scholarly journals Gender as a Barrier for Women With Children in Academe

2004 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carmen Armenti
Keyword(s):  
Career Paths ◽  
Academic Career ◽  
Academic Careers ◽  
Academic Life ◽  
Professional Lives ◽  
Career Trajectory ◽  
Full Membership ◽  
Women Professors ◽  
Depth Interviews

This research involved in-depth interviews with nineteen women professors, drawn from across various faculties and ranks at one Canadian university, and was intended to explore the interconnections between the women's personal and professional lives. The women in this study chose to combine having children with an academic career. Most of them depicted their career trajectory as a lifelong challenge, one that was both fulfilling and prestigious. In contrast, the women reported a number of obstacles in their career paths that served to prevent them from gaining full membership in academic life. This study probes the nature of such obstacles that are grouped into two categories: the child-related time crunch and the career-related time crunch. As a result of these obstacles, the women encountered childbearing/childrearing problems, research dilemmas, a willingness to leave the academy, and denial of tenure and promotion. Findings call for a restructuring of academic careers in order to effectively accommodate women with children in the profession.

scholarly journals Academic Careers in Pediatric Pharmacy: Part 2—Academic Advancement

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 183-193
Author(s):  
Allison B. Blackmer ◽  
Anita Siu ◽  
Angela Thornton ◽  
Peter N. Johnson ◽  
Kristen R. Nichols ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Career Paths ◽  
Academic Career ◽  
Junior Faculty ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Academic Careers ◽  
Academic Evaluation ◽  
Academic Advancement ◽  
Faculty Positions ◽  
Key Aspects ◽  
Answer Format

An increasing number of pediatric clinical pharmacists are pursuing careers in academia. Once in an academic position, questions, challenges and benefits related to the processes of academic evaluation and advancement unique to pediatric academia often arise. This is the second article in a 2-part series that attempts to demystify pediatric faculty positions and address gaps in the literature regarding careers in pediatric-focused academic positions. The purpose of this article is to review key aspects pertaining to academic evaluation and the preparation for and process of academic advancement/promotion. A question and answer format is used to discuss common questions related to these processes and tips for success are provided. This article is primarily intended to be used as a helpful guide for junior faculty members as well as mid-level individuals seeking advancement; however, it will also benefit students, trainees, and practicing pharmacists seeking increased knowledge of pediatric academic career paths.

Ready Or Not, Here We Come: Preparing Psychology Graduate Students for Academic Careers

1998 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 124-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven A. Meyers ◽  
Pamela T. Reid ◽  
Kathryn Quina
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Academic Career ◽  
Research Training ◽  
Academic Careers ◽  
Academic Life ◽  
Specific Training ◽  
Training Class ◽  
Class Management ◽  
Level Of Training

In this article, we present data that reflect the extent to which graduate students in psychology perceive themselves as prepared for different activities that they would have to undertake as faculty. Results indicate a large and statistically significant gap between the level of rated importance and the level of training received in the following areas relevant to an academic career: psychology content, research training, class management, academic life, and ethical issues. We provide specific training recommendations for psychology departments that wish to prepare their graduate students for careers in academia.

Academic Career-Making in the Era of Globalizing Knowledge and a Globalized Knowledge Enterprise: Demands on Individuals and Constraints over Individuality

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 147-162
Keyword(s):  
Social Isolation ◽  
Social System ◽  
Academic Career ◽  
Social Process ◽  
Academic Careers ◽  
It Impacts ◽  
Knowledge Enterprise

Academic career-making in the era of globalizing knowledge and a globalized knowledge enterprise is not only an individual undertaking but also a social process. It impacts individual academicians as they meet requirements, secure resources, find opportunities, follow procedures, and build structures to make their careers. It has consequences for society as it establishes institutions, opens markets, provides media, creates values, and enforces rules to connect individual academicians and their products to the larger social system. This paper explores academic careers, and career-making as knowledge and the knowledge enterprise become globally hegemonic. Specifically, it examines how academic career-making makes demands on individuals in the form of brainwashing, emotion rechanneling, life-simplifying, and social isolation. It also investigates how academic careers place constraints over individuality by way of socialization, massing, fashion, and lifestyle. Received 16th October2018; Revised 10th April 2019; Accepted 20th April 2019

