Transforming scholarship : why women's and gender studies students are changing themselves and the world
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Transforming scholarship : why women's and gender studies students are changing themselves and the world
（Contemporary sociological perspectives）
Routledge, 2011
- : hbk
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 266-272) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Transforming Scholarship is a user-friendly work of practical guidance and inspiration for supporting a student's interest in a Women's Studies degree. It focuses on three of the major barriers students face when exploring Women's Studies: a lack of awareness that Women's Studies constitutes an academic field; the negative response a student often faces when announcing to the world that he or she is interested in Women's Studies; and the perceived lack of employment and career options that supposedly comes with graduating with a Women's Studies degree. This book will support students to think critically about what they know, how to demonstrate what they know, and how to prepare for life both personally and professionally after the degree.
Integrated into this book is the authors' research. They surveyed over 900 women's and gender studies graduates (1995-2010) from around the globe ranging from Georgia State University to University of Ghana about their experiences as a student and their career paths. This is currently the largest global data set about contemporary women's and gender studies graduates!
Table of Contents
Introduction: Transform Yourself: An Invitation to Explore Your Interest in Women's and Gender Studies Section One: You've Discovered Women's And Gender Studies and Want To Know More: Great! Now What? 1. The Birth of Women's and Gender Studies and Who We Are Now: Your Inheritance as a Student of Women's and Gender Studies 2. Claiming Your Education Section Two: You've Committed To Learning in Women's And Gender Studies: Great! Now What? 3. How You Can Talk About Women's and Gender Studies Anytime, Anywhere and to Anyone 4. Discovering and Claiming Your Internal Strengths and External Skills Section Three: You're Graduating: Great! Now What? 5. Women's and Gender Studies Graduates as Change Agents: Six Profiles 6. Transform your world: Preparing to Graduate and Living your Feminist Life
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