scholarly journals Maintaining Career Momentum: Women-Centered Strategies for Social Sciences Career Success in the Context of COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Courtney Cronley ◽  
Kirsten E. Ravi
Keyword(s):  
Career Advancement ◽  
Academic Career ◽  
Human Subjects ◽  
Gender Disparities ◽  
Family Policies ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
Mentor Programs ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Training And Support ◽  
Technology Resources

The COVID-19 pandemic poses unforeseen risks to women’s academic career advancement. Women faculty are more likely to be grappling with new challenges related to caregiving and work-life balance, compared to their male colleagues, and may be facing more research obstacles due to the disruption of human-subjects data collection. In the following essay, we, two tenure-stream social scientists, describe four strategies that we have relied on to maintain career momentum: staying passionate, engaging in active mentorship, making virtual connections, and launching research in COVID. We conclude with recommendations for institutions of higher education to formalize specific policies to support gender and intersectional equity in career advancement. These include more formalized mentor programs, professional development for and access to technology resources for the purposes of research, institutional training and support in leading research teams, seed grants for racial and gender disparities research, and pro-family policies that provide financial supports and job security in the context of caregiving.

Academic Career Advances and Gender Gap

2021 ◽  
pp. 147892992110440
Author(s):  
Guillermina Benavides Rincón ◽  
Alejandro Díaz Domínguez
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Glass Ceiling ◽  
Gender Gap ◽  
Career Advancement ◽  
Academic Career ◽  
National Council ◽  
National System ◽  
Knowledge States ◽  
Sticky Floor ◽  
And Gender

Is there a gender gap barrier against the career advancement of women researchers in Mexico? To explore possible answers to this question, we review the specialized literature, based on the “sticky floor” and “glass ceiling” conceptual framework, and then offer an empirical approach to test whether such a gap exists as well as some theoretical reasons that could explain it. We analyzed a massive dataset of 41,000 members of the National System of Researchers (SNI) under the National Council of Science and Technology (CONACyT) in Mexico from 1991 to 2017. To test determinants of advancement, we consider gender, areas of knowledge, states in which researchers reside, years in which initial applications and promotions took place, and universities to which researchers belong to. We found that there is a similar chance to advance from the lower levels of the system, following the sticky floor analogy, but women make a little progress after these initial levels when compared to men, in line with the glass ceiling idea. We also offer additional research avenues in this topic, due to another important finding, which reveals that 62% of researchers never make progress at the level in which they initially join.

Survey of sexual harassment and gender disparities among gynecologic oncologists.

2019 ◽  
Vol 37 (18_suppl) ◽  
pp. LBA10502-LBA10502
Author(s):  
Marina Stasenko ◽  
Christopher M. Tarney ◽  
Mitchell Veith ◽  
Kenneth Seier ◽  
Yovanni Casablanca ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Harassment ◽  
Career Advancement ◽  
Gynecologic Oncology ◽  
Gender Disparities ◽  
Survey Study ◽  
Gender Inequalities ◽  
Pay Gap ◽  
Exact Test ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Training Practice

LBA10502 Background: Sexual harassment is a problem in the workplace, with a third of U.S. women reporting experiencing unwanted sexual advances in their careers. Moreover, gender disparities have persisted in medicine, despite over half of U.S. physicians under age 44 being female. The purpose of this study is to evaluate perceived gender biases, prevalence of sexual harassment, and how these affect physician growth and advancement in gynecologic oncology (Gyn-Onc). Methods: We conducted a survey study of U.S.-based physician members of the Society of Gynecologic Oncology: full, senior, and fellow members. Participants reported: demographics; experiences with sexual harassment in training/practice; perceptions of gender disparities in Gyn-Onc. Survey was anonymized and collected using RedCap data capture tool. Dichotomous outcomes were compared using Fisher’s exact test. Results: The survey was sent to 1,566 members; 402 responses were received (26% response rate: 255 females (F), 147 males (M)). Female responders were younger, non-white (28% F, 11% M), not married (16% F, 3% M), and had fewer years in practice than males (p≤0.001, each). Six of every 10 responders (64%) reported experiencing sexual harassment during training/practice; 7 of every 10 women (71%) experienced sexual harassment in training/practice. One in 10 responders openly reported this behavior (15% responders; 17%F, 10% M, p=0.210); most common reasons for lack of reporting were: incident did not seem important enough (40%), did not think anything would be done about it (37%), and fear of reprisal (34%). Female responders were more likely to report that they felt gender affected their career advancement (34% F, 10% M; p≤0.001) and that gender played a role in setting their salary (42% F, 6% M; p≤0.001). Of note, 91% male responders did not feel that there is a gender pay gap in Gyn-Onc, compared to 57% females (p≤0.001). Conclusions: This report is the first to show that experience of sexual harassment is common among Gyn-Onc physicians. Importantly, only few report these occurrences, often for fear of reprisal or concern that nothing will be done. Further, female Gyn-Oncologists report feeling that gender influences salaries and career advancement. Awareness and acknowledgement of sexual harassment and gender inequalities within Gyn-Onc can lead to interventions to address these disparities.

