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Catalysts of Women's Success in Academic STEM: A Feminist Poststructural Analysis

This study analyzes senior women faculty's discourses about personal and professional experiences they believe contributed to their advancement in academic careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). The purpose of the study is to understand factors that activate women's success in STEM disciplines where women's representation has not yet attained critical mass. A poststructuralist emphasis on complexity and changing nature of power relations offers a framework that illuminates the ways in which elite women navigate social inequalities, hierarchies of power, and non-democratic practices. Feminist poststructural discourse analysis (FPDA) methods allow analysis of women's talk about their experiences in order to understand the women's complex, shifting positions. Eight female tenured full professors of STEM at research-focused universities in the United States participated in the study. Data sources were in-depth semi-structured interviews, a demographic survey, and curricula vitae. Findings will help shape programs and policies aimed at increasing female representation and promoting achievement at senior levels in academic STEM fields.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc1062911
Date12 1900
CreatorsMullet, Dianna Rose
ContributorsRinn, Anne N., Kettler, Todd, Izen, Cornelia, Mehta, Smita S., Nuñez-Janes, Mariela
PublisherUniversity of North Texas
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
Formatvii, 125 pages, Text
CoverageUnited States
RightsPublic, Mullet, Dianna Rose, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights Reserved.

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