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Selected Bibliography on Women Faculty Issues

Balancing Workload

Cramer E. and J. Boyd. 1995. The tenure track and the parent track: a road guide. Wilson Library Journal 69:41-2.

Didion C. Jay. 1995. Dual careers and shared positions.  College of Science Teaching Journal 26:124-4.

Graves-Colquhoun K. M. Sex-role orientation and coping strategies:  a closer look at burn out within academia.  Dissertation abstracts International 31-03: 1385.

Park S.M. 1996. Research, teaching and service: why shouldn’t women’s work count? The Journal of Higher Education (Columbus, Ohio) 67:46-84.

Talbert-Hersi D.E. The impact of chronic job stresses and work support on job satisfaction for women in higher education: A communication climate study (women educators). Dissertation Abstracts International 55-10A: 3332.

Twale D.J. and Shannon D.M. 1996. Gender differences among faculty in campus governance: nature of involvement, satisfaction, and power. Initiatives (Washington, D.C.) 57:4:11-19.

Wilson R. 1995. Scheduling motherhood. The Chronicle of Higher Education 41:A-14-15.

General

1995. Women in science. Academe 82:57-65.

Mentoring

Henry J.C. Stockdale M.S. Hall M. 1994. A formal mentoring program for junior female A formal mentoring program for junior female faculty: description and evaluation faculty: description and evaluation. Initiatives (Washington, D.C.) 56:2:37-45.

Wunsch M.A. 1994. Giving structure to experience: mentoring strategies for women faculty. Initiatives (Washington, D.C.) 56:1:1-10.

MIT Study

Malveaus J. 1999. The devil is in the discriminating details. Black Issues in Higher Education 16:4:54.

1999. MIT admits to short-changing women faculty. Black Issues in Higher Education 16:4.

Research Profile

Creamer E.G. 1995. The scholarly productivity of women academics. Initiatives (Washington, D.C.) 57:1:1-9.

Salary

1992. Salary-setting practices that unfairly disadvantage women faculty Augmented title: report

approves by Committee W on the Status of Women in the Academic Profession of the American Association of University Professors. Academe 78:32-5.

Hersch J. 1994. Job matching and women’s wage-tenure. Applied Economics 26:3:205(11).

West M.S. 1995. Women faculty: frozen in time. Academe 81:26-9.

Tenure

Cornwell T. 1997. Harvard women in tenure protest. The Times Higher Education Supplement 1282:7.

Davidson J. and Michals D. 1997. The tenure trap. (Includes statistics on tenure and salaries). Working Woman 22:6:36(7).

Dwyer M.M. Patterns of facilitators and barriers to female faculty career progress at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Dissertation Abstracts International 54:04A: 1554.

Gibbons A. 1992. Key issue: tenure (Special Section: Women in Science). Science 255:5050:1386(2).

Gold P.S. 1998. Giving advice to women in academe: where ‘Ms. Mentor’ goes wrong. The Chronicle of Higher Education 44:34:B7.

Leatherman C. 1999. $12.7 million judgement in tenure case leaves many academic experts stuned. The Chronicle of Higher Education 45:22:A14 (2).

Magner D.K. 1993. Debate over woman’s tenure continues at Berkeley. The Chronicle of Higher Education 40:9:A16 (1).

Omundson J. S. Mann G.J. 1994. Publication productivity and promotion of accounting faculty women: a comparative study. Journal of Education for Business 70:17-24.

Patt-Colette E. Open gates closed doors: women and academic. Culture (Tenure Faculty). Dissertation Abstracts International 57-03A: 1048.

Rimer S. 1997. Tenure denial to a woman puts Harvard in an uproar; rejection from leader who vows diversity (Senior women faculty and others at Harvard protest college President Neil L. Rudestine’s denial of tenure to published, brilliant scholar, Professor Bonnie Honig, associate professor of political theory). The New York Times 146:A8 (N): A12 (L).

Roworth W. W. 1997. Pandora’s dilemma: some reflections on peer review. Academe 83:35-8.

Ruffins P. 1997. The fall of the house of tenure. Black Issues in Higher Education 14:19-26.

Selvin P. 1991. Does the Harrison case reveal sexism in math? Denied tenure at UC Berkeley, mathematician Jenny Harrison is suing the university for alleged sex discrimination. Science 252:5014:1781(3).

Selvin P. 1993. Jenny Harrison finally gets tenure in math at Berkeley, (University of California Berkeley). Science 261:5119:286(1).

Sternhell C. 1984. The tenure battle; the women who won’t disappear. Ms. Magazine 13:94(5).

Ward K.A. Moving Toward Promotion and Tenure the Socialization Experiences of JuniorWomen. Faculty 56-05A: 1684.

West M.S. 1995. Women faculty: frozen in time. Academe 81:26-9.

Wilson R. 1997. At Harvard, Yale, and Stanford, women lose tenure bids despite backing from departments. (Harvard’s Bonnie Honig, Yale’s Diane Kunz, Stanford’s Karen Sawislak). The Chronicle of Higher Education 43:39:A10 (10).

Women College Teachers-Social aspects. 1999. Tenure in a chilly climate (women college teachers). Political Science & Politics 32:9(9).

If you know of any interesting sources we should add to the bibliography, please forward your suggestions to billye@ag.arizona.edu or ldavies@ag.arizona.edu.

Thanks!