Advancing women in academic STEM fields through dual career policies and practices / edited by Marci R. McMahon, Marie T. Mora, and Ala Qubbaj (The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

McMahon, Marci R., editor.

Mora, Marie T., editor.

Qubbaj, Ala, editor.

Series:

Work-life balance.

Work-life balance

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women college teachers--Employment--United States.

Women college teachers.

Minority women college teachers--Employment--United States.

Minority women college teachers.

Science--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States.

Science.

Work-life balance--United States.

Work-life balance.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (169 pages).

Other Title:

Advancing women in academic science, technology, engineering, mathematics fields through dual career policies and practices

Place of Publication:

Charlotte, NC : Information Age Publishing, Inc., [2018]

Summary:

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 Policies and Practices, comprised of scholarly essays, case studies, and interviews, argues that to address equity issues related to women faculty, academic institutions should consider work-life perspectives, including dual careers, when designing faculty recruitment, retention, and advancement strategies. By connecting the topic of dual career hiring to gender and ethnicity, the volume extends the current research on work-life integration by sharing best practices and approaches that have worked among institutions of higher education while incorporating issues related to intersectionality.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Print version record.

ISBN:

1-64113-244-2