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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789579403321

Titolo

Women's retreat : voices of female faculty in higher education / / edited by Atsuko Seto and Mary Alice Bruce

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : University Press Of America, , 2013

ISBN

0-7618-6114-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (270 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SetoAtsuko

BruceMary Alice

Disciplina

378.0082

Soggetti

Women college teachers - United States

Women in education - United States

Universities and colleges - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographies and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Section One: Career Development; Chapter 1. Parallel Play at the Mad Hatter's Tea House: Writing-In-Relation; Chapter 2. Passionate About Teaching; Chapter 3. A Photograph of Women in Academe: ""Dr. Mom""; Chapter 4. Mentoring: Authentic Connections and Pathways; Section Two: Balancing Personal and Professional Life; Chapter 5. Dancing Backward in High Heels: Balancing Traditionally Male Academia within Feminine Life; Chapter 6. Professional Expectations and Partnership: Perspectives from the Beginning, Middle, and End

Chapter 7. Can You Have It All? The Competing Worlds of Women Balancing Motherhood With an Academic Career in Counselor EducationChapter 8. Balancing Personal Life and Career; Chapter 9. Living in Two Worlds: Personal Perspectives in the Long-Distance Commuter Relationship; Section Three: Cultural and Individual Identity; Chapter 10. Transitions: A Woman on the Move!; Chapter 11. Fostering lnclusivity in Counselor Education for Culturally Diverse Women; Chapter 12. Leaving Home: Relationships and Experiences of a Lifetime; Chapter 13. An Agnostic in Full Bloom; Section Four: Spirituality

Chapter 14. Centrality of the Relationship in Counselor Education: Our Clients, Our Students, OurselvesChapter 15. Weaving a Life Fabric-Faith, Family, and Career; Chapter 16. Soul Work: Who Am I? What Do I



Stand For? Where Am I Going?; Index; About the Authors

Sommario/riassunto

This book offers inspiration and support to female faculty members in higher education who are at various stages of their professional development. Twenty-four educators share both their intuitive voices and practical knowledge on the topics of career development, balancing personal and professional life, cultural and individual identity, and spirituality.