{"product_id":"how-professors-think-inside-the-curious-world-of-academic-judgment-9780674032668","title":"How Professors Think: Inside the Curious World of Academic Judgment","description":"\u003cp\u003eExcellence. Originality. Intelligence. Everyone in academia stresses quality. But what exactly is it  and how do professors identify it?  In the academic evaluation system known as peer review  highly respected professors pass judgment  usually confidentially  on the work of others. But only those present in the deliberative chambers know exactly what is said. Michle Lamont observed deliberations for fellowships and research grants  and interviewed panel members at length. In How Professors Think  she reveals what she discovered about this secretive  powerful  peculiar world.  Anthropologists  political scientists  literary scholars  economists  historians  and philosophers dont share the same standards. Economists prefer mathematical models  historians favor different kinds of evidence  and philosophers dont care much if only other philosophers understand them. But when they come together for peer assessment  academics are expected to explain their criteria  respect each others expertise  and guard against admiring only work that resembles their own. They must decide: Is the research original and important? Brave  or glib? Timely  or merely trendy? Pro-diversity or interdisciplinary enough?  Judging quality isnt robotically rational; its emotional  cognitive  and social  too. Yet most academics self-respect is rooted in their ability to analyze complexity and recognize quality  in order to come to the fairest decisions about that elusive god  excellence. In How Professors Think  Lamont aims to illuminate the confidential process of evaluation and to push the gatekeepers to both better understand and perform their role.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45953169784885,"sku":"ByrdShop_0674032667","price":26.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780674032668.jpg?v=1788180596","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/how-professors-think-inside-the-curious-world-of-academic-judgment-9780674032668","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}