Female faculty in male‐dominated fields: Law, medicine, and engineering

Ward, LaWanda

doi:10.1002/he.314

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“…Intentional mentorship across generations and experiences—turtles, bison, and pigeons—can help us acknowledge the expertise and acumen of senior leaders and support and celebrate the life experience of women while cultivating and motivating the contemporary members of our profession. Ward (2008, 65–66) studies female faculty in male‐dominated fields such as law, medicine, and engineering and advises female professors not to “internalize stereotypes about inferiority but should strive to maintain self‐confidence and align themselves with people who believe in them.” This mandates more women in leadership positions, so as to give opportunities for mentorship.…”

Section: Where Do We Go From Here? (A Path Forward): the Pigeon Eramentioning

confidence: 99%

Beyond the Turtle Approach: Women in the Public Sector

Neal

Gherardi

Olejarski

2020

Public Administration Review

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Equity issues persist in defining public sector women as in need of accommodation, including during times of child-rearing or caregiving. The authors argue instead that viewing the fullness of a woman's existence should empower others to see broad life experiences as a benefit to be fostered. Public service organizations and the academy should build policies and systems that recognize this value and work to cultivate, rather than accommodate. While women have historically taken the turtle approach-that is, keep your head down-the #MeToo movement has morphed women into strong bison, standing shoulder to shoulder. The authors advocate for more inclusive and supportive mentoring relationships to move into a new era-the pigeon era. In public administration, this manifests as providing holistic support and intentional mentorships throughout the arc of women's careers and institutional policy changes that support the unique value of women in the public sector and the academy. Evidence for Practice • Public sector organizations should institute policy changes that recognize the broad life experiences of women as something to celebrate, not something to accommodate. • Leadership appointments based on the multidimensionality of skills will better position the public sector to respond to the full spectrum of public needs. • Instituting intentional humanistic mentorship opportunities across career trajectories will serve to shift dysfunctional paradigms instead of reinforcing them.

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Section: Where Do We Go From Here? (A Path Forward): the Pigeon Eramentioning

confidence: 99%

Beyond the Turtle Approach: Women in the Public Sector

Neal

Gherardi

Olejarski

2020

Public Administration Review

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“…These choices reveal that studies in the field of the human and social sciences, the corresponding School being established in 1989, didn't alter the dominance of the scientific orientation as far as the scientific identity of the University of Patras is concerned. For this reason we regarded the University of Patras to be an interesting research field concerning the entrance, career progress and professional development of w.F.M., since, as emerges from research in the international university field, women are lacking in numbers from university departments of a scientific and polytechnic orientation [3] [5] [31].…”

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The Access and Development of Female Academics in the University Field in Greece: University of Patras Case Study

Asimaki¹,

Zenzefilis²,

Koustourakis³

2016

JSS

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The aim of this paper is the investigation of the presence of women Faculty Members (w.F.M.) in the academic field of the University of Patras and the detection of their views on their choice of the academic profession and on the difficulties they face in it. 20 women, belonging to the three highest levels, participated in the research, which was conducted using semi-structured interviews. The main results showed that: 1) the presence of w.F.M. is concentrated mainly in the Schools of the Humanities and the Social Sciences and in the School of Health Sciences; 2) the entrance of the w.F.M. into the academic field did not constitute their original professional objective; 3) the difficulties they face in their professional career progress in the academic field are centered on the conflict between their traditional social role and their professional role and the difficulties involved in accumulating scientific capital.

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“…Current research suggests women continue to be underrepresented in traditionally male dominated fields (Monroe & Chiu, 2010;Ward, 2008). To date, there has been a substantial increase in research on gender disparity in the STEM fields (i.e., science, technology, engineering and math).…”

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Women in Philosophy: A Qualitative Assessment of Experiences at the Undergraduate Level

Aymelek

2015

McNair

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The underrepresentation of women in the field of philosophy has been a major concern for women in the discipline for at least the past ten years, and is increasingly gaining attention within academia. Current research at the undergraduate level suggests male and female enrollment occurs in relatively proportionate numbers in introductory philosophy courses but women's enrollment dramatically decreases with the progression to upper division courses (Paxton, Figdor & Tiberius, 2012). To date, very little research has focused on the experiences of women philosophy majors at the undergraduate level. The present study conducted in-depth interviews with women who were either senior philosophy majors or those who recently received a bachelor's degree in philosophy in order to better understand what factors may contribute to the retention of women in the discipline. Our findings suggests that women with nontraditional gender schemas may be more likely to continue to take courses in philosophy. This finding may be mediated by the following factors: (a) exposure to philosophy prior to college; (b) having mentors irrespective of gender; (c) the presence of female faculty; (d) a supportive environment and; (e) a strong sense of agency as a student.

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Female faculty in male‐dominated fields: Law, medicine, and engineering

Abstract: Female professors continue to face challenges in the male‐dominated academic disciplines of law, medicine, and engineering.

Cited by 27 publications

References 6 publications

Beyond the Turtle Approach: Women in the Public Sector

Beyond the Turtle Approach: Women in the Public Sector

The Access and Development of Female Academics in the University Field in Greece: University of Patras Case Study

Women in Philosophy: A Qualitative Assessment of Experiences at the Undergraduate Level

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