It's Cold and Lonely at the Middle is thoroughly accessible. Undergraduate students who are considering pursuing academic careers will benefit from reading it.

- Colette Morrow, Feminist Collections: A Quarterly Of Women's Studies Resources

It's Cold and Lonely at the Middle is an interesting book that draws on and elaborates existing research on gender discrimination in academia and suggests important future research directions in the area. It is surely a welcome addition to sociological literature on the 'chilly climate' of academia and key text for anyone interested in the climate of academia, workplace discrimination, and gender.

- Eve Shapiro, University of California-Santa Barbara, Contemporary Sociology

Many studies have been done concerning the classroom climate, particularly in the university setting. It has been found that the classroom climate for women is one that is cold, unreceptive, unwelcoming, and even hostile to women. This chilly reception is endured by female undergraduate students, graduate students, and professors. The author believes that the difficult classroom climate also extends to female graduate teaching assistants/instructors. The author contends that this chilly climate may be chillier and more hostile for them, since graduate teaching assistants/instructors do not have the status associated with a doctoral degree. This concept is the basis for what the author has covered in her investigation of the college classroom.
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This book explores the classroom climate for female graduate teaching assistants and discusses the hostility and devaluation that they experience by their students.
Chapter 1 Tables Chapter 2 Foreword Chapter 3 Acknowledgments Chapter 4 Introduction: The Cold Front Chapter 5 Literature Review: She Said, She Said Chapter 6 Research Design: Looking Into the Eye of the Storm Chapter 7 Findings: Look What I Found Chapter 8 Interpretations and Conclusion: What Does This All Mean? Chapter 9 Appendix A Chapter 10 Appendix B Chapter 11 Bibliography Chapter 12 Index Chapter 13 About the Author
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780761825975
Publisert
2003-10-07
Utgiver
Vendor
University Press Of America
Vekt
222 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
150 mm
Dybde
13 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
154

Om bidragsyterne

Joanne Ardovini-Brooker is Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Sam Houston State University.