Women's Retreat: Voices of Female Faculty in Higher Education

by Atsuko Seto (Editor), Mary Alice Bruce (Editor)

Overview

What does a path to become a faculty member look like? What are the merits? What are the roadblocks? How do I balance personal and professional aspirations? Looking for answers to these questions can be overwhelming and discouraging. This book offers inspiration and support to female faculty members in higher education who are at various stages of their professional development. Twenty-four educators share both their intuitive voices and practical knowledge on the topics of career development, balancing personal and professional life, cultural and individual identity, and spirituality. This collective sharing will help readers become free from an impasse, take a leap of faith, and see roadblocks from a slightly different perspective.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761861140
Publisher:	UPA
Publication date:	05/22/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	268
File size:	438 KB

About the Author

Atsuko Seto, PhD, LPC, NCC, ACS is an associate professor in the Department of Counselor Education at The College of New Jersey. Her scholarly interests include resiliency in Asian American families and intercultural couples, and use of experiential activities in counselor preparation.

Mary Alice Bruce, PhD, LPC, NCC is a professor and department head of the Department of Professional Studies at the University of Wyoming. As director of the school counseling program, her scholarly interests encompass spirituality across the lifespan, creating caring communities, and working with children and adolescents.

Table of Contents

Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments

Section One: Career Development
Chapter 1. Parallel Play at the Mad Hatter’s Tea House: Writing-In-Relation
Chapter 2. Passionate About Teaching
Chapter 3. A Photograph of Women in Academe: “Dr. Mom”
Chapter 4. Mentoring: Authentic Connections and Pathways

Section Two: Balancing Personal and Professional Life
Chapter 5. Dancing Backward in High Heels: Balancing Traditionally Male Academia within Feminine Life
Chapter 6. Professional Expectations and Partnership: Perspectives from the Beginning, Middle, and End
Chapter 7. Can You Have It All? The Competing Worlds of Women Balancing Motherhood With an Academic Career in Counselor Education
Chapter 8. Balancing Personal Life and Career
Chapter 9. Living in Two Worlds: Personal Perspectives in the Long-Distance Commuter Relationship

Section Three: Cultural and Individual Identity
Chapter 10. Transitions: A Woman on the Move!
Chapter 11. Fostering Inclusivity in Counselor Education for Culturally Diverse Women
Chapter 12. Leaving Home: Relationships and Experiences of a Lifetime
Chapter 13. An Agnostic in Full Bloom

Section Four: Spirituality
Chapter 14. Centrality of the Relationship in Counselor Education: Our Clients, Our Students, Ourselves
Chapter 15. Weaving a Life Fabric—Faith, Family, and Career
Chapter 16. Soul Work: Who Am I? What Do I Stand For? Where Am I Going?

Index
About the Authors
Contents