This chapter provides a brief literature review on the frameworks guiding research for intersectional women in academia in engineering while simultaneously weaving the narratives of four intersectional women in engineering, in the form of collaborative autoethnographies. The two approaches will serve to bring to life the author’s intersectionalities, identities, and self-concepts that have led them to where they are today. Intersectionality explores the social, historical, political, and legal landscapes that continue to marginalize different identities within their structures and systems. Identity theory helps shed light on how each individual brings together parts of their own self through their unique personal identities, life experiences, social roles, motivations, and commitments into a coherent whole (i.e., self-concept). An integrated identity or self-concept supports individual’s ability to pursue life goals, build enduring relationships, and maintain well-being in spite of oppressive climates. Individuals with an integrated identity feel a sense of self-continuity across time and situations and experience a consensus between the way they view themselves and the way they are viewed by others. Throughout the chapter, the narratives will touch upon critical incidences and asset-based strategies they have used to navigate their education and existing leadership roles in the profession. The chapter includes recommendations for administrators and policy-makers on how to create accountability structures to ensure sustainability and long-standing support for intersectional women leaders in engineering.

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Navigating Engineering and Academia: The Journeys of Four Intersectional Women Leaders

  • Kelly J. Cross,
  • Idalis Villanueva Alarcón,
  • Olga Pierrakos,
  • Denise R. Simmons

摘要

This chapter provides a brief literature review on the frameworks guiding research for intersectional women in academia in engineering while simultaneously weaving the narratives of four intersectional women in engineering, in the form of collaborative autoethnographies. The two approaches will serve to bring to life the author’s intersectionalities, identities, and self-concepts that have led them to where they are today. Intersectionality explores the social, historical, political, and legal landscapes that continue to marginalize different identities within their structures and systems. Identity theory helps shed light on how each individual brings together parts of their own self through their unique personal identities, life experiences, social roles, motivations, and commitments into a coherent whole (i.e., self-concept). An integrated identity or self-concept supports individual’s ability to pursue life goals, build enduring relationships, and maintain well-being in spite of oppressive climates. Individuals with an integrated identity feel a sense of self-continuity across time and situations and experience a consensus between the way they view themselves and the way they are viewed by others. Throughout the chapter, the narratives will touch upon critical incidences and asset-based strategies they have used to navigate their education and existing leadership roles in the profession. The chapter includes recommendations for administrators and policy-makers on how to create accountability structures to ensure sustainability and long-standing support for intersectional women leaders in engineering.