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Gender‐Informed Mentoring Strategies for Women Engineering Scholars: On Establishing a Caring Community
dc.contributor.authorChesler, Naomi C.en_US
dc.contributor.authorChesler, Mark A.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-01-03T19:40:29Z
dc.date.available2013-01-03T19:40:29Z
dc.date.issued2002-01en_US
dc.identifier.citationChesler, Naomi C.; Chesler, Mark A. (2002). "Gender‐Informed Mentoring Strategies for Women Engineering Scholars: On Establishing a Caring Community." Journal of Engineering Education 91(1). <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/95139>en_US
dc.identifier.issn1069-4730en_US
dc.identifier.issn2168-9830en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/95139
dc.description.abstractImproved mentoring of women graduate students and young faculty is one strategy for increasing the presence, retention and advancement of women scholars in engineering. We explore the sociological literature on interpersonally‐ and institutionally‐generated gender roles and dynamics that make the construction and maintenance of mentoring relationships especially difficult for women in male‐dominated fields. In addition, we review non‐traditional strategies including peer‐, multiple‐ and collective mentorships that are likely to be more successful for most women (and many men). Finally, organizational change strategies designed to provide a more egalitarian and cooperative atmosphere in engineering programs and departments are presented. These ideas represent a social contract for a caring community more supportive of all members' personal and professional growth and success.en_US
dc.publisherWiley Periodicals, Inc.en_US
dc.publisherBlackwell Publishing Ltden_US
dc.titleGender‐Informed Mentoring Strategies for Women Engineering Scholars: On Establishing a Caring Communityen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.rights.robotsIndexNoFollowen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelEngineering Educationen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelEngineeringen_US
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Revieweden_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumDepartment of Sociology University of Michiganen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherDepartment of Mechanical Engineering University of Vermonten_US
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/95139/1/j.2168-9830.2002.tb00672.x.pdf
dc.identifier.doi10.1002/j.2168-9830.2002.tb00672.xen_US
dc.identifier.sourceJournal of Engineering Educationen_US
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