Full Description
Navigating Academia: A Guide for Women and Minority STEM Faculty explores the infrastructure of the academy and provides a systematic account of where and why women and minorities fall behind men in the preparation for and development of their academic careers. This book offers useful strategies for recruiting, retaining, and advancing women and minorities. Chapters include testimonials from faculty and administrators about how they made their ascent within the academy.
Navigating Academia: A Guide for Women and Minority STEM Faculty also discusses how to modify and expand faculty recruiting programs, how to diversify search committees, how to encourage intervention by deans, and how to assess past hiring efforts. This guide is an important resource for women and minorities seeking success in the academy as well as for administrators focused on faculty and professional development.
Contents
Preface
Section I. Issues
Chapter 1. The Issues and Demographic Data
Chapter 2. Issues Confronting Athletic Administrators
Section II. Institutional and Societal Cultures
Chapter 3. Institutional and Societal Cultures
Section III. Career Pathways
Chapter 4. A Tale of Two Professors
Chapter 5. A Career in Science
Chapter 6. Creating My Own Path
Chapter 7. Pathways in Athletic Administrators
Section IV. Transitioning
Chapter 8. From Student to Full Professor
Chapter 9. From Faculty to Chair
Section V. Mentoring
Chapter 10. Mentoring
Chapter 11. African American Researchers in Computing Sciences: Expanding the Pool of Participation
Section VI. Professor Support Networks
Chapter 12. Professor Support Networks
