Barbara J. Grosz, McKay professor of computer science and the only tenured woman in the Computer Science Department, says that women are rarely included in the decision-making process within departments.

"Women are by and large invisible to men," she says, adding that she believes the male members of the department are not purposely slighting their female colleagues.

Geller says that men often overlook the women in their departments and their fields because women aren't part of the "proverbial old boys club."

"It isn't intentional," Geller says. "It's that people don't think of [women], because they're not their

buddies."

"When I go to meetings, I don't go out for drinks afterwards...or the poker game," she says. "I'm a woman, I'm not interested in being one of the guys."

Melissa Franklin, professor of physics, says she has noticed a "wave of sadness" among the female scientists in the senior faculty, a trend she attributes to both tacit and overt discrimination.