Judith Smilg Kleinfeld is a professor of psychology at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, and co-chairs the Northern Studies department.
A controversial[1] academic, her most well known works are the ones criticizing studies on alleged discrimination in educational settings.
Kleinfeld's analysis was first publicized at the Women's Freedom Network, received national attention and was covered by The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal.
She has also criticized[3] a 1999 MIT study that supported claims made by some of the university's female professors that their male colleagues enjoyed preferential treatment despite their level of accomplishments.
She is also director at The Boys Project, a not-for-profit group formed to address the female-male gender gap in educational achievement.