Care, Career, and Academe: Heeding the Calls of a New Professoriate

From Academics to Change Agents in a Gender Equity Initiative

“…This unreflective stance was based on a larger narrative: that universities are mired in policies, practices, and ideologies that perpetuate gender-based biases and privileges and that the call for change is justified as socially, morally, and organizationally progressive and beneficial (Fine, 2010;Townsley & Broadfoot, 2008). Additionally, feminist perspectives are themselves inherently change-focused and motivated by social justice commitments (Morley & Walsh, 1995).…”

Examining Inequitable Workload in a Time of Crisis: A COVID-19 “Sabbatical”

“…This increase of mental illness for faculty needs to be examined in close connection to the growing disparities experienced by different genders in academia. Expectations for productivity greatly disadvantage academic women, particularly those who mother young children ( Gonçalves, 2019 ; Sotirin, 2008 ; Townsley & Broadfoot, 2008 ). This has been exacerbated by COVID-19.…”