Last week, the New York Times reported that women are making gains at Harvard, five years after former Harvard President Lawrence Summers made some ill-advised remarks about women that eventually led to his resignation. NYTimes reporter Tamar Lewin describes some of the changes that Harvard has made to recruit more women faculty members, such as: A task force on women in science Improved childcare facilities Grants to help junior faculty pay for childcare on research trips Lewin also notes that Harvard … [Read more...] about How Can We Encourage Women in the Academy?
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Children, universities, and hard decisions
Tomorrow, I'm leaving for our Midwest Faculty Conference, featuring John Sommerville as our plenary speaker. (Check out my quick review of his book, The Decline of the Secular University, as well as his latest essay in the Chronicle, "Universities Are Corporatized Because They Are Secularized".) Since starting these summer faculty conferences a few years ago, we've tried to make them times of refreshment - for both faculty and their entire family. Our planning team even coined a new word for these events - … [Read more...] about Children, universities, and hard decisions
Deadline for CAR Global Project is April 1st
The deadline is April 1 to apply for an incredible short-term missions trip with The Well and InterVarsity Global Projects. A group of women faculty has been invited to the University of Bangui in the Central African Republic to facilitate workshops and research on how to increase the number of women accessing higher learning (currently only 10%), hold English conversation classes, and encourage Christian students on campus. This is an excellent way to use your academic expertise to serve women and Christians in Africa. … [Read more...] about Deadline for CAR Global Project is April 1st
Field Research with Children
Inside Higher Ed spoke with anthropologists at a "Mothering (in) the Field" panel discussion at the recent American Anthropological Association annual meeting. The topic: how do they conduct their fieldwork and be mothers at the same time? It's an interesting article, with lots of great quotes. So, how do you balance your research commitments with your commitments as a mother or father? … [Read more...] about Field Research with Children