Gender Performativity of Women STEM Department Chairs

• In Event: Interrogating Workplaces of the Academy

Abstract

This study highlights the perceptions and experiences of women STEM department chairs at public, large research-intensive Southern universities. Of specific focus is how gender performativity unveils itself in their roles as leaders in the male-dominated disciplines of STEM. The study is framed by the theory of gender performativity.

Author

• Stephanie J. Jones, Texas Tech University
  Presenting Author