Pathways, potholes, and the persistence of women in science : reconsidering the pipeline / edited by Enobong Hannah Branch.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Branch, Enobong Hannah, 1983- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women in science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (279 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book illustrates the importance of focusing on the choices, constraints, and agency of women in science to understand which women, under what conditions, with what tools, successfully manage to navigate science or leave the discipline. The chapters in this volume apply the metaphor of the road to a variety of fields and moments that are characterized as exits, pathways, and potholes, which refocuses our attention on the challenges posed by and the conditions of scientific careers.

Contents:

Contents; Figures; Tables; Introduction; P A R T I. NAVIGATING THE SCIENTIFIC PATH; Ch01. Gendered Responses to Failure in Undergraduate Computing; Ch02. Is College Enough?; P A R T I I. DETOURS, OFF-RAMPS, AND GENDERED ROAD BLOCKS IN SCIENTIFIC CAREERS; Ch03. Women Faculty in Computing; Ch04. Does the Road Improve in the Land of the Tenured?; Ch05. Potholes and Detours on the Road to Full Professor; P A R T I I I. WHAT THE PIPELINE MISSES: GENDER PERFORMANCE AT WORK; Ch06. Crisis of Confidence; Ch07. Who's the Expert?

P A R T I V. DIFFERENTIAL ON-RAMPS? HISTORICAL FORCES SHAPING THE SCIENTIFIC WORKFORCECh08. The Postdoc Pothole; Ch09. The Long Shadow of Immigration Policy; P A R T V. CREATING A ROAD MAP: STRATEGIES FOR PERSISTENCE; Ch10. Pathways for Women in Global Science; Ch11. Agency of Women of Color in STEM; Ch12. Smooth Roads to Promotion; References; Index; About the Contributors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4985-1637-8