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When academic partners experience unequal recognition despite equal contributions

My research partner and I are both junior faculty and we've been collaborating on a project for two years, but they consistently get more credit and visibility even though the intellectual contributions are equal. I think it's partly because they're more confident in presentations and partly because of gender dynamics, but addressing it feels like it could destroy our partnership.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

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Structural inequities in how contributions are perceived create invisible hierarchies that corrupt supposedly equal partnerships.

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