How professors think : inside the curious world of academic judgment / Michèle Lamont.

Cambridge, Mass. ; London : Harvard University Press, 2009.

330 pages ; 22 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-315) and index.

Opening the black box of peer review -- How panels work -- On disciplinary cultures -- Pragmatic fairness : customary rules of deliberation -- Recognizing various kinds of excellence -- Considering interdisciplinarity and diversity -- Implications in the United States and abroad.