Alliances for advancing academic women : : guidelines for collaborating in STEM fields / / edited by Penny J. Gilmer, Berrin Tansel and Michelle Hughes Miller.

• Superior document: Bold Visions in Educational Research ; Volume 39
• TeilnehmendeR: Gilmer, Penny J.,; Tansel, Berrin,; Miller, Michelle Hughes,
• Place / Publishing House: Rotterdam, Netherlands : : Sense Publishers,, 2014.; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Edition: 1st ed. 2014.
• Language: English
• Series: Bold visions in educational research ; Volume 39.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (228 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

This unique book provides important guidelines and examples of ways STEM (e.g., science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) faculty and administration can collaborate towards goals of recruiting, mentoring, and promoting leadership to academic women faculty. Based on the experiences of faculty across five Florida universities, including one national laboratory, each chapter highlights one aspect of a multi-institutional collaboration on an NSF ADVANCE-PAID grant dedicated to achieving these three goals. Highlighting the importance of coordination, integration, and flexibility, each chapter details strategies and challenges of establishing a multi-site collaboration, assessing climate in STEM departments, addressing differential institutional readiness and infrastructure, and implementing change. The authors suggest ways to build on intrainstitutional strengths through interinstitutional activities, including shared workshops, research, and materials. Separate chapters focus on recruiting women into STEM departments, mentoring women faculty, and providing leadership opportunities to women. A theoretical chapter includes Cultural historical activity theory as a lens for examining the alliances’ activities and evaluation data. Other chapters present research on women STEM faculty, contributing insights about STEM women’s sense of isolation. Chapters include a reflective metalogue written by a social scientist. The book closes with lessons learned from this collaboration.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Penny J. Gilmer , Berrin Tansel and Michelle Hughes Miller -- Deciding to Collaborate and Selecting our STEM Project / Penny J. Gilmer and Kathryn M. Borman Professor Emerita of Anthropology -- Metalogue / Michelle Hughes Miller Associate Professor -- Focusing Collaborative Activities for Women STEM Faculty / Berrin Tansel Professor -- Metalogue / Michelle Hughes Miller Associate Professor -- Collaborating with STEM Faculty Across the Team / Penny J. Gilmer and Vanessa Martinez -- Metalogue / Michelle Hughes Miller Associate Professor -- Analyzing STEM Faculty Demographics and Faculty Climate Survey / Vanessa Martinez , Michelle Hughes Miller Associate Professor and Will Tyson Associate Professor -- Metalogue / Michelle Hughes Miller Associate Professor -- Assessing Academic STEM Women’s Sense of Isolation in the Workplace / Chrystal A. S. Smith -- Metalogue / Michelle Hughes Miller Associate Professor -- Recruiting Women STEM Faculty / Eva C. Fernandez , Dragana Popović and Penny J. Gilmer -- Metalogue / Michelle Hughes Miller Associate Professor -- Mentoring Women STEM Faculty / Sylvia W. Thomas Associate Professor -- Metalogue / Michelle Hughes Miller Associate Professor -- Developing Academic Women Leaders in STEM / Penny J. Gilmer , Garnett S. Stokes and Karen A. Holbrook -- Metalogue / Michelle Hughes Miller Associate Professor -- Learning through Collaboration / Chrystal A. S. Smith and Sylvia W. Thomas Associate Professor -- Biographical Sketches of Authors / Penny J. Gilmer , Berrin Tansel and Michelle Hughes Miller -- Index / Penny J. Gilmer , Berrin Tansel and Michelle Hughes Miller.