The Dean Isn't a Faceless Bureaucrat

I'm doing a Google Alert for "faceless bureaucrat" and ran across this (context, the Dean's wife brought their two young children to the Dean's workplace):

"For a week or two after a visit, I notice that the folks who saw me with them talk to me differently. It's like they suddenly stop seeing The Dean and start seeing an actual person. It fades quickly, and I go back to faceless-bureaucrat status, but for a brief window there's almost something like rapport."

For something which seems related to me, see John Tierney on prejudice in dating situations.