This study focuses on two early career academics learning their way into university teaching. Their narratives of learning to teach in the Canadian university system highlight the intersectionality of university neoliberal core values and the female experience. Using a comparative case study framework for analysis, this small qualitative study's…

Universities are expected to strive for excellence but also for gender balance. Narrow interpretations of excellence in universities hinder women's advancement in academia. In this paper, we ask if there are ways that these policies may be reconciled. Excellence is an "empty signifier" that must be filled with meaning. We have…

Climbing the ladder of institutional prestige is often promoted by leaders and policymakers in higher education, but there may be trade-offs associated with striving for status. This study examines the impact of Texas's National Research University Fund (NRUF), which uses financial incentives to support institutions' pursuit of prestige, on the…

Purpose: This paper examines the experiences of a team of female academics (teaching a large cohort of undergraduate students) and the coping mechanisms used to combat the challenges they confront in the Australian higher education sector. Design/methodology/approach: Using a reflective autoethnographic method and strengths perspective, the…

In this case study, I discuss my use of the life history approach to investigate the experience of women academics in Saudi Arabia's higher education system. I introduce the elements of the life history approach and argue for its value for empowering women. I start by explaining the steps I followed in applying this approach to my inquiry. I…

This qualitative study explored a targeted recruitment initiative that was designed to attract and recruit female academic staff in STEM disciplines at an Australian University. Semi-structured, one-on-one interviews were conducted with female and male key informants: 16 Panel Members and six Applicants. Codebook Thematic Analysis was applied…

Women of color (WoC) continue to be underrepresented in engineering programs across the United States. Many scholarly reports on faculty demographic characteristics do not provide measures regarding the representation of WoC faculty due to data reporting restrictions or lack of relevant data. Using 14 years of data from the American Society for…

This paper explores, from a practical perspective, the role, and potential outcomes of the "We Hear, We Speak" (WHWS) learning community in supporting international women faculty and promoting their personal and professional growth. Grounded in the principles of relational cultural theory (RCT), the WHWS community embodies the core…

In this essay, the authors who identify as Women of Color (a Chicana, a Latina, and a Southeast Asian woman, respectively) faculty theorize their experiences with white resistance when teaching about race and racism in higher education. Drawing from Critical Race Theory, we merge our collective experiences of teaching about race into a composite…

Although Eastern Canadian liberal arts universities are portrayed as progressive work environments that cultivate inclusivity and diversity, the corporatisation of these public spaces has transformed them from institutions that once encouraged pluralism and acceptance among all social groups to spaces that unevenly distribute privileges among…

This research explores the experiences of White counselor educator mentors (WCEM) for female counselor educators (FCE) of a different culture. The purpose of this study is to give voice to WCEM in the cross-cultural mentorship relationship. Further, it benefits those who may engage in cross-cultural mentorship in higher education while adhering to…

This article explores how women full professors engage in practices of "rebusque" to try to offer conditions that can allow their students to conduct academic research. Thanks to the efforts of the professors, these students can finish their degrees despite the prevalent precarity and scarcity of government funds in Colombia. Mainly…

This paper examines women scientists' participation in Knowledge Exchange (KE) with nonacademic actors. We compare three KE types --informal engagement, formal engagement and commercialization-- and find significant differences in participation depending on type. In informal engagement, women and men participate equally, but women participate less…

Women make up the majority of degree earners and a majority of those teaching at higher education institutions. Yet, women are not advancing to the highest ranks. How female faculty receive credit for the work that they do make account for the discrepancy in women advancing to the highest ranks. This single institution convergent mixed methods…

While Sada Harbarger is primarily known as the author of the first genre-based technical communication textbook, 1923's "English For Engineers," I argue through extensive archival materials that her innovative conferencing with engineering students and interdisciplinary writing efforts, rather, drove her interwar success at Ohio State.…