Talk:Lauren Robel

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This page should not be speedily deleted because... (your reason here) --tassieg (talk) 03:58, 16 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

This article clearly meets the guidelines for academic notability as she was the dean of a prestigious law school, is spearheading a transformative program that will affect the entire Indiana University system (110,000 students across 9 campuses), and has been elected a lifelong fellow of the American Bar Association. From the article on notability for academics: “Academics/professors meeting any one of the following conditions, as substantiated through reliable sources, are notable.” To wit, “5. The person holds or has held a named chair appointment or distinguished professor appointment at a major institution of higher education and research (or an equivalent position in countries where named chairs are uncommon)”; “3. The person is or has been an elected member of a highly selective and prestigious scholarly society or association (e.g., a National Academy of Sciences or the Royal Society) or a fellow of a major scholarly society which reserves fellow status as a highly selective honor (e.g., Fellow of the IEEE).[2]”; “ 4. The person's academic work has made a significant impact in the area of higher education, affecting a substantial number of academic institutions.” https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_(academics)

Thus, her named chair alone and deanship before being named one of the highest administrators at IU should qualify her. I’m surprised at the pushback. We’ve noticed lack of coverage of female academics, and if she didn’t meet the criteria, that would be one thing, but the external sourcing and guidelines were followed to a t.