Internationalization and Diversification of Academic Careers

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sorana Toma ◽  
Maria Villares-Varela
Keyword(s):  
Intrinsic Motivation ◽  
Work Experience ◽  
International Study ◽  
Career Progression ◽  
Academic Careers ◽  
Research Environment ◽  
Scientific Careers ◽  
Global Survey ◽  
Research Facilities ◽  
Depth Interviews

This chapter examines the major patterns and drivers of interlinked geographical and career mobilities of Indian-born researchers and scientists. Based on a global survey and in-depth interviews, this study shows that the mobility of Indian researchers is mainly driven by an intrinsic motivation to internationalize their scientific careers, but has also to do with the characteristics of the research environment in India. Moving abroad enables researchers to acquire expertise in a field of research that is not sufficiently developed back home, and provides exposure to research facilities and personnel deemed better and more qualified than those back home. In this respect, international study and work experience are often perceived as providing professional merits that are instrumental in career progression on return to India.

scholarly journals With Open Eyes: Returning to an Academic Life

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 126
Author(s):  
Bonnie Lynn Nish
Keyword(s):  
Traumatic Brain Injury ◽  
Brain Injury ◽  
Narrative Inquiry ◽  
Mild Traumatic Brain Injury ◽  
Academic Career ◽  
Writing Process ◽  
Academic Life ◽  
First Year ◽  
Writing Class ◽  
Frustration Level

When asked to find a visual expression of my writing process for a first year PhD writing class, I saw a chance to unblock whatever was making it difficult for me to write. Searching for a meaningful way into my story, my ideas were reflected back through images of eyes – the eyes of strangers, my own eyes, and finally through the eyes of those who cared about me. Four years after a Mild Traumatic Brain Injury impacted my life, I returned to pursue an academic career. Symptoms that I thought had been put to rest were once again haunting me and my frustration level was escalating. Trying to find my way back into an academic existence was not an easy journey. The visual inquiry into eyes became a door through which I was able to gain back my words. Using poetic and narrative inquiry allowed for a further opening of releasing obstructions.

Employer-Supported Child Care as a Women-Responsive Policy

1990 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 384-400 ◽  
Author(s):  
JUDITH D. AUERBACH
Keyword(s):  
Child Care ◽  
Labor Force ◽  
Career Paths ◽  
Work And Family ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Self Interest ◽  
Depth Interviews

The recent “mommy track” debate raises questions about how employers ought best to accommodate women's (and men's) dual commitments to work and family. The “mommy track” approach suggests instituting different career paths for women who expect to have children and those who do not. A less discriminatory approach is to implement family-supportive policies applicable to both women and men. This article examines one such policy — employer-supported child care—and discusses its nature and its implications for improving labor force opportunities for women. Primary data come from two sources: a survey of 99 randomly selected employers in three Eastern states and in-depth interviews with 25 employers across the country, 20 that already support a child-care benefit and five that considered it but decided not to. The article concludes that although employers support child care out of their own organizational self-interest, the implication of their support for women's occupational advancement is not insignificant.

Studying Library Technicians’ Professional Lives Using Life History

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deborah Hicks
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Career Paths ◽  
Professional Lives ◽  
Cycle De Vie ◽  
Other Information ◽  
Organizational Roles ◽  
Life History Methodology

Within the libraries and other information organizations, paraprofessionals have taken on ever more important roles. Given the prominence of paraprofessionals in the LIS workplace, their organizational roles and career paths are understudied. Using life history methodology, this study will address this gap in the LIS literature.Au sein des bibliothèques et autres organismes d’information, les paraprofessionnels assument des rôles de plus en plus importants. Compte tenu du nombre de paraprofessionnels dans le milieu des BSI, leurs rôles organisationnels et leurs plans de carrières demeurent sous étudies. À l’aide d’une méthodologie du cycle de vie (life history), cette étude comble un vide dans la littérature des BSI.

