ABSTRACT
This edited collection contends that if women are to enter into leadership positions at equal levels with their male colleagues, then sexism in all its forms must be acknowledged, attended to, and actively addressed. This interdisciplinary collection—Surviving Sexism in Academia: Strategies for Feminist Leadership—is part storytelling, part autoethnography, part action plan. The chapters document and analyze everyday sexism in the academy and offer up strategies for survival, ultimately 'lifting the veil" from the good old boys/business-as-usual culture that continues to pervade academia in both visible and less-visible forms, forms that can stifle even the most ambitious women in their careers.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
section 1|185 pages
Mapping the Challenges
section |64 pages
Dis/Locations
chapter 1|8 pages
Surviving Sexism in Academia
chapter 2|16 pages
Remodeling Shared Governance
chapter 3|9 pages
Exploring the Decision to Pursue a Career in Higher Education Administration
chapter 4|8 pages
Do We Really Want the Flies that We Might Catch?
chapter 6|10 pages
The Problem with the Phrase “Women and Minorities”
section |77 pages
Disciplinary Contexts
chapter 12|9 pages
From Feminized to Feminist Labor
chapter 13|8 pages
Surviving Sexism to Inspire Change
section |41 pages
Embodied Gender
chapter 14|8 pages
On the Edge of Knowing
chapter 15|8 pages
“I Have Always Felt Like a Trespasser”
section 2|119 pages
Feminist Strategies for Action
section |52 pages
Changing Material Conditions
chapter 19|9 pages
The Aftermath of Activism
chapter 23|8 pages
Career Navigation of Female Leaders in Higher Education
chapter 24|8 pages
Mentoring Women in Technical Communication
section |65 pages
Changing Ideologies