Leading Change in Gender and Diversity in Higher Education from Margins to Mainstream

Anna CohenMiller is Associate Professor at Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan.Tamsin Hinton-Smith is Senior Lecturer in Higher Education at the University of Sussex, UK.Fawzia Haeri Mazanderani is Lecturer in Education at the University of Sussex, UK.Nupur Samuel is Associate Professor at O. P. Jindal Global University, India.

"This volume is an important read for all who care about improving gender equality and social justice in higher education. It sheds useful light on the gendered experiences of students, staff, and faculty with various intersecting aspects of identity in particular cultural contexts. Individually and collectively, the chapters amplify the voices of individuals who are too often marginalized or overlooked in higher education and offer useful insights for higher education leaders, policymakers, researchers, and students who seek to better appreciate diverse perspectives and create inclusive environments where all people can thrive."Laura Perna, Vice Provost for Faculty, GSE Centennial Presidential Professor of Education, Executive Director, Penn AHEAD, University of Pennsylvania"A necessary, timely, and indispensable book! The collection fills a crucial gap in research on gender and leadership in higher education by first imparting perceptive and original research across a diverse range of perspectives and disciplines, and then by applying this knowledge to lived contexts to show how gender equity may be achieved in academe. The book is essential reading for university educators and administrators committed to reimagining and leading change to achieve diversity, equity, inclusion and access, social justice, and sustainability in higher education institutions."Andrea O’Reilly, Professor, School of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies, York University, Canada. Author of Matricentric Feminism: Theory, Activism, Practice (2021)"This is a gem of a book – a huge diversity of scholars tackling the complex issues of inequity of higher education from a range of perspectives and approaches, with intersectionality and post/decolonisation of higher education cultures and practices at the forefront."Barbara Read, Reader, Gender and Social Inequalities School of Education,University of Glasgow"Leading Change in Gender and Diversity in Higher Education From Margins to Mainstream offers a much-needed contribution to the scholarship on gender equity in higher education. Its main strength is the diversity of perspectives and countries represented; from Australia to Cambodia and from Nigeria to India, the chapter authors each consider how gender is reproduced and sometimes resisted in different contexts. In doing so, the authors contribute to the book’s overarching goal: to consider how social justice and gender equity might be furthered in creating space for marginalized groups’ empowerment."Margaret Sallee, Associate Professor, Educational Leadership and Policy, Graduate School of Education, University of Buffalo

• IntroductionSection 1: Student Recruitment and Retention1 De/Centring Gender in Higher Education Access Policy – Lived Experiences of Admission Practices in Nigeria Jennifer Jomafuvwe Agbaire2 Marginalized Masculinities in Australian Higher Education: Gendered Subjectivities, Discursive Spaces and First-in-Family Men Being and Becoming at UniversityGarth Stahl and Sarah McDonald3 Gendered Precarity, Intersectionality and Barriers to Higher Education for Women Seeking Asylum in Australia Lisa Hartley, Rebecca Field, Babar, Fatema, Atefeh, Rachel Burke, and Sally BakerIn-Dialogue Editorial: Student Recruitment and Retention – Problematising Student Access and Participation in International Contexts:Intersectional Identities, Capitals, Prejudice and RisksTamsin Hinton-SmithSection 2: Student Experience4 Responding to the Needs of Women Students with Caring Responsibilities in NigeriaCharlotte Morris, Rachel Masika, Chinyere Nwajiuba , Chinwe Victoria Ogunji, and Zibah Nwako5 Resources and Support Services for Students with Albinism in Tanzanian Higher Education Rose Rutagemwa Kiishweko6 Gender and Higher Education in Nursing: Experiences of Male Nursing Trainees in Ghana Isaac Mensah Boafo and Sylvia Esther GyanIn-Dialogue Editorial: Student Experience in Higher Education Fawzia MazanderaniSection 3: Faculty/Staff Experience7 Outsiders Reflecting on Invisible Institutional Gender Norms Nettie Boivin, Judit Háhn, and Shomaila Sadaf8 Gender, Precarity and Marginality in Higher Education Spaces in IndiaNupur Samuel and Umasankar Patra9 Centering Voices of Motherscholars during the COVID-19 Pandemic shows Overwhelming Responsibilities, Ingrained Gender Roles, and Blurred Boundaries Anna CohenMiller and Jessica Leveto10 Decolonising "Those Who Are Not" in Polish Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) Maria Cywińska, Katarzyna Górak-Sosnowska, and Urszula Markowska-ManistaIn-Dialogue Editorial: Responding to Invisibility in Higher Education Institutions with Purposeful Collaboration, Cooperation, and Collegiality to Improve Equity, Inclusion, and Access Anna CohenMillerSection 4: Higher Education Cultures of Teaching and Research11 Making Higher Education Institutions Gender-Sensitive: Visions and Voices from the Indian Education System Debdatta Chowdhury12 Co-Creating Cross-Cultural Approaches to Gender Mainstreaming in Higher Education: Experiences and Challenges in Developing an Interdisciplinary, International Feminist Knowledge-Exchange Research Approach Tamsin Hinton Smith, Fawzia Mazanderani, Nupur Samuel, and Anna CohenMiller13 Improving Gender Diversity in STEM through an Inclusive Professional Framework Stephanie Knezz, Donald L. Gillian-Daniel, Claudia Irene Calderón, April Dukes, Robin Greenler, and Louis Macias14 Feminist Perspectives for the Co-Decolonization of Gender Equality in Cambodian Higher Education Rothsophal Nguon, Samphors Mech, Kimkanika Ung, Kelly Grace and Whitney Szmodis In-Dialogue Editorial: Higher Education Cultures of Teaching and Research Nupur Samuel