IMAGES OF THE FUTURE: GENDER AND PORTRAYALS OF FACULTY AND INDUSTRY MEMBERS IN CANADIAN ENGINEERING SCHOOL RECRUITMENT MATERIALS

Engineering remains a male-dominated profession, despite efforts toward change. It is possible that the images used in undergraduate recruitment materials could influence how an individual might perceive their “fit” within engineering. We considered both the representation and context of individuals shown in images and videos collected from 18 Canadian English-language engineering schools, using content analysis. In this paper, we focus on individuals coded as either faculty or industry members, as they illustrate the future possibilities of a career in engineering in this material. We found an overrepresentation of women faculty and women industry members compared to their population percentages at the schools (faculty) and in the profession (industry). We also found that women professionals of both types were under-represented among those professionals wearing business attire, and women industry members were over-represented among those industry members whose names and credentials were given, in both the images and videos. We encountered a similar overall over-representation of women among student imagery, and suspect that it is the result of intentionally highlighting women within the schools and the field of engineering. However, we believethat context, as well as presence, matters. The underrepresentation of women in some cases is worth examining for the message it may send about the future prospects of a student considering engineering.

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Interactive theater: an effective tool to reduce gender bias in faculty searches

Equality Diversity and Inclusion An International Journal ◽

10.1108/edi-09-2017-0187 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 38 (2) ◽

pp. 178-187 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Christine M. Shea ◽

Mary Fran Fran T. Malone ◽

Justin R. Young ◽

Karen J. Graham

Keyword(s):

Gender Bias ◽

Systems Approach ◽

Faculty Training ◽

Women Faculty ◽

Institutional Transformation ◽

Multiple Sources ◽

Content Type ◽

Representation Of Women ◽

Interactive Theater ◽

Underrepresentation Of Women

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe the development, implementation and impact evaluation of an interactive theater-based workshop by the ADVANCE program at the University of New Hampshire (UNH). The workshop is part of a larger institutional transformation program funded by the National Science Foundation. Design/methodology/approach This institutional transformation program relied upon a systems approach to diagnose potential causes for the underrepresentation of women faculty in certain disciplines. This revealed that increasing awareness of, and reducing, implicit gender bias among members of faculty search committees could, in time, contribute to increasing the representation of women faculty at UNH. A committee charged with developing a faculty workshop to achieve this change identified interactive theater as an effective faculty training approach. The committee oversaw the development of customized scripts, and the hiring of professional actors and a facilitator to implement the workshop. Findings The workshop’s effectiveness in fulfilling its goals was assessed using faculty hiring and composition data, program evaluations, participant interviews and questions in an annual faculty climate survey. Findings indicate that the representation of women faculty increased significantly at UNH since the implementation of the interactive theater workshop. Analysis of the multiple sources of data provides corroborating evidence that a significant portion of the increase is directly attributable to the workshop. Originality/value This paper demonstrates the effectiveness of interactive theater-based workshops in an academic environment and of the systems approach in diagnosing and solving organizational problems.

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Shadows of Things Past and Images of the Future: Lessons for the Insurgencies in Our Midst

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e463602006-001 ◽

2004 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Max G. Manwaring

Keyword(s):

The Future ◽

Images Of The Future

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A.I. Solzhenitsyn Apropos of Russia’s Future: Specific Outlook Features Depending on Different Historical Context

Almanac “Essays on Conservatism” ◽

10.24030/24092517-2019-0-1-327-334 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 66 ◽

pp. 327-334

Author(s):

Inga V. Zheltikova ◽

Elena I. Khokhlova

Keyword(s):

Cultural Context ◽

Historical Context ◽

The Political ◽

Social Stability ◽

Political Situation ◽

The Future ◽

Pessimistic Attitude ◽

Personal Qualities ◽

Images Of The Future ◽

The Church

The article considers the dependence of the images of future on the socio-cultural context of their formation. Comparison of the images of the future found in A.I. Solzhenitsyn’s works of various years reveals his generally pessimistic attitude to the future in the situation of social stability and moderate optimism in times of society destabilization. At the same time, the author's images of the future both in the seventies and the nineties of the last century demonstrate the mismatch of social expectations and reality that was generally typical for the images of the future. According to the authors of the present article, Solzhenitsyn’s ideas that the revival of spirituality could serve as the basis for the development of economy, that the influence of the Church on the process of socio-economic development would grow, and that the political situation strongly depends on the personal qualities of the leader, are unjustified. Nevertheless, such ideas are still present in many images of the future of Russia, including contemporary ones.

