FYI... Stefanie Rixecker ECOFEM Coordinator ------- Forwarded message follows ------- >CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: > >Exiled from Academia: Women and Discrimination in Higher Education > >Victoria D. Heckler > >Deadline: December 1, 1999 > >Submissions are sought for inclusion in a volume offering topics that >clarify, dignify, and/or politicize the problems of racism, sexism, >ageism and/or heterosexism faced by women seeking tenure/advancement >in American colleges and universities. > >The purpose of this research is to augment existing statistical >research on the underrepresentation of women in tenured positions at >American colleges and universities through the use of personal >narratives. As evidenced by the number of cases of discrimination in >hiring and tenuring presented in the media, there are many women with >powerful stories to tell about their experiences of being wrongfully >denied tenure or terminated from their positions at colleges and >universities across the US This research will provide a venue for >those stories to be told. > >Submissions should take the form of personal narratives and essays. >Academic submissions will be considered, but are not encouraged. >Submissions may be of any length, although longer submissions (3000+ >words) may be truncated for publication. Typed submissions must be >double-spaced, in a minimum 10-point font and accompanied by a hard >copy on an IBM-compatible disk. Electronic submissions via e-mail with >either MS Word or WordPerfect attachment. > >Please address your submissions, comments, or questions to: > >Victoria D. Heckler >Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey >25530 DPO Way >New Brunswick, NJ 08901-8705 > >Phone: (908) 835-0405 >E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ------- End of forwarded message ------- ************************************ Dr. Stefanie S. Rixecker Division of Environmental Management & Design Lincoln University, Canterbury PO Box 84 Aotearoa New Zealand E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fax: 64-03-325-3841 ************************************
