Navigating gender issues, artistic innovations, community engagement and career paths in African dances: reflections of African dance practitioners through Afrika Speaks

A survey carried out by the Australian Society of Anaesthetists explored gender issues in the personal and professional lives of anaesthetists. Issues highlighted include training and career paths, combining anaesthetic training with domestic responsibilities, personal relationships, pregnancy and childrearing, private practice, part-time work, parental leave, the single anaesthetist, doctor spouses, sexual harassment, and negative attitudes in colleagues. Particular problems were identified in the training years, in part-time work, in private practice, and in combining parental and domestic responsibilities with a career in anaesthesia. Strategies to address relevant issues are discussed, with reference to the increasing proportion of women in medicine and anaesthesia.

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Using the Power of West African Dance to Combat Gender Issues

Journal of Physical Education Recreation & Dance ◽

10.1080/07303084.1994.10606855 ◽

1994 ◽

Vol 65 (2) ◽

pp. 44-48 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

Julie A. Kerr-Berry

Keyword(s):

Gender Issues ◽

West African ◽

African Dance ◽

West African Dance

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Women Career Paths in Accounting Organizations: Big4 Scenario

Administrative Sciences ◽

10.3390/admsci8040062 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 8 (4) ◽

pp. 62 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Adriana Tiron-Tudor ◽

Widad Faragalla

Keyword(s):

Glass Ceiling ◽

Career Paths ◽

Gender Issues ◽

Double Standard ◽

Accounting Profession

In this paper, we analyze the gender issues that are present in the accounting profession, and more precisely, on the career paths one could follow in the accounting profession and what the underlying reasons are for each option. Our conclusions show that some of the factors that influence women career paths are discrimination, motherhood, glass-ceiling, double standard and a lack of visibility.

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The “Gospel” of Memory

Hot Feet and Social Change ◽

10.5622/illinois/9780252042959.003.0006 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 84-103

Author(s):

Kariamu Welsh

Keyword(s):

Community Engagement ◽

Black Americans ◽

West African ◽

African Culture ◽

African Dance ◽

Dance Company ◽

Art Form ◽

West African Dance ◽

Historical Photographs ◽

Dynamic Community

William Serrano-Franklin presents an interview with Assane Konte, the co-founder of a Washington, D.C. dance institution, Kankouran West African Dance Company (KWADC). Accompanied by a series of historical photographs, Serrano-Franklin documents Konte’s desire to reintroduce black Americans to West African culture through the medium of dance. Konte’s personal direction and the spirit of Kankouran have guided the development of dynamic community engagement practices with benefits beyond dance as an art form.

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Thriving in Academia: Understanding and Managing the Complexities of Faculty Work

Perspectives on Issues in Higher Education ◽

10.1044/ihe15.2.77 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 15 (2) ◽

pp. 77-84 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Ketevan Mamiseishvili

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Education Research ◽

Community Engagement ◽

Everyday Life ◽

Work Setting ◽

Higher Education Research ◽

Faculty Work ◽

College And University ◽

Teaching Research ◽

University Settings

In this paper, I will illustrate the changing nature and complexity of faculty employment in college and university settings. I will use existing higher education research to describe changes in faculty demographics, the escalating demands placed on faculty in the work setting, and challenges that confront professors seeking tenure or administrative advancement. Boyer’s (1990) framework for bringing traditionally marginalized and neglected functions of teaching, service, and community engagement into scholarship is examined as a model for balancing not only teaching, research, and service, but also work with everyday life.

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