All posts by Victoria Wyatt

Kirsten Sadeghi-Yekta of Theatre in TedX, November 21, 2015

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On November 21, 2015, Dr. Kirsten Sadeghi-Yekta of the Theatre Department will participate in a day-long TedX event at the McPherson Theatre.   She explains that her presentation “will talk about the power of the arts in the wake of war and (post)-conflict. It will also discuss the strength and compassion of local artists that are working in these spaces.  I hope that the talk will bring this knowledge closer to home – How can we work towards social change in our community? What can we learn from practitioners working in these difficult and contentious spaces? And how can we implement that in our lives?” 

 
TedX Victoria: IMPACT
November 21st, 9:30 AM – 6:00 PM – McPherson Playhouse

 

“Getting the Ph.D. Was the Easy Part”

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“Getting the Ph.D. Was the Easy Part,”  Renate Ysseldyk, Inside Higher Education, October 30, 2015, at https://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2015/10/30/challenges-women-face-after-getting-their-phds-essay?utm_source=Inside+Higher+Ed&utm_campaign=a8edbeae52-DNU201510030&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1fcbc04421-a8edbeae52-197618997

[Renate Ysseldyk suggests that women in academia still face significant barriers to career progress, especially shortly following the completion of their doctorates.]

 

“People Are Fighting Against Stereotypes In Academia With #ILookLikeAProfessor”

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“People Are Fighting Against Stereotypes in Academia With #ILookLIkeAProfessor,”  Fiona Rutherford, Buzzfeed, August 11, 2015, at http://www.buzzfeed.com/fionarutherford/people-are-fighting-against-stereotypes-in-academia-with-ilo#.hxLO1wj98E

[The hashtag #ILookLikeAProfessor challenges stereotypes in academia.  This article shows a sample of photographs and postings with that hashtag.]

 

Review of Gender Inequality in Higher Education in Ireland

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“Geoghegan-Quinn to head third-level gender equality review,” Joe Humphrey, Irish Times, July 20, 2015, at http://www.irishtimes.com/news/education/geoghegan-quinn-to-head-third-level-gender-equality-review-1.2290386

[Statistics released by  the Irish Higher Education Authority (HEA) in December 2014 revealed that 19% of university professors in Ireland are women.  A review has now been organized to investigate gender equality, and reasons for gender inequality.]

 

“Academic Guilt”

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“Academic Guilt,” Kerry Ann Rockquemore, July 1, 2015, Inside Higher Ed

https://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2015/07/01/essay-academics-who-face-guilt-whenever-they-arent-working

[Kerry Ann Rockquemore talks about academic guilt, the guilt many academicians feel when they take time off from academic work.  Dr. Rockquemore, the president of the US-based National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity, is the author of The Black Academic’s Guide to Winning Tenure Without Losing Your Soul.]  

“100 Percent Is Overrated”

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“100 Percent Is Overrated,” James Hamlin, June 30, 2015, the Atlantic

http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2015/06/the-s-word/397205/

[James Hamlin reports on a talk by Jo Boaler, professor of mathematics education at Stanford University, at the Aspen Ideas Festival.  Boaler suggests that telling children they are “smart,” instead of that they did well, makes them risk-averse:  making mistakes would mean they are not “smart” instead of that they have a chance to learn.  Boaler believes that high-achieving girls are particularly affected by this “fixed-mindset thinking,” which makes them especially vulnerable to societal messages that girls will not be good at math and sciences.]

David Cotter on Gender Inequality Trends

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David Cotter, January 9, 2015, in The Academic Minute.

[http://academicminute.org/2015/01/david-cotter-union-college-gender-inequality-trends/]

[In The Academic Minute for January 9, 2015, David Cotter, the Chair of Union College’s Sociology Department, discusses his research on trends in US attitudes towards gender inequality.  From 1977 to 1994, attitudes became more egalitarian.  However, from 1994-2006, this upward trend slowed and, at times, even reversed.  Since 2006, a movement towards egalitarian attitudes resumed, although changes are slower than in the past.  Cotter concludes that “the issue of gender inequality remains complicated.”]

The Academic Minute is a WAMC National Production.

“Promotion and self-promotion”

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“Promotion and self-promotion,” The Economist, August 31, 2013

http://www.economist.com/news/science- and-technology/21584316-women-may-fail- win-chairs-because-they-do-not-cite- themselves-enough-promotion?fsrc=scn/ tw_ec/promotion_and_self_promotion

[This article discusses a suggestion, by Barbara Walter of the University of California, San Diego, that female academicians are less likely than male academicians to cite their own previous publications when they publish. She suggests that this imbalance makes it harder for women to advance professionally.]