Ch. 10: Women Sociologists and the Question of Inclusion in the Academy
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This chapter appears in the book, Disrupting the Culture of Silence: Confronting Gender Inequality and Making Change in Higher Education. Edited by Kristine De Welde and Andi Stepnick.
Chapter abstract: While women 1 are increasingly represented among college and university faculty, this representation is uneven among organization types, faculty ranks, and disciplines (Fox 2001; Frehill 2006; West and Curtis 2006). Further, women faculty do not seek or receive promotion to full professor at the same rates as men (Thornton 2009). But why? Existing scholarship recognizes differences in family obligations—extending beyond childcare to the care of elderly relatives or partners with health or ability challenges (Bracken, Allen, and Dean 2006; Philipsen 2008). In addition, research points to inequitable distribution of service and teaching obligations at work (Bird, Litt, and Wang 2004; Misra, Lundquist, Holmes, and Agiomavritis 2011; Winslow 2010; see also chapters 4 and 9 of this volume).
ISBN
9781620362181
Publication Date
2015
Publisher
Routledge, part of Taylor & Francis
City
New York
Keywords
Female faculty, Higher education, Faculty workload, Academic advancement
Disciplines
Gender and Sexuality | Higher Education | Sociology
Recommended Citation
Marsh, Kristin, "Ch. 10: Women Sociologists and the Question of Inclusion in the Academy" (2015). Books and Chapters. 22.
https://scholar.umw.edu/hist_amst_books/22