Belonging, gender and identity in the doctoral years : across time and space / / Rachel Handforth

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910633912003321
• Autore: Handforth Rachel
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cham, Switzerland : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2022]; ©2022
• ISBN: 9783031119507; 9783031119491
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (292 pages)
• Collana: Palgrave studies in gender and education
• Disciplina: 378.2
• Soggetti: Women doctoral students; Doctorands; Dones; Llibres electrònics; Gran Bretanya
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- 1: Academic Identities and Imagined Futures: Women's Doctoral Journeys -- Introduction -- The Doctorate as an Inherently Gendered Experience -- Developing Academic Identities -- The PhD and Beyond: Imagining Post-doctoral Careers -- Introducing the Study: Approach to Research -- Why Belonging? -- Structure of the Book -- Introducing the Participants -- References -- 2: Theorising Gender and Belonging in the (Early Career) Academy -- Women in the Academy: Still Outsiders? -- Theorising Belonging and Considering Legitimacy -- Belonging to Academic Communities: The Role of Disciplines and Departments -- Belonging Within Academic Cultures -- Belonging as Doctoral Students -- Feeling 'Other' in the Academy: Considering the Implications of Not Belonging -- Women in STEM: Restoryings of Participants' Doctoral Journeys -- Harriet -- Jane -- Antonia -- Pepper -- References -- 3: Contesting Power Structures: Encountering Gatekeepers to Belonging in STEM -- Studying for a Doctorate in STEM -- Gendered Disciplines: Perceptions of Women Engineers -- Being ; Positioned as 'Other': Gendered Academic Cultures and Belonging -- Power in Supervisory Relationships: Negotiating and Resisting Expectations -- Navigating Academic STEM Culture: Imagining Non-academic Futures -- Summary -- Women in Health and Related Sciences: Restoryings of Participants' Doctoral Journeys -- Jessie -- Sally -- Liz -- References -- 4: Negotiating Legitimacy: Struggles and Strategies for Feeling Belonging in Health and Related Sciences -- Studying for a Doctorate in Health and Related Sciences -- Struggling to Belong: The Liminal Status of Doctoral Students -- Gendered Experiences of Supervision -- Conflicting Personal and Academic Values -- Resisting the Pressure to Publish: Implications for Well-Being -- Summary.; Women in the Humanities and Social Sciences: Restoryings of Participants' Doctoral Journeys -- Martina -- Chloe -- Freija -- Bella -- Eleanor -- References -- 5: Navigating Belonging Within Academic Spaces: Traversing Territories in the Humanities and Social Sciences -- Studying for a Doctorate in the Humanities and Social Sciences -- Access to Institutional Workspaces and Feeling Belonging -- Negotiating Belonging Within Physical Workspaces -- Imagining Future Belonging: Witnessing Gendered Careers -- Summary -- References -- 6: Reflecting on Women Doctoral Students' Belonging: Struggles, Strategies and Successes -- Sites of Belonging for Women Doctoral Students -- Belonging Within Institutional Spaces -- Belonging Within Disciplines -- Belonging within Departmental Communities -- Belonging in Everyday Academic Spaces -- Claiming Legitimacy and Developing Strategies for Belonging -- Post-PhD Futures: Considering Long-Term Belonging in Academia -- Implications of (Not) Belonging for Individuals, Identities, Institutions and the Sector -- References -- 7: Facilitating Belonging and Academic Identities: Addressing Barriers Faced by Women Doctoral Students -- Addressing Barriers to Belonging: Institutional Responsibilities -- Facilitating Academic Identities: Creating Inclusive Academic Cultures -- Thinking to the Future: Disciplinary and Departmental Strategies to Support Belonging -- Final Thoughts -- References -- Index.