Jennifer Shinall Archives
Kudos: Read about faculty, staff and student awards, appointments and achievements
May. 4, 2018—Read about the latest faculty, staff and student awards, appointments and achievements at Vanderbilt.
For women re-entering workforce, sharing personal information may get you hired
May. 19, 2016—New first-of-its-kind research from two Vanderbilt Law School economists contradicts conventional wisdom and finds a female applicant strongly raises her chances of getting hired if she gives personal information clarifying her resume gaps.
VUCast: Why overweight women lose at work
Dec. 1, 2014—In the latest VUCast: Learn why overweight women lose in the workplace -- especially when it comes to pay; see breakthrough weapons in the fight against infectious diseases; and hear music legend Sheryl Crow speak about her craft. Watch now!
Overweight women lose in the labor market: Vanderbilt study
Oct. 21, 2014—Overweight women are more likely to work in lower-paying and more physically demanding jobs; less likely to get higher-wage, public-facing positions; and make less money compared to men and average-size women.
New faculty: Shinall explores link between weight and workplace discrimination
Oct. 8, 2014—Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act prohibits discrimination by employers in five areas: race, color, religion, sex and national origin. What Jennifer Shinall wants to know—should weight become the sixth?
New University Faculty 2014-15
Sep. 30, 2014—View a complete list of new university faculty for the 2014-15 academic year.
Two cities offer model to fight weight discrimination: Vanderbilt study
Jun. 21, 2012—If municipalities want to combat workplace discrimination because of obesity, they should look to Madison, Wis., and Urbana, Ill., for good models.