scholarly journals Voices at the Top: Learning From Full Professors

2013 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Joyce B. Castle ◽  
Alice Schutz
Keyword(s):  
Academic Life ◽  
Full Professor ◽  
Professional Lives ◽  
Career Stage ◽  
Specific Group ◽  
University Professors ◽  
Recent Interest ◽  
Lack Of Information

The lack of information on the professoriate has led to a recent interest in exploring the personal and professional lives of members of the academy. We report here on a study investigating the thinking of one specific group of university professors--those who have reached final career stage and achieved full professor rank. Interviews with 14 full professors in one Canadian university provided insights into how the variable of rank impacted their thinking and work. The themes that emerged offered lessons for others about academic life.

scholarly journals A mixed-methods study of challenges and benefits of clinical academic careers for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals

BMJ Open ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (10) ◽  
pp. e030595 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diane Trusson ◽  
Emma Rowley ◽  
Louise Bramley
Keyword(s):  
Health Professionals ◽  
Personal Development ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Allied Health ◽  
Academic Career ◽  
Allied Health Professionals ◽  
Clinical Role ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Academic Study

ObjectivesThe clinical academic trajectory for doctors and dentists is well-established, with research embedded in their career development. Recent years have also seen a burgeoning interest and push for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals (NMAHPs) to pursue a clinical academic career. However, the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) 10-year review suggested that there may be problems with progression post Master’s degree level for this group, with nurses and midwives receiving less NIHR funding than allied health professionals. This study responds to these concerns, tracking the progression and exploring experiences of NMAHPs in the East Midlands region of England.DesignAn online survey and in-depth interviews were used to capture a wide range of experiences.Participants67 NMAHPs who were pursuing a clinical academic career were surveyed, supplemented by 16 semi-structured in-depth interviews.ResultsThree themes emerged during data analysis: Embarking on a clinical academic career, overcoming barriers and benefits.ConclusionsNMAHPs are motivated to pursue a clinical academic career by a drive to improve services for the benefit of patients and the National Health Service more widely, as well as for personal development and career progression. People working in these roles have opportunities to explore possible solutions to issues that they encounter in their clinical role through academic study. Findings reveal benefits emanating from the individual level through to (inter)national levels, therefore academic study should be encouraged and supported. However, investment is needed to establish more clinical academic roles to enable NMAHPs to continue to use their experience and expertise post-PhD, otherwise the full extent of their value will not be recognised.

Pursuing Careers Inside or Outside Academia? Factors Associated With Doctoral Students’ Career Decision Making

2020 ◽  
pp. 089484532090796
Author(s):  
Gaeun Seo ◽  
Joonkil Ahn ◽  
Wen-Hao Huang ◽  
Julia P. Makela ◽  
HyeJin T. Yeo
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Doctoral Students ◽  
Career Paths ◽  
Social Cognitive ◽  
Academic Career ◽  
Career Decision ◽  
Career Decision Making ◽  
Career Experiences ◽  
Career Support ◽  
Career Needs

A lack of empirical research on career decision-making experience of doctoral students prevents them from developing relevant career competencies to achieve desired career goals. Understanding career experiences and diverse career needs of doctoral students is crucial to better prepare them for varied career paths inside and outside academia. Grounded in social cognitive career theory’s career self-management model, we investigated the association of the personal and contextual factors of doctoral students with their career decision making. To gain a comprehensive understanding of career choices of doctoral students, comparisons are made between academic and beyond academic career groups. Data were collected from 313 doctoral candidates from a research-oriented public university located in the U.S. Midwest. The results of logistic regression analysis show significant associations between career support, marital status, and major and career choice of doctoral students. Implications for graduate education to support doctoral students for diverse career paths are discussed.

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