Racial/ethnic and gender disparities in anger management therapy as a probation condition.

2020 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 88-96 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cassandra A. Bailey ◽  
Betsy E. Galicia ◽  
Kalin Z. Salinas ◽  
Melissa Briones ◽  
Sheila Hugo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Anger Management ◽  
Gender Disparities ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Racial Ethnic

Living with Barren Truths: A Tale of Triumphalism and Tribulations of a Technology

2021 ◽  
pp. 097168582110159
Author(s):  
Sital Mohanty ◽  
Subhasis Sahoo ◽  
Pranay Kumar Swain
Keyword(s):  
Gender Discrimination ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
The Body ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
Social Fact ◽  
Science Technology ◽  
The Subject ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Relationship

Science, technology and human values have been the subject of enquiry in the last few years for social scientists and eventually the relationship between science and gender is the subject of an ongoing debate. This is due to the event of globalization which led to the exponential growth of new technologies like assisted reproductive technology (ART). ART, one of the most iconic technological innovations of the twentieth century, has become increasingly a normal social fact of life. Since ART invades multiple human discourses—thereby transforming culture, society and politics—it is important what is sociological about ART as well as what is biological. This article argues in commendation of sociology of technology, which is alert to its democratic potential but does not concurrently conceal the historical and continuing role of technology in legitimizing gender discrimination. The article draws the empirical insights from local articulations (i.e., Odisha state in eastern India) for the understandings of motherhood, freedom and choice, reproductive right and rights over the body to which ART has contributed. Sociologically, the article has been supplemented within the broader perspectives of determinism, compatibilism alongside feminism.

scholarly journals Partnership Instability, School Readiness, and Gender Disparities

2011 ◽  
Vol 84 (3) ◽  
pp. 246-259 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carey E. Cooper ◽  
Cynthia A. Osborne ◽  
Audrey N. Beck ◽  
Sara S. McLanahan
Keyword(s):  
School Readiness ◽  
Gender Disparities ◽  
And Gender

584-P: Diabetes Distress, Depressive Symptoms, and Gender Disparities in Glycemic Control among African Americans with Type 2 Diabetes

Diabetes ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 70 (Supplement 1) ◽  
pp. 584-P
Author(s):  
JACLYNN M. HAWKINS ◽  
NIKOLAS J. KOSCIELNIAK ◽  
ROBIN NWANKWO ◽  
MARTHA M. FUNNELL ◽  
KATHERINE A. KLOSS ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Type 2 Diabetes ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
African Americans ◽  
Glycemic Control ◽  
Gender Disparities ◽  
Diabetes Distress ◽  
And Gender

scholarly journals Factors associated with sexual orientation and gender disparities in chronic pain among U.S. adolescents and young adults

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 765-772 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sabra L. Katz-Wise ◽  
Bethany Everett ◽  
Emily A. Scherer ◽  
Holly Gooding ◽  
Carly E. Milliren ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Pain ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Sexual Orientation ◽  
Gender Disparities ◽  
Adolescents And Young Adults ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
And Gender

Women Practicing Anthropology: Perspectives Across the Discipline

1983 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 4-7
Author(s):  
Carole Browner
Keyword(s):  
Annual Meeting ◽  
Career Advancement ◽  
Academic Career ◽  
American Anthropological Association ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Status ◽  
Status Of Women

The articles in this special issue of Practicing Anthropology grew out of a symposium on "Women Anthropologists in the Public and Private Sectors: Opportunities for Non-Academic Career Advancement" sponsored by the Committee on the Status of Women (COSWA) at the 1981 Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association. As organizers of the panel, Donald Lindburg and I sought participants from each subfield of anthropology working in both the public and private sectors. In the first regard we were successful, with presentations by social, linguistic and physical anthropologists and two archeologists. In the second regard we were less successful, with four of the five panelists—Sibley, Wynn, Wildesen, and Brockman—employed by private concerns.

scholarly journals Racial and gender disparities among patients with Takotsubo syndrome

2018 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nauman Khalid ◽  
Sarah A. Ahmad ◽  
Evan Shlofmitz ◽  
Lovely Chhabra
Keyword(s):  
Gender Disparities ◽  
Takotsubo Syndrome ◽  
And Gender
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