Don’t try to wrap your head around the organization of the departments or guess what that means about Hinton’s power. He might have been jointly appointed, the husband might be a spousal hire... we have no idea. As to whether it’s plausible his opinion could determined the decision of a hiring committee? Of course it…

You realize that women’s colleges still employ male faculty, right? And often pressure their female students to socialize with male affiliates? I went to graduate school on the East Coast in a region where there were a lot of women’s colleges. I knew many people who went to or taught at those institutions because the…