Disrupting the culture of silence : confronting gender inequality and making change in higher education / edited by Kristine De Welde and Andi Stepnick ; foreword by Penny A. Pasque.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

De Welde, Kristine, editor.

Stepnick, Andi, editor.

Pasque, Penny A., writer of foreword.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sex discrimination in higher education--United States.

Sex discrimination in higher education.

Women college teachers--United States.

Women college teachers.

Women college administrators--United States.

Women college administrators.

Universities and colleges--Faculty--Employment--Sex differences--United States.

Universities and colleges.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (394 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Sterling, Virginia : Stylus, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

From people to policies : enduring inequalities and inequities for women academics / Kris De Welde, and Andi Stepnick

Glass ceilings and gated communities in higher education / Robert J. Hironimus-Wendt and Doreen A. Dedjoe

Challenges of race and gender for black women in the academy / Candice P. Baldwin and Monica D. Griffin

Contingent appointments and the diminishing voice, agency, and professionalism of women / Cecile H. Sam and Adrianna Kezar

Faculty gender inequity and the 'just say no to service' fairytale / Karen Pyke

The influence of departmental culture on academic parents' and pro-work behaviors / Julie Kmec, Amy Wharton, and Shanyuan Foo

Assimilating to the norm : academic women's experiences with work/family policies / Catherine Richards Solomon

The eldercare crisis and implications for women faculty / Gretal Leibnitz and Briana Morrison

Perpetuating inequality through the canons of disciplinary knowledge / Barret Katuna

Characteristics and perceptions of women of color faculty nationally / Corrine Castro

Women sociologists and the question of inclusion in the academy / Kristin Marsh

Not the ideal professor : gender in the academy / Laura Hirshfield

Intersectional invisibility and the academic work experience of lesbian faculty / Diana Bilimoria and Abigail J. Stewart

Gender differences in faculty responses to contrapower harassment / Claudia Lampman

Confronting faculty incivility and mobbing / Amy Blackstone and Susan K. Gardner

From trauma to transformation for women of color in the academy / Molly Davis, Halaevalu F. Ofehengaue Vakalahi, and Renay Scales

Multiple perspectives for creating change in the academy / Elizabeth Allan

With so many problems, where do we begin? : building a toolbox for change / Abby L. Ferber.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-62036-219-8

OCLC:

945135879