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Selected Works of Karen Rotabi
Article
Voice and Community in the Corporate Academy A Collective Biography
Affilia (2015)
  • Mary Katherine O’Connor, Virginia Commonwealth University
  • F. Ellen Netting, Virginia Commonwealth University
  • Portia L. Cole, Virginia Union University
  • Karen Hopkins, University of Maryland, Baltimore
  • Jenny L. Jones, Florida A&M University
  • Youngmi Kim, Virginia Commonwealth University
  • Monica Leisey, Salem State University
  • Elizabeth A. Mulroy, University of Maryland, Baltimore
  • Karen Smith Rotabi, United Arab Emirates University
  • M. Lori Thomas, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
  • Marie O. Weil, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • Traci L. Wike, Virginia Commonwealth University
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Abstract
This article is the story of the simultaneous feminization and corporatization of universities, themes that emerged in a test of a collective biography, a qualitative research method. Organizers brought together 12 macro social work academic women across generations and, through sampling, attempted to avoid the intergenerational splitting that seems to be leaving junior faculty to be socialized by administrators while simultaneously isolating senior faculty from their generative role. Our analysis identified several trends developed from our collective experiences including changes in faculty governance, formalized mentoring, intergenerational faculty relationships, and shifting expectations. With these changes, we sense a reduction in what we used to think of as a collegium, now in danger of becoming an historical artifact.
Keywords
  • female faculty/students,
  • macro,
  • participatory methods,
  • qualitative,
  • women in higher education
Disciplines
Publication Date
2015
DOI
10.1177/0886109914544717
Citation Information
Mary Katherine O’Connor, F. Ellen Netting, Portia L. Cole, Karen Hopkins, et al.. "Voice and Community in the Corporate Academy A Collective Biography" Affilia Vol. 30 Iss. 1 (2015) p. 9 - 25
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/karen-rotabi/25/