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On South Sudan, in English. Review of the Books by Peter Martell “First Raise A Flag: How South Sudan Won the Longest War but Lost the Peace” and John Young “South Sudan’s Civil War: Violence, Insurgency and Failed Peacemaking”

10.31132/2412-5717-2020-51-2-109-115 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 109-115

Author(s):

Anna Sharova

Keyword(s):

Conflict Resolution ◽

Civil War ◽

English Language ◽

South Sudan ◽

International Governance ◽

Refugee Camps ◽

Graham Greene ◽

The Future ◽

Independent Country ◽

Spot Analysis

Anna Sharova reviews two recent books separately published by two English language authors – P. Martell and J. Young. The books are very different in style and mood. While P. Martell presents an excellent example of British journalist prose in the style of his elder compatriots Somerset Maugham and Graham Greene, who did their reporting and writing from exotic countries during fateful periods of history, J. Young offers a more academic, though no less ‘on the spot’ analysis of the situation in the youngest independent country of Africa. J. Young’s considers two possible approaches to conflict resolution as possible outcomes: non-intervention cum continuation of the war, or the introduction of international governance. P. Martell comes up with a disappointing prediction about the future of South Sudan. The war will go on, the famine will return, and the threat of genocide will not disappear. People will continue to flee the country, and refugee camps will grow. New warring groups will appear, new murders will be committed. Neighbouring states will not stop competing for influence and resources. New peacekeepers will arrive. Warlords will be accused of crimes, but, as before, they will escape punishment, while some will be promoted.

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TRANSFORMATION OF THE CONTENT AND METHODS OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING OF THE FUTURE NON-PHILOLOGICAL SPECIALTIES’ TEACHERS IN 1940s-1950s OF THE XX CENTURY

B U L L E T I N OF OLEKSANDR DOVZHENKO HLUKHIV NATIONAL PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY ◽

10.31376/2410-0897-2019-2-40-195-203 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 40 (2) ◽

pp. 195-203

Author(s):

Liliya Ovcharenko ◽

Keyword(s):

English Language ◽

Language Teaching ◽

English Language Teaching ◽

The Future

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The Futurists. Experts in World Futures

10.1093/oso/9780198814337.003.0009 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Jenny Andersson

Keyword(s):

Cold War ◽

Status Quo ◽

The Other ◽

Futures Studies ◽

The Future ◽

The Status ◽

The One ◽

The Cold War ◽

Images Of The Future ◽

The Way

Alvin Toffler’s writings encapsulated many of the tensions of futurism: the way that futurology and futures studies oscillated between forms of utopianism and technocracy with global ambitions, and between new forms of activism, on the one hand, and emerging forms of consultancy and paid advice on the other. Paradoxically, in their desire to create new images of the future capable of providing exits from the status quo of the Cold War world, futurists reinvented the technologies of prediction that they had initially rejected, and put them at the basis of a new activity of futures advice. Consultancy was central to the field of futures studies from its inception. For futurists, consultancy was a form of militancy—a potentially world altering expertise that could bypass politics and also escaped the boring halls of academia.

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Fears for the future among Finnish adolescents in 2019

European Journal of Public Health ◽

10.1093/eurpub/ckaa166.883 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 30 (Supplement_5) ◽

Author(s):

P Lindfors ◽

L Lahti ◽

J Kinnunen ◽

A Rimpelä

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Age Groups ◽

Nationwide Survey ◽

Working Life ◽

Political Values ◽

Global Issues ◽

Age Related ◽

The Future ◽

And Behavior ◽

Images Of The Future

Abstract Background Adolescents' images of the future emerge from knowledge built on experiences of the past and present and their age-related developmental tasks. Images of the future direct adolescents' decision-making, choices, and behavior. The images of the future can act as a mirror of our times, reflecting the political values and ethos of society. The aim of this study was to examine the fears for the future among Finnish adolescents in the era of climate change. Methods Data from a nationwide survey on the health and health behavior of 12-, 14-, 16-, and 18-year-olds (n = 3520, the response rate 37 %) in 2019 in Finland. An open-ended question on fears for the future was employed as a final question on the survey. The data was analyzed first by inductive content analysis and then by statistical methods. Altogether 7829 fears were reported. These were constructed into 12 main categories. Results Fears for the social relationships and loneliness were the most common (35 %). Fears related to death (33 %), physical health and wellbeing (25 %), life management and success (19 %) and working life (17 %) were next common. Only 9 % of the adolescents reported climate and the environment related fears. In age group comparisons, 12-14-year-olds reported more global and social fears, while 16-18-year-olds reported more personal fears, such as study, working life and relationships. The most common fears among boys and girls were similar in all age groups. Conclusions The most common fears among Finnish adolescents are related to personal life and less to global issues. Against our hypothesis, climate and environmental related fears were not among the top fears, even these topics are figured prominently in media and other research has also reported high proportions of climate change related fears among adolescents. The inconsistencies might be explained by the differences in the research methodologies: whether open-ended questions or structured questions are used. Key messages Most common fears for the future are related to personal issues like relationships, health and work. Fears for climate change were not among the most common ones when open-ended questions were used.

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