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Women and the Challenge of STEM Professions

Patricia Arredondo, Marie L. Miville, Christina M. Capodilupo, Tatiana Vera
pThis eye-opening book identifies factors that impede the success of women in STEM professions and demonstrates the negative impact of sexual harassment on women's physical health, mental health, and job performance. Focusing specifically on the narratives of women in higher education, the authors illuminate the structural and systemic barriers facing women working as graduate students, faculty, and administrators. Drawing on insights from the #metoo and #timesup movements as well as the Brett Kavanaugh Senate hearings, this book:/pp/pulliProvides real-life narratives of women from diverse cultural backgrounds and gender identities struggling in unhealthy workplace environments/liliValidates women working in STEM fields who feel isolated in workplaces of hostility, marginalization, and invalidation/liliCelebrates the achievements of women who negotiate and achieve success amid workplace hostilities/liliRecommends specific practices women can engage and employers can apply to ensure women's safety and career prosperity/li/ulp/pp/ppiWomen in STEM: Leaving, Persisting, and Thriving/ii /iwill be an insightful reference for professional women in the social sciences and STEM fields, professional psychological associations, administrators working in higher education, and employers of women in STEM in particular./p
Autor: Arredondo, Patricia Miville, Marie L. Capodilupo, Christina M. Vera, Tatiana
EAN: 9783030774264
Sprache: Englisch
Seitenzahl: 300
Produktart: Gebunden
Verlag: Springer Springer, Berlin Springer International Publishing
Untertitel: Thriving in a Chilly Climate
Schlagworte: Sexual harassment and assault #metoo movement #timesup movement sexual harassment in academia women in STEM STEM women's work equality women in academia feminism exclusion in STEM marginalization of women sexual harassment sexual assault higher education employment women in the workplace National Academy of Sciences
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