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Women Professors

Who Makes It and How?

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Authors:
  1. Carmel Diezmann

    1. Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia

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  2. Susan Grieshaber

    1. La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia

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  • Raises awareness of how study, work and family decisions influence the career progression of women who are early and mid-career academics
  • Identifies catalysts for and inhibitors to success for women academics and how they impact career progression
  • Looks in depth at “the boys’ club” and how it effects women’s academic careers
  • Provides case studies of women professors who represent five distinct academic career profiles
  • Suggests provisions that can be made to support the progression of women academics to the professoriate

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Women in the Professoriate

    • Carmel Diezmann, Susan Grieshaber
    Pages 1-11

  3. The Higher the Fewer

    • Carmel Diezmann, Susan Grieshaber
    Pages 13-38

  4. Climbing the Ladder

    • Carmel Diezmann, Susan Grieshaber
    Pages 39-77

  5. Research Context and Design

    • Carmel Diezmann, Susan Grieshaber
    Pages 79-90

  6. Research Kaleidoscope

    • Carmel Diezmann, Susan Grieshaber
    Pages 91-101

  7. Snakes and Ladders

    • Carmel Diezmann, Susan Grieshaber
    Pages 103-136

  8. The Boys’ Club

    • Carmel Diezmann, Susan Grieshaber
    Pages 137-154

  9. Luck: The Double-Edged Sword

    • Carmel Diezmann, Susan Grieshaber
    Pages 155-168

  10. Critical Events and Academic Women’s Career Profiles

    • Carmel Diezmann, Susan Grieshaber
    Pages 169-210

  11. Navigating Rush Hours

    • Carmel Diezmann, Susan Grieshaber
    Pages 211-228

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 229-255
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About this book

This book explores the career paths of Australian women who have succeeded in achieving professorships and beyond, where for the most part, such positions are predominately occupied by males. It also explores the gendered culture that exists across faculties and universities as reported by participants in a survey questionnaire of 525 new professors (female and male), and nearly 30 interviews of women in Australian higher education, either in small focus groups or individually. Futher, it identifies catalysts for and inhibitors of success for women and looks in depth at “the boys’ club” and how it impacts women’s progression. 


The book also highlights how critical life decisions — doctoral study, work and family — shape the careers of academic women. It identifies five distinct career profiles for women academics and the pressure points and effective support for each profile. Thus, this book can assist women academics who are making life decisions andthose supporting their career progression. It also provides insights into why affirmative action initiatives to improve the proportion of women in the professoriate have had minimal impact despite considerable investment over the past 30 years. 


Authors and Affiliations

  • Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia

    Carmel Diezmann

  • La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia

    Susan Grieshaber

About the authors

Carmel Diezmann (PhD) is an Adjunct Professor at the Faculty of Education at Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia. She is interested in how individuals, groups and organisations build intellectual and professional capacities. Carmel’s research has included various aspects of university performance, including academic career performance, higher degree research students, university leadership, academic writing, research excellence, world rankings, and the relationship between university goals, strategies and achievements.


Sue Grieshaber (PhD) is Professor of Education and Director of Research at the School of Education at La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia. She also holds appointments as Adjunct Professor at Monash University and Queensland University of Technology. Her research interests focus on social justice and equity and draw on a range of theoretical perspectives. Research projects in which she has been involved have investigated women in academia, families, and curriculum, policy, pedagogies, play, and technologies in pre-school and the early years of schooling contexts.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Women Professors

  • Book Subtitle: Who Makes It and How?

  • Authors: Carmel Diezmann, Susan Grieshaber

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-3685-0

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2019

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-13-3683-6Published: 25 February 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-13-3685-0Published: 13 February 2019

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIX, 255

  • Number of Illustrations: 37 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Higher Education, Sociology of Education, Gender Studies

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