A deeply sexist anonymous question at a faculty convocation has me physically shaking.

It claimed men are under-represented, excluded, and sexually harrassed in my College and called for its "favoring of women" to end.

28.6% of our faculty are women, down from 35% in 2014.

Thanks to my Dean for assemblinging statistics to debunk the claim. And for caring enough about supporting diverse faculty to seek federal funding to improve the situation here.

But I am so upset that she had to take the question seriously, instead of dismissing it on its face.

I've felt supported by my leadership here at LSU, but have keenly felt like I'm in the minority among faculty members.

I can only imagine what the 1.3% of URM faculty in my department must feel.