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Being “In and Out”: Providing Voice to Early Career Women in Academia

  • This is first book to bring together women’s voices across the landscape of academia who have experienced being “in” and “out” of the academy.

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
    1. Beginning the Conversation Looking in and Looking out

      • Narelle Lemon, Susanne Garvis
      Pages 1-6
  2. Being in the Academy

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7
    2. Teacher to Academic

      • Annette Hilton
      Pages 31-42
    3. Sending Out a Tweet

      • Narelle Lemon
      Pages 43-54
  3. Being In But Seen as Out

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 55-55
    2. Right Back Where We Started From

      • Tseen Khoo
      Pages 57-67
    3. Finding Pockets of Agency

      • Kylie Budge
      Pages 69-78
  4. Being Out and Moving In of Academia

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 79-79
    2. Mum (Ph.D.)

      • Rebecca Miles
      Pages 81-92
    3. Towards Joy

      • Mia O’brien
      Pages 93-102
    4. Lessons from Lobsters

      • Rochelle Fogelgarn
      Pages 103-115
    5. Academic? … I’m Just a Teacher

      • Sarah-Jane Lord
      Pages 117-127
    6. Academic Seeking Sustainability

      • Betina Przybylak
      Pages 129-140
  5. Being Out, Looking In

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 151-151
    2. The 20/20 Project

      • Christine Healey
      Pages 153-163
    3. Final Thoughts

      • Narelle Lemon, Susanne Garvis
      Pages 165-170

About this book

This book is about a network of women who as a collective and individuals can share their stories to indeed help themselves as well as others. Our stories as¬sist in the telling and retelling of important events. Reflecting on these events allow the ‘processing’, ‘figuring out’ and ‘inquiring’, leading to behavioural actions to change situations. The fact that we are women unites us as we have common elements with our roles both within academia, in our families, and in society. The women in this study share their narratives in an open dialogue. Their journey into and out of academia is constructed from “a metaphorical three-dimensional inquiry space” (Clandinin & Connelly, 2000, p. 50). The space enables the authors to capture and communicate the emotional nature of lived experiences (Clandinin & Connelly, 2000). The self-studies explore the changes in social and contextual approaches that are attached to working and studying in higher education. The book provides a narrative of the “ups” and “downs” that female academics have individually and collectively encountered while moving “in” and “out” of academia. Making these stories known establishes a sense of collaboration and com¬munity. This action serves to perpetuate and further develop the established pedagogy and look to improve practice. A community practice seeks to locate the learning in the process of co-participation (building social capital) and not just within individuals (Hanks, 1991). It allows females to come together to share experience and discuss ways forward.

Editors and Affiliations

  • La Trobe University, Australia

    Narelle Lemon

  • Monash University, Australia

    Susanne Garvis

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Being “In and Out”: Providing Voice to Early Career Women in Academia

  • Editors: Narelle Lemon, Susanne Garvis

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-830-5

  • Publisher: SensePublishers Rotterdam

  • eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: SensePublishers-Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-6209-830-5Published: 04 November 2014

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 170

  • Topics: Education, general

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eBook USD 49.99
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