Women supervising and writing doctoral theses : walking on the grass / edited by Lia Bryant and Katrina Jaworski.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bryant, Lia, editor.

Jaworski, Katrina, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women doctoral students.

Sex differences in education.

Doctor of philosophy degree.

Physical Description:

viii, 149 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham ; Boulder ; New York ; London: Lexington Books, [2015]

Summary:

Women Supervising and Writing Doctoral Theses: Walking on the Grass brings to life women's experiences during their doctoral study and the experiences of women who supervise doctoral students. Sensations, reflections, and imaginations emerge through memories, histories, and different ways of narrating academic journeys. This book examines in depth the emotional and embodied nature of writing, supervising, and inter-subjective learning. It makes visible ethics of care required in that liminal space in which supervisors and doctoral scholars work to shape and give confidence to the becoming academic. This book works through the politics of gender, sexuality, age, class, and ethnicity to understand meanings inherent in doctoral and supervisory relationships, reasons for entering academe, and how academic writing obtains form and content. The significance of this book is its contribution to understanding academic thesis writing as complex emotional and embodied gendered labor rather than an instrumental activity in which to earn the title of doctor of philosophy. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Introduction: Daring to Walk on the Grass / Lia Bryant Bryant, Lia, Katrina Jaworski Jaworski, Katrina 1

I Supervising Doctoral Students 19

2 Honor Bound / Lia Bryant Bryant, Lia 21

3 Passionate Activism as Academic Labor: The Emotional Body of Pedagogical Politics / Chris Beasley Beasley, Chris, Katrina Jaworski Jaworski, Katrina 35

II Writing Doctoral Theses

4 "Cutting the Mustard": Standing your Ground in the Process of Producing Doctoral Dissertations / Judith Gill Gill, Judith 55

5 Stuck between Two Languages: The Ethics of Writing a Doctoral Dissertation in the English Language / Katrina Jaworski Jaworski, Katrina 71

6 Caring Labor and Caringscapes at the Margins of Academic Work / Valerie Adams Adams, Valerie 85

7 The Emotional Space of the Doctoral Supervisory Relationship: Safe to Feel Vulnerable / Margaret R. Rowntree Rowntree, Margaret R. 97

8 The Liminal Space of PhD Candidature: Becoming Doctor / Mary-Helen Ward Ward, Mary-Helen 109

9 Conclusion: Walking on the Grass Eighty-Four Years Later / Katrina Jaworski Jaworski, Katrina, Lia Bryant Bryant, Lia 121.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780739182154

0739182153

OCLC:

898910862