Career Strategies for Women in Academia Arming Athena

by Lynn H. Collins; Joan C. Chrisler; Kathryn Quina

• ISBN13: 9780761909897
• ISBN10: 0761909893
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-07-23
• Publisher: Sage Publications

Summary

This book provides a wealth of information about institutional pitfalls in higher education professions, advice on how to handle difficult situations, and encouragement to those who persevere in their pursuit of an academic career. Career Strategies for Women in Academia considers the current status of women in higher education; examines women's roles in academe; and provides insights and advice on breaking the 'glass ceiling'.

Table of Contents

Foreword: A Feminist Classicist Reflects on Athena	ix	(6)
Joann Claire Silverberg
Introduction	xv
Joan C. Chrisler
Lynn H. Collins
Kathryn Quina
Part I: The Current Status of Women in Academe	3	(104)
1. Working in the Ivory Basement: Subtle Sex Discrimination in Higher Education	3	(42)
Nijole V. Benokraitis
Box: Searching for Congruity: Reflections of an Untenured Woman of Color	36	(3)
Alberta M. Gloria
Box: On Overcoming Bureaucracy: A Tale of a Grievance	39	(6)
Kathryn Quina
2. Competition and Contact: The Dynamics Behind Resistance to Affirmative Action in Academe	45	(36)
Lynn H. Collins
Box: A Woman's Search for Belonging in Academia	75	(3)
Chris D. Erickson
Box: Come and Be Black for Me	78	(3)
Ethel Morgan Smith
3. Paying Athena: Statistics, Statutes, and Strategies	81	(26)
Ellin Kofsky Scholnick
Part II: Women's Roles and Career Decisions	107	(82)
4. Teacher Versus Scholar: Role Conflict for Women?	107	(28)
Joan C. Chrisler
Box: The ABD Faculty Blues: Getting Organized for the Dissertation and Beyond	128	(3)
Michelle R. Dunlap
Box: Career Strategies I Stumbled Upon	131	(4)
Loraine K. Obler
5. Student Evaluations: The Role of Gender Bias and Teaching Styles	135	(22)
Susan A. Basow
6. Money Matters: The Art of Negotiation for Women Faculty	157	(32)
Suzanna Rose
Mona J.E. Danner
Box: Case Study A	176	(1)
Box: Case Study B	177	(12)
Part III: Assuming Leadership in Higher Education	189	(60)
7. Women as Faculty Leaders	189	(26)
Joan C. Chrisler
Linda Herr
Nelly K. Murstein
Box: Women Administrators in Higher Education	209	(3)
Mary K. Madsen
Box: Strategy Notes for the Equity Struggle: Women Academics in a Canadian Context	212	(3)
Clare Porac
8. Breaking the (Plexi-)Glass Ceiling in Higher Education	215	(34)
Kathryn Quina
Maureen Cotter
Kim Romenesko
Box: Creating a Feminist Mentoring Network	239	(2)
Mary Zahm
Box: The Pro Forma Review That Wasn't	241	(8)
Anonymous
Part IV: Taking Charge and Taking Care	249	(54)
9. Standing Up, Talking Back, and Taking Charge: Strategies and Outcomes in Collective Action Against Sexual Harassment	249	(26)
Bernice Lott
Lisa M. Rocchio
Box: What I've Learned About Addressing Sexual harassment, Protecting Students, and Keeping a Job	271	(4)
Maryka Biaggio
10. Coping With Adversity	275	(28)
Linda L. Carli
Box: "Do Unto Others..."	297	(3)
Regina Bento
Box: La Llorona in Academe	300	(3)
Ester Ruiz Rodriguez
Afterword	303	(4)
Mary Gray
Index	307	(18)
About the Authors	325