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Inspiring conversations with women professors : the many routes to career success / Anna M. Garry (ETH Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland) ; foreword by Ursula Keller.
LIBRA LB2332.3 .G37 2019
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Garry, Anna M., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women college teachers.
- Prediction of teacher success.
- College teaching--Vocational guidance.
- College teaching.
- Physical Description:
- xxii, 166 pages : color portraits ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Academic Press, [2019]
- Summary:
- Inspiring Conversations with Women Professors: The Many Routes to Career Success provides stories behind the many paths to professorship taken by these featured women. It includes information on their diverse life stories and how they navigated the beginning, middle stages, and other parts of their careers, including unexpected paths, support and how they got hooked by science/their field. In addition, they discuss why they chose this career, the obstacles they encountered, and how they found a way forward. Each interview encapsulates the advice and practical solutions they give. Features interviews with a diverse group of females in faculty and leadership positions, and from a broad range of STEM disciplines. Includes coverage of the tenure-track process, integration into the academic community, challenges at leadership level, and advantages of corporate governanceFocuses on strong, actionable solutions for overcoming career obstacles
- Contents:
- I Twenty-three conversations with p. 2 / Natalie Banerji and Eleni Chatzi and Emanuela Del Gado and Rachel Grange and Stefanie Hellweg and Ursula Keller and Salomé LeibundGut-Landmann and Ulrike Lohmann and Marloes Maathuis and Isabelle Mansuy and Paola Picotti and Ursula Röthlisberger and Clara Saraceno and Maria Schönbächler and Olga Sorkine-Hornung and Nicola Spaldin and Elsbeth Stern and Shana Sturla and Brigitte von Rechenberg and Katharma von Salis and Effy Vayena and Sabine Werner and Marcy Zenobi-Wong Prof. Natalie Banerji (Austrian)
- Conversation with Natalie Banerji, October 24, 2018 p. 3
- Prof. Eleni Chatzi (Greek) p. 8
- Conversation with Eleni Chatzi, October 23, 2018 p. 9
- Prof. Emanuela Del Gado (Italian) p. 14
- Conversation with Emanuela Del Gado, June 30, 2015 p. 15
- Prof. Rachel Grange (Swiss) p. 18
- Conversation with Rachel Grange, July 21, 2015 p. 19
- Prof. Stefanie Hellweg (German) p. 24
- Conversation with Stefanie Hellweg, October 30, 2015 p. 25
- Prof. Ursula Keller (Swiss) p. 29
- Conversation with Ursula Keller, March 29, 2016 p. 30
- Prof. Salomé LeibundGut-Landmann (Swiss) p. 36
- Conversation with Salomé LeibundGut-Landmann, June 23, 2015 p. 37
- Prof. Ulrike Lohmann (German) p. 42
- Conversation with Ulrike Lohmann, August 5, 2015 p. 43
- Prof. Marloes Maathuis (Dutch) p. 49
- Conversation with Marloes Maathuis, November 6, 2018 p. 50
- Prof. Isabelle Mansuy (French) p. 55
- Conversation with Isabelle Mansuy, July 20, 2015 p. 56
- Prof. Paola Picotti (Italian) p. 60
- Conversations with Paola Picotti, June 11, 2015 and 2016 p. 61
- Prof. Ursula Röthlisberger (Swiss) p. 67
- Conversation with Ursula Röthlisberger, October 19, 2015 p. 68
- Prof. Clara Saraceno (Argentinian, American, Italian) p. 73
- Conversation with Clara Saraceno-September 18, 2018 p. 74
- Prof. Maria Schönbächler (Swiss) p. 80
- Conversation with Maria Schönbächler-August 9, 2017 p. 81
- Prof. Olga Sorkine-Hornung (Israeli) p. 85
- Conversations with Olga Sorkine-Hornung, April 29, 2015 and April 7, 2017 p. 86
- Prof. Nicola Spaldin (British) p. 91
- Conversation with Nicola Spaldin, December 8, 2015 p. 92
- Prof. Elsbeth Stern (German) p. 96
- Conversation with Elsbeth Stern, October 27, 2015 p. 97
- Prof. Shana Sturla (American) p. 101
- Conversation with Shana Sturla-August 25 and September 23, 2015 p. 102
- Prof. Effy Vayena (Greek/Swiss) p. 108
- Conversation with Effy Vayena, October 15, 2018 p. 109
- Prof. Brigitte von Rechenberg (Swiss) p. 115
- Conversation with Brigitte von Rechenberg, July 1, 2015 p. 116
- Prof. Katharina von Salis, Retired (Swiss) p. 121
- Conversations with Katherina von Salis, October 2015 and September 2018 p. 122
- Prof. Sabine Werner (German) p. 127
- Conversation with Sabine Werner, July 22, 2015 p. 128
- Prof. Marcy Zenobi-Wong (American) p. 134
- Conversation with Marcy Zenobi-Wong, May 28, 2015 p. 135
- II Outcomes and lessons from the conversations p. 139
- A professorial career p. 139
- Finding your research field and your questions p. 139
- Being suited to the position of a professor p. 140
- Specific challenges identified in an academic career p. 144
- Developing a publication record as early as possible p. 144
- The postdoc experience p. 145
- Managing career transitions and the tenure process p. 146
- Specific issues for women in the academic environment p. 147
- Being a female professor p. 149
- Challenges for younger women p. 151
- Recommendations to aspiring professors from these conversations p. 153.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.
- Other Format:
- Ebook version :
- ISBN:
- 012812346X
- 9780128123461
- OCLC:
- 1048939111
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