Career Strategies for Women in Academia

Lynn H. Collins, Division of Applied Psychology and Qualitative Methods, University of Baltimore, Baltimore, MD - Joan C. Chrisler, Department of Psychology, Connecticut College, New London, CT - Kathryn Quina, Department of Psychology, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI

Foreword - Joann Claire Silverberg A Feminist Classicist Reflects on Athena Introduction - Joan C Chrisler, Lynn H Collins and Kathryn Quina PART ONE: THE CURRENT STATUS OF WOMEN IN ACADEME Working in the Ivory Basement - Nijole V Benokraitis Subtle Sex Discrimination in Higher Education Searching for Congruity - Alberta Gloria Reflections of an Untenured Woman of Color On Overcoming Bureaucracy - Kathryn Quina A Tale of Grievance Competition and Contact - Lynn H Collins The Dynamics Behind Resistance to Affirmative Action in Academe A Woman's Search for Belonging in Academia - Chris D Erickson Be Black for Me - Ethel Morgan Smith Paying Athena - Ellin Kofsky Scholnick Statistics, Statutes and Strategies PART TWO: WOMEN'S ROLES AND CAREER DECISIONS Teacher versus Scholar - Joan C Chrisler Role Conflict for Women? The ABD Faculty Blues - Michelle R Dunlap Getting Organized for the Dissertation and Beyond Career Strategies I Stumbled Upon - Loraine K Obler Student Evaluations - Susan A Basow The Role of Gender Bias and Teaching Styles Money Matters - Suzanna Rose and Mona J E Danner The Art of Negotiation for Women Faculty PART THREE: ASSUMING LEADERSHIP IN HIGHER EDUCATION Women as Faculty Leaders - Joan C Chrisler, Linda Herr and Nelly K Murstein Women Administrators in Higher Education - Mary K Madsen Strategy Notes for the Equity Struggle - Claire Porac Women Academics in a Canadian Context Breaking the (Plexi-)glass Ceiling in Higher Education - Kathryn Quina, Maureen Cotter and Kim Romenesko Creating a Feminist Mentoring Network - Mary Zahm The Pro Forma Review That Wasn't - Anonymous PART FOUR: TAKING CHARGE AND TAKING CARE Standing up, Talking Back and Taking Charge - Bernice Lott and Lisa M Rocchio What I've Learned about Addressing Sexual Harrassment, Protecting Students and Keeping a Job - Maryka Biaggio Coping with Adversity - Linda L Carli Do Unto Others - Regina Bento La Llorona in Academe - Ester Ruiz Rodriquez Afterword - Mary Gray