This book assists aspiring and current women leaders on how to advance into higher education leadership roles.
Drawn from research and the lived experiences of women and non-binary people in higher education leadership, this book serves as a guide in understanding the gender disparity in higher education leadership and how women leaders forge pathways to promotion and success through systemic barriers, obstacles, and a lack of representation.
A critical review of traditional leadership theory offers an opportunity to reimagine how effective leadership is framed and valued in higher education. Chapter authors and case studies explore the intersections of multiple identities and their impacts on leadership through lenses, including institutional type, functional areas, ability, gender identity, sexuality, race, and ethnicity.
Focusing on a bridge from theory to practice that is designed to empower and inspire women leaders at all levels of the spectrum, this book is ideal reading for higher education scholars, students, and faculty aspiring to become leaders.
Table of Contents
Foreword: Voices of Change
Jo Ann RooneyPreface
Part 1: Research and Theory
Chapter 1: Driving Theoretical Frameworks – Women Leaders in Higher Education Systems
Barbara Cozza
Chapter 2: Pathways to the Presidency: An Analysis of the Gender Gap at American Four-Year Colleges and Universities
Hanna Rodriguez-Farrar and Laura H. Jack
Chapter 3: Theoretical Frameworks for the Success of Working Mothers
Shealyn Wolfe
Chapter 4: A Social Network Framework for Navigating Dynamic Tensions in Leadership Development Ekaterina Elgayeva
Part 2: Perspectives from Women in Senior Leadership Positions
Chapter 5: Case Studies of Three Women Leaders’ Voices in Higher Education: Understanding the Gender Gap
Barbara Cozza and Rong Hu
Chapter 6: Leading from a Distance with Lessons from Online Teaching to Engage a Remote Workforce Heather Leslie
Chapter 7: Learning from Senior Women Leaders: In Their Own Words
Sharmila Pixy Ferris and Kathy Waldron
Part 3: Identity and Women’s leadership
Chapter 8: Understanding and Overcoming Female-to-Female Oppression in Higher Education
Diana Rogers-Adkinson and Heather Feldhaus
Chapter 9: Intersecting Identities and Value Alignment for Female Leaders in Higher Education
Sara Shaw
Chapter 10: Work-Family Thriving for Women in Higher Education
Jessica M. Nicklin and Natasha K. Segool
Part 4: Effective Practices Considering the Advancement of Women in Higher Education
Chapter 11: Support, Advocacy, and Best Practices in the Advancement of Women in Higher Education Mary Liz Jones and AnnMarie Marlier
Chapter 12: Building Strategic Networks as a Feminist Leader: No “Mentor” Needed
Amy Martin and Heather Shea
Chapter 13: Mentorship as an Approach to Promoting Gender Equity in Higher Education Leadership Susan A. McGowan and Elizabeth Gil
Chapter 14: The Role of Online Communities in Leadership Development and Collaborative Mentoring Ceceilia Parnther
Chapter 15: Creative Practice, Pedagogy, and Pathways to Leadership: Ripple Effect of Change
Judit Török and Maura Conley
Part 5: Resources
Chapter 16: Resources for Networking, Community, and Professional Development
Barbara Cozza and Ceceilia Parnther