Critical Reflections and Politics on Advancing Women in the Academy: 9781799836186: Social Sciences & Humanities Books

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ISBN13: 9781799836186

ISBN13 Softcover: 9781799836193

EISBN13: 9781799836209

DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-3618-6

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Women in the Academy are raising issues of pay parity, equal representation on committees, increased leadership positions, stories of resilience, and mentorship espousing changes at all levels including teaching, research, and administration. These strategies demand interrogation, and larger questions are being asked about the place of women empowerment worldviews in the dominant intellectual traditions of the Academy. Further, the trend to make changes requires an exploration of new transformational approaches that draw on critical theory to resist discrimination, sexism, and racism and support resistance and sustainable empowerment strategies.

Critical Reflections and Politics on Advancing Women in the Academy is a critical scholarly publication that seeks to make the Academy responsive and inclusive for women advancement and sustainable empowerment strategies by broadening the understanding of why women in the Academy are overlooked in leadership positions, why there is a pay parity deficit, and what is being done to change the situation. Featuring a wide range of topics such as mentorship, curriculum design, and equality, this book is ideal for policymakers, academicians, deans, provosts, chancellors, administrators, researchers, and students.

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The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:

Administrative Advancement
Curriculum Design
Equality
Higher Education
Management Science
Mentorship
Pedagogy
Sexism
STEM Education
Women Leadership

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"The book is representative of a diversity of women and roles within postsecondary education with contributions from various parts of the world. The book clearly demonstrates the common experiences of women in the academy wherever they are situated...Critical Reflections on Advancing Women in the Academy is a must-read for anyone currently leading, working, or learning in post-secondary education."

– Prof. Anne-Marie Mawhiney, Laurentian University, Canada

"I highly recommend this book. It is engaging, accessible, and wide-ranging. The book addresses issues of systemic racism and sexism in academia, including science, sport, social media, and university governance with contributors drawn from Canada, the United States, New Zealand and Australia. The authors ground their chapters in relevant scholarship, while they provide deeply personal stories about their successes and the challenges they face."

– Prof. Linda Ambrose, Laurentian University, Canada

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Taima Moeke-Pickering is a Maori of the Ngati Pukeko and Tuhoe tribes. She is a full professor and Director in the School of Indigenous Relations at Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario where she teaches courses on Indigenous research methodologies, international indigenous issues, and United Nations and Indigenous social work. Her Ph.D. used a decolonizing methodology to evaluate Indigenous-based programs. Dr. Moeke-Pickering is an author of numerous articles dedicated to promoting Decolonization strategies, social change and Indigenous wellbeing. She has extensive experience working with international Indigenous communities, women empowerment, evaluative research, big data analysis, and photovoice methodologies. She is co-editor of the books Decolonizing & Indigenizing Education in Canada (2020); Perspectives on Indigenous Pedagogy in Education: Learning from one another (2023) and lead editor for the book Critical Reflections and Politics for Advancing Women in the Academy (2020).

Sheila Cote-Meek spirit name is Tobacco woman; she comes from the Bear Clan and from the people of the deep water. Sheila has worked in higher education in both the college and university systems as well as the tribal higher education system. She has a deep passion for mobilizing systemic and transformative change so that they are more aligned with the goals of Indigenous peoples’ aspirations. Boozhoo, Kwe kwe, Semaa Kwe ndishnikaaz, Mukwa dodem, Teme-Augama Anishinabai.

Ann Pegoraro is a full Professor in the School of Human Kinetics in the Faculty of Health at Laurentian University and an Adjunct Professor in Communication Studies at Huntington University. A holder of B.A., MBA, and PhD degrees, Ann is also the Director of the Institute for Sport Marketing, a research center at Laurentian. Dr. Pegoraro’s PhD studies were in Higher Education Leadership and Administration and her PhD dissertation was published as a book in this field. She is an active researcher, who has presented at international conferences and published in refereed management journals in the areas of digital media, marketing, communications, and sport management. Her research primarily focuses on communication and marketing with a focus on the digital world.

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