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Record Nr.

UNINA9910633912003321

Autore

Handforth Rachel

Titolo

Belonging, Gender and Identity in the Doctoral Years : Across Time and Space / / by Rachel Handforth

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2022

ISBN

9783031119507

9783031119491

Edizione

[1st ed. 2022.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (292 pages)

Collana

Palgrave Studies in Gender and Education, , 2524-6453

Disciplina

378.2

378.20820941

Soggetti

Education, Higher

Educational sociology

Sex

Psychology

Higher Education

Sociology of Education

Gender Studies

Behavioral Sciences and Psychology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1- Academic Identities and Imagined Futures: Women’s doctoral journeys  -- 2- Theorising Gender and Belonging in the Academy -- 3- Navigating belonging within academic spaces: Traversing territories in the humanities and social sciences -- 4- Negotiating legitimacy: Struggles and strategies for belonging in health and related sciences -- 5- Contesting power structures: Encountering gatekeepers to belonging in the sciences -- 6- Implications of (not) belonging: for individuals, identities, institutions and the sector -- 7- Facilitating belonging and academic identities: Addressing barriers faced by women doctoral students -- 8- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

"Despite years of recognition of leaky pipelines and glass ceilings, women doctoral researchers still face a myriad of obstacles. Given old barriers and new uncertainties, a fragile balance of probabilities



predicts whether these scholars have either the opportunity or the desire to enter a post-PhD academic career. Creating a framework based on the compelling concept of belonging, Rachel Handforth produces a refreshingly original analysis of the narratives of women in three broad and contrasting subject fields who are struggling to feel at home in the academy." - Sandra Acker, Professor Emerita, Department of Social Justice Education, University of Toronto, Canada This book uses belonging as a lens through which to understand women students’ experiences of studying for a doctorate, exploring the impact of academic cultures on career aspirations. Drawing on discourses of neoliberalism and academic identities, it makes a valuable contribution to ongoing discussions of gender inequality in the academy. Based on data gathered from women doctoral students in the UK, this book offers a contemporary, research-informed understanding of the doctorate as an inherently gendered experience, which has implications for individuals, academic institutions, and for the future of the academic sector. The book will be of interest to academics working in the area of doctoral education, doctoral supervisors and those involved in doctoral student support, including researcher developers and individuals working in graduate schools, as well as doctoral students themselves. Dr. Rachel Handforth is currently Research and Evaluation Project Manager at the Careers Research and Advisory Centre and works on the Vitae programme. She is also an Associate Lecturer at Sheffield Hallam University, UK.