Academic careers of immigrant women professors in the U.S

The article draws on the narratives of 34 immigrant women professors from 22 different countries who teach in a major research university in the U.S. First, the article presents immigrant women professors' voices of experiencing traditional academic activities in terms of teaching, research, an...

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Published in:Higher education 2007-06, Vol.53 (6), p.697-738
Main Author: Skachkova, Penka
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academia
Academic careers
Arbeitskraft
Ausland
Berufstätigkeit
Careers
College faculty
Educational sociology
Emigrant
Ethnicity
Families & family life
Family Work Relationship
Feminism
Forschung
Frau
Higher education
Hochschullehrer
Immigrants
International students
Men
Narratives
Narrators
Noncitizens
Occupations
Professors
Research Universities
Social Environment
Social sciences
Teaching
U.S.A
Universities
Vereinigte Staaten
Wissenschaft
Women
Women Faculty
Women's studies
Work Experience
Working women
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Summary:The article draws on the narratives of 34 immigrant women professors from 22 different countries who teach in a major research university in the U.S. First, the article presents immigrant women professors' voices of experiencing traditional academic activities in terms of teaching, research, and administration/service. Second, the paper voices women's stories of social climate prevailing in their departments and institutions that affects their academic careers. Third, the article narrates women's expressions of their efforts to balance academic life and family life. (HRK / Abstract übernommen).
ISSN:0018-1560
1573-174X
DOI:10.1007/s10734-005-1976-4