ABSTRACT
Through a lens of self-care and wellbeing, this book shares stories of struggle and success from a diverse range of women in academia.
Each story highlights how these women mitigated and overcame various barriers as part of their academic trajectory and provides practical strategies for maintaining self-care and wellbeing. Taken from lived experience, the autoethnographic narrative approach provides a deeper, personal understanding of the obstacles faced by women throughout an academic career and guidance on how these might be navigated in a way that avoids self-sacrificing.
This collection goes further to illustrate the ways that higher education institutions can be more accommodating of the needs of women.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|54 pages
Women and the changing academia
chapter 4|14 pages
Carrying the world on your back
part II|65 pages
Identity formations and the career trajectory
chapter 5|12 pages
Solitude, sanctuary, and pseudo-mentors
chapter 6|11 pages
Journaling as self-care, journaling for personal and professional development
chapter 8|11 pages
Navigating fieldwork amidst my menstrual cycle
chapter 9|17 pages
Mentoring practices in higher education
part III|78 pages
Of well-being and self-care in academia