Ages and Stages: Glimpses into the Lives of Women in the Academy [Hardback]

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Ages and Stages: Glimpses into the Lives of Women in the Academy

Terry Novak (Ed.)

by Kathleen Ahrens (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University), Lee Skallerup Bessette (Georgetown University’s Center for New Designs in Learning and Scholarship), Margie Burns (University of Maryland, Baltimore County), Sarah Fisher Davis (Stony Brook University), Melissa Jenkins (Wake Forest University), Nourit Melcer-Padon (The Jerusalem Multidisciplinary Academic College), Terry Novak (Johnson & Wales University), Mariana Past (Dickinson College), Jeanne Marie Rose (Penn State University, Berks), Dana Shiller (Washington & Jefferson College)

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“Ages and Stages” is a compelling and powerful collection about the wide-ranging experiences of women in academia. It sheds light on many important topics, from the challenges facing parents in academia to structural inequities across the profession. It offers a richly detailed combination of research, personal reflection, and practical advice. Ultimately, this book is an act of mentorship and generosity, valuable to all people in higher education.

Prof. Dr. Lisa Propst
Co-Chair, Department of Arts, Culture, and Technology
Coordinator, The Clarkson Seminar
Clarkson University

This is an excellent and timely volume on the important subject of women’s journey in the academia that has not yet received sufficient critical and scholarly attention. Covering a wide range of topics ranging from academic motherhood, stigma or stereotypes in the academy, female department chairpersonship, advice for female novices in the field, to the history in the academy that led us to where we are today, it is interesting to see this collection featuring thoroughly researched articles as well as deeply personal essays. Many female academics in the US may catch a glimpse of themselves in this wide-ranging book that is a recommended read, particularly for women of all ‘ages and stages’ in the academy.

Prof. Dr. Susmita Roye
Department of Languages and Literatures
Delaware State University

'Ages and Stages: A Glimpse into the Lives of Women in the Academy' offers the perspectives of ten women academics, mostly but not exclusively from the United States, who share both their struggles and their successes in the world of higher education. Ranging from graduate students to those nearing retirement, the essay authors aim to write in conversation with one another and to bring readers into the conversation. Readers will find various perspectives on issues unique to women academics—including motherhood, societal expectations, and institutional assumptions—and will discover various methods of navigating the unique challenges of women academics.

Acknowledgements
About the Contributors
Genesis: An Introduction
Terry Novak
Johnson & Wales University
Chapter One
Moving Forward: Leaning on the Journey Metaphor to Advance Your Research-Track Career
Kathleen Ahrens
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Chapter Two
Bad Female Academic: Dismantling how “Professionalism” Stands in for All the Other -isms
Lee Skallerup Bessette
Georgetown University’s Center for New Designs in Learning and Sc... holarship
Chapter Three
“Can’t We Hire a Few Housewives to Teach Composition?”
Margie Burns
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Chapter Four
Laboring as Scholar and Mother
Sarah Fisher Davis
Stony Brook University
Chapter Five
Life Support on the Shelf
Melissa Jenkins
Wake Forest University
Chapter Six
Looking to the Past for the Future
Nourit Melcer-Padon
The Jerusalem Multidisciplinary Academic College
Chapter Seven
Navigating the Ride and Finding Paddles along the Way
Terry Novak
Johnson & Wales University
Chapter Eight
Milestones and Minefields in Academia: Post-Tenure Perspectives
Mariana Past
Dickinson College
Chapter Nine
Just a Phase? Reflections on Long-Term Associate Professorhood
Jeanne Marie Rose
Penn State University, Berks
Chapter Ten
Academic Motherhood 2.0, Or Confessions of a Temporary Dean
Dana Shiller
Washington & Jefferson College
Chapter Eleven
Revelations: A Conclusion
Terry Novak
Johnson & Wales University
Index Show more

Terry Novak, a professor in the English Department at Johnson & Wales University, received her Ph.D. in English from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where she focused on pre-20th-century American women writers, with special emphasis on religion and history. She earned her master’s degree in English from Pepperdine University, where she also engaged in American Studies as a Keck Fellow; she completed her undergraduate work in English at the then single-gender Notre Dame College of Ohio. Novak has taught for 42 years and has been particularly involved in interdisciplinary learning commu... nities work for the last 25 years. Show more

women’s education, mother professors, academic rank