Advancing women in academic STEM fields through dual career policies and practices

Continuing to challenge American colleges and universities is the underrepresentation of women faculty in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields, particularly Latinas and other underrepresented women of color. Advancing Women in Academic STEM Fields through Dual Career Polic...

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Other Authors McMahon, Marci R. (Editor), Mora, Marie T. (Editor), Qubbaj, Ala (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2018.
SeriesWork-life balance.
Subjects
Women college teachers > Employment > United States.
Minority women college teachers > Employment > United States.
Science > Study and teaching (Higher) > United States.
Work-life balance > United States.
Education > Schools > Levels > Higher.
Higher education, tertiary education.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781806607747
DOI10.1108/978-1-64113-244-2
Physical Description1 online resource (170 pages).

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Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Foreword by the editors / Marci R. McMahon, Marie T. Mora, and Ala R. Qubbaj
  • Part I. Introduction and overview
  • Chapter 1. Perspectives from an nsf advance program director / Beth Mitchneck
  • Chapter 2. Women in academic stem: Dual career and work-life perspectives / Lisa Wolf-Wendel and Kelly Ward
  • Part II. Challenges, opportunities, and best practices
  • Chapter 3. The dual career conundrum: Holistic hiring--more matters / Angela McNerney
  • Chapter 4. Partner accommodation in the hinterlands: A strategic imperative for faculty retention / Susan K. Gardner and Angela McNerney
  • Chapter 5. Transitioning from two-body problem to dual career opportunity: A long and arduous journey / Christine L. Kaunas, Lesley Tomaszewski, and Sherry J. Yennello
  • Chapter 6. Building a dual career program: Myths and realities / Phyllis Brust, Lesley Lundeen, and Rebecca Parker
  • Chapter 7. Interview: Dual career hiring at harvard and the higher education recruitment consortium / Elizabeth Ancarana and Marci R. McMahon
  • Part III. Recruitment and retention with a focus on intersectionality
  • Chapter 8. Advancing latinas and other women in stem through dual career hiring and other policy/climate initiatives at the university of texas rio grande valley / Marie T. Mora, Ala R. Qubbaj, and Havidán Rodríguez
  • Chapter 9. Interview: Dual career hiring and other nsf advance initiatives at the university of california davis to increase the representation of latinas and other women in stem / Karen McDonald, Mary Lou de Leon Siantz, Denneal Jamison-McClung, Linda Bisson, Linda L. Assadian, Binnie Singh, Maureen Stanton, and Marie T. Mora
  • Chapter 10. Choosing the best: Successful practices for increasing the number of female faculty in the industrial engineering department at the university of puerto rico at mayagüez / Sonia M. Bartolomei-Suárez and Luisa Guillemard-Gregory. Afterword on Lessons Learned
  • About the editors
  • About the contributors.

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