Affiliations: Department of Geological Sciences, Division of Science and Mathematics Education, Cognitive Science Program, Center for Research on College Science Teaching and Learning