Ways to Improve the Impact of Women's Research
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A discussion about the lack of representation for women in academic publishing. Also, new trends in research and publishing will be presented to encourage women at Texas Tech to best produce and showcase their research. Emphasis will be placed on the advantages of participating in the digital aspects of publishing and engaging with others in and outside the field. This session is open to anyone interested in publishing their research. It is not aimed at any one discipline, skillset, or type of scholarship.
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Ways to Improve the Impact of Women's Research
- 1. BEARYOUR BANNER Ways to Improve the Impact ofWomen’s Research
- 2. “THE OWNERSHIP AND CONTROL OF INFORMATION RESOURCES IS ONE OFTHE MOST IMPORTANT FORMS OF POWER IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY.” -Boyle 1997
- 3. Overview ■ A brief history of women in academic research & publishing ■ Trends in scholarship ■ Personal Branding & Resources
- 4. Women in scholarship: Past and Present Does scholarship reflect scholars? ■ Scholarly Publishing workforce is 58% women ■ Men occupied 63% speaking slots, including 2/3 of all keynotes ■ STEM article Study: 70% of the authors were men. ■ JSTOR Study: 27.2% of authors were women.
- 5. Women in Scholarship: Past and Present ■ Women publish less than men and get tenure and promotion at declining rates, especially further up the ladder (Hancock & Baum 2010) – Choose to leave inhospitable environments – Forced out due to tenure denial – Less time spent on researching and writing – Personal commitments
- 6. Women in Leadership ■ Women are 55% of the total global workforce ■ Women earn the majority of university degrees according to data from Census reports. ■ Both men and women score similarly in their ability to drive business, according to a study by DDI.
- 7. Misconceptions • I have to be tech savvy. • My work doesn’t focus on women. • Nobody has time for that. • Imposter syndrome • My ideas will get scooped. • I can’t afford it. • I have to do it alone.
- 8. “WE DO NOT HAVETO BECOME HEROES OVERNIGHT. JUST A STEP AT ATIME… DISCOVERINGTHATWE HAVETHE STRENGTH TO STARE IT DOWN.” -Eleanor Roosevelt
- 9. Trends in Scholarship ■ Collaborative Authorship ■ Interdisciplinary ■ Changing work styles & Research Lifecycle ■ More accessible scholarship and data ■ Showcasing the “extras”
- 10. Resources Library Resources ThinkTech Wikipedia Editing Disciplinary Repository Data Repository
- 11. Self-Archiving ■ Preserving your work and your legacy: ■ -making publications openly accessible and more visible online ■ -dark and limited-access archiving ■ -supplemental works, data, student work and student organization records
- 12. Academic Publishing & Branding ■ “Research Impact” – Your brand, audience & work – Social Media – Measuring your impact ■ Other types of “scholarship”
- 13. CamilleThomas Scholarly Communication/ Copyright Librarian camille.thomas@ttu.edu 806-834-5474
Editor's Notes
- (Belcher 2009), 3 Journals were analyzed from 1996 through 2007– (Martin 2015) Stats don’t add up. Even in Math where women make up about 24% of the profession it is statistically impossible to include only one woman among 20 in the conference’s speaker’s line up Kane and Meadows (2016) analyzed 7 major scholarly publishing conferences, including Society for Scholarly Publishing, AAUP 5.4 million peer-reviewed, scientific articles between 2008 and 2012, and found that 70% of the authors were men. (Larivière et. al. 2013) 8 million papers from JSTOR—across the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities—and found that only 27.2% of authors were women.(West et. al. 2013)
- Producing expression, scholarship and creative works have been traditionally more difficult for women and underrepresented groups
- Fast Company- Why The Gender Leadership Gap Is So Much Worse For Women Of Color 3/30/2016
- I urge you to participate by extending the reach of the work you already do and preserving. Challenge publishing, challenge the community, challenge yourself. Say YES and be proactive. “We do not become heroes overnight” Difference between balance and using “business” as an excuse for inaction. (Self-help, meditation books)
- Women more likely to co-author with other men in study done in the UK by Karen Schucan Bird New workstlyes– extremes at companies like Netflix, Facebook, Google offer more flexibility vs. the clerical work style Seeking mentors and mentees, formally or informally can show supervision potential Example: Getting together with other researchers to motivate writing Eg Facebook, Netflix Freedom and Responsibility Feminine Workstyles Blogs, Social Media, Conferences and Professional organizations
- Roh, Charlotte; Drabinski, Emily; and Inefuku, Harrison W., "Scholarly Communication as a Tool for Social Justice and Diversity" (2015). Digital Repository Conference Papers, Posters and Presentations. Paper 8. http://lib.dr.iastate.edu/digirep_conf/8 Library does not = books. Library = people (and services) Wikipediathons– for women, for LGBT, for ethic groups Me! This is what I do all day. My job and the job of other librarians is to help you succeed. There are also a lot of copyright considerations are involved in creating and using resources.
- Open culture can be in informal professional networks AND professional ones. There are a lot of copyright considerations in doing both. Early career researchers such as Meredith Niles an assistant professor in the Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences with affiliation with the Food Systems Initiative at the University of Vermont. says she sees open practices as aligned with missions of my institution and as career asset. Got her PhD from UC Davis and did a post-doc at Harvard. Every field is different and will have different professional practices, but it is a change in academic publishing you should be aware of. There are many misconceptions around open access I can clear up. There are times when you may need to take the traditional route, such as with creative works. Historically you find less work by women and other underrepresented groups because they were not routinely saved Deep-C Social Media & blog archive experience Florida State Archives had very little material for Afircan American student organizations. When I was a part of a graduate student organization, I encouraged our org to archive our scrapbooks Making publications openly available has shown 35% in citations by others
- ORCIDs are particularly useful for women researchers because of name changes, institutional changes Common for early career faculty and graduate students to move around and not settle into a location, job or family until later Measuring the short-term impact of your work can indicate long term results such as citations Storytelling is very powerful to spread information. Tell the full story of your research -use of social media and alternative metrics for publications are a great short term indicator of citations in the longterm curriculum presentations community programs technology
- Faculty or grad student interested in sharing your experiences? I will be doing further research on this topic and am looking for interview participants! Contact me privately.