Academic Women

Michelle Ronksley-Pavia is Lecturer in Professional Experience and Special and Inclusive Education in the School of Education and Professional Studies at Griffith University, Australia.Michelle M. Neumann is Associate Professor at Southern Cross University, Australia.Jane Manakil is Senior Lecturer in the School of Dentistry and Oral Health at Griffith University, Australia.Kelly Pickard-Smith is Researcher Developer in the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Manchester, UK.

A comprehensive overview of the wide-ranging experiences of women in academia. It includes viewpoints that to date have been too often silenced, and so presents refreshing accounts of different women’s experiences in academia employing an intersectional lens from all over the globe. Whilst similar barriers and difficulties are documented and charted, unexpected spaces of solidarity and resistances to patriarchy are also documented. This book helps to create a dialogue around an inclusive academia, that aims to reclaim academia for those that do not fit into stereotypical image of a white, middle-aged professor.

• Introduction: Gendered Narrative Experiences of Women in Academia, Michelle Ronksley-Pavia (Griffith University, Australia), Michelle M. Neumann (Southern Cross University, Australia), Jane Manakil (Griffith University, Australia) and Kelly Pickard-Smith (University of Manchester, UK)1. Concepts and Perceptions of Gendered Women’s Experiences in Academia, Michelle Ronksley-Pavia (Griffith University, Australia), Michelle M. Neumann (Southern Cross University, Australia), Kelly Pickard-Smith (University of Manchester, UK) and Jane Manakil (Griffith University, Australia)2. The Caring Coven: Sensing In- And Out-Of-Placeness in Masculinist, Neoliberal Academia, Ea Høg Utoft (Aarhus University, Denmark) and Marianne Kongerslev (Aalborg University, Denmark)3. Collective Feminist Resistance and Agitation From Within Australian Universities - Slaying the Dragon, Gail Crimmins (University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia), Sarah Casey (University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia), Joanna McIntyre (Swinburne University of Technology, Australia), Genine Hook (University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia) and Trevor Gates (University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia)4. Experience of Bangladeshi Women Academics in a Neoliberal World - Return From Study Abroad, Rumana Hossain (University of Leeds, UK, and Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh)5. Exploring Black Women Academics’ Experiences in English Universities Using Critical Race Theory, Janice Johnson (Coventry University, UK), Christina Schwabenland (University of Bedfordshire, UK) and Uvanney Maylor (University of Bedfordshire, UK)6. Bias against Women Academics in Student Evaluations of Teaching: Tarring and Feathering in Academia, Michelle Ronksley-Pavia (Griffith University, Australia)7. Challenges for Chinese Women Ph.D. Students in the United States of America - The New Foot-binding Cloth, Jackie (Jinfang) Liu (University of Minnesota, USA)8. Gender Inequality in the Higher Education Workplace: Demanding a Seat at an Antiquated Table, Rebekah Bray (Eastern Washington University, USA) and Shelly Shaffer (Eastern Washington University, USA)9. A Joint Autoethnographic Account of Two Young Women in Academia: On Overcoming Imposter Syndrome, Catherine Wilkinson (Liverpool John Moores University, UK) and Samantha Wilkinson (Manchester Metropolitan University, UK)10. Women in Supramolecular Chemistry– Narratives of Resilience and Community Building in a Gender-Constrained Field, Jennifer Leigh (University of Kent, UK), Jennifer Hiscock (University of Kent, UK), Anna McConnell (Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Germany), Cally Haynes (University College London, UK), Claudia Caltagirone (Universita di Cagliari, Italy), Marion Kieffer (University of Bristol, UK), Emily Draper (University of Glasgow, UK), Anna Slater (Univeristy of Liverpool, UK), Larissa von Krbek (University of Bonn, Germany), Kristin Hitchins (Texas Tech University, USA), Davita Watkins (University of Mississippi, USA), Natalie Busschaert (Tulane University, USA), Kate Jolliffe (University of Sydney, Australia), and Michaele Hardie (University of Leeds, UK)11. Feminist Online Communities: The Story of the Women in Academia Support Network (WIASN) – a Tale of Resistance and Online Activism, Kelly Pickard-Smith (University of Manchester, UK) , Eleonora Belfiore (Loughborough University, UK) and Amy Bonsall (University of Manchester, UK)12. Three Female Academics Discuss Gender Issues and Sustainability: A Water Engineer, a Consumer Psychologist and a Science Educator Walk Into a Bar…, Alison Sammel (Canada), Lisa Watson (Athabasca University, Canada) and Dena McMartin (University of Lethbridge, Canada)Conclusion: Cogent Themes From Women’s Gendered Experiences in Academia, Michelle Ronksley-Pavia (Griffith University, Australia), Kelly Pickard-Smith (University of Manchester, UK) Michelle M. Neumann (Southern Cross University, Australia) and Jane Manakil (Griffith University, Australia)Index