Being out Matters for Lesbian Faculty: Personal Identities Influence Professional Experiences

A review of the LGBTQ+ work–family interface: What do we know and where do we go from here?

“…Together, these papers suggest that there are likely important relationship-level impacts of experiencing LGBTQ+ minority stressors at work. Reinert and Yakaboski's (2017) qualitative study discusses how lesbian faculty noted that feeling invited and included in work social events was important to them and a contributor to feeling that their workplace supported them. The women also noted that although invitations were extended, expectations of stigmatization persisted and they sometimes were discomforted when attending functions because they felt different (Reinert & Yakaboski, 2017).…”

“…Reinert and Yakaboski's (2017) qualitative study discussed how lesbian faculty noted that feeling invited and included in work social events was important to them and a contributor to feeling that their workplace supported them. The women also noted that although invitations were extended, expectations of stigmatization persisted and they sometimes were discomforted when attending functions because they felt different (Reinert & Yakaboski, 2017). Other research has found that when LGB workers' same‐sex partners were invited to company social events, they were more committed to their organization, had fewer turnover intentions, and had marginally more organizational‐based self‐esteem (Ragins & Cornwell, 2007).…”

Doubly Marginalized: Addressing the Minority Stressors Experienced by LGBTQ+ Researchers Who Do LGBTQ+ Research

“…Minority stressors in academia may lead us to feel as though we are what Patricia Hill Collins calls the “outsider within” the academy (Collins, 1986); although we are within the academy, marginalization makes us feel as though we do not belong. LGBTQ+ faculty report feeling isolated, experiencing hostility, feeling pressured to fit in, and being socially marginalized (Bilimoria & Stewart, 2009; Cech & Waidzunas, 2021; Reinert & Yakaboski, 2017). We may feel excluded from collaborations and opportunities (Bilimoria & Stewart, 2009; Cech & Waidzunas, 2021) and as though others’ biases about LGBTQ+ people alter evaluations of us and our work (Cech & Waidzunas, 2021).…”

“…Research-related debriefing groups could be helpful for providing support with both the conduct of doing research as well as the emotional and personal aspects of LGBTQ+ research. Professional support and communities may be particularly important for faculty at universities or colleges that are less LGBTQ+ friendly, who live in more rural or isolated areas and may thus lack local support (Reinert & Yakaboski, 2017), and/or faculty who feel more isolated and who may be "the only" or one of very few like them at their institution.…”

Abrindo caminhos: a construção das identidades docentes de mulheres pelas trilhas, pontes e muros da pós-graduação em Contabilidade

“…A análise das pesquisas selecionadas aponta que, além de a identidade docente ser caracterizada por múltiplos papéis e atividades (por exemplo, ensino, pesquisa, administração, extensão, eventos, publicações, dentre outros) (Clegg, 2008;Wilkinson, 2018), identifiquei nos estudos analisados três intersecções identitárias consideradas ao se pensar sobre as identidades docentes de mulheres nas universidades: mulheres negras (Diggs et al, 2009;Hudson-Vassell, Acosta, King, Upshaw, & Cherfrere, 2018;Nganga & Beck, 2017), mulheres lésbicas (Reinert & Yakaboski, 2017;Valentine, 1998) e mulheres latinas (Murakami-Ramalho et al, 2010;Oliva, Rodriguez, et al, 2013). Sobre a trajetória de professoras negras, a pesquisa de Diggs et al (2009) elucida os desafios enfrentados por professoras negras e latinas, voltados à busca da estabilidade na carreira acadêmica e, ao mesmo tempo, ao desenvolvimento de ações para a diversidade em um ambiente em que tal discussão não era bem vista pelos professores brancos, o que era frustrante para as professoras já que também se tratavam de assuntos relacionados às suas identidades raciais.…”