Faculty Research Fellowships: Program Description

While Faculty Research Fellows work primarily on their own research, we request that fellows contribute to the Clayman Institute's thematic focus: examples include helping to organize or lead a conference panel, leading a workshop, meeting with Graduate Dissertation Fellows, or talking with media about their work. Fellows also meet with other Faculty Research Fellows and Affiliated Faculty for a luncheon discussion scheduled regularly throughout the year. Fellows report on their own research, discuss the work of other speakers, and have the opportunity to suggest a speaker.

Thematic Focus

"Reinvigorating the Revolution: Advancing Gender Equality in the Twenty-first Century"

Description

Twenty years ago, Arlie Hochschild described the gender revolution as stalled, noting that while women had flooded into the paid labor market, men had not increased their involvement in the household, thereby limiting the potential of women in the workplace. More recently, scholars have identified further evidence of a stall in women's progress. The gender gap in wages, while narrowing over the 1970s and 1980s, has remained relatively constant since the mid 1990s. The movement of women into male dominated fields of work has slowed. Women's participation in the paid labor market has leveled off. And, while women are earning an increasingly large share of bachelor's degrees overall, the percentage of women earning degrees in some fields, such as computer science, has actually declined since the mid 1990s. Even women's state-level political office holding seems to have peeked. Accompanying these trends, there is evidence that Americans' attitudes towards acceptable roles for women have taken a conservative turn after decades of moving towards more egalitarian views.

Through a series of workshops, conferences, and fellowships, the Clayman Institute will bring together an intellectually diverse group of scholars to provide new insights into the barriers to women's advancement and to propose novel and workable solutions to advancing gender equality.

We welcome fellowship applications from scholars in a wide range of disciplines, including the humanities, social sciences, science and engineering, business, law and medicine, among others. Possible sub-topics include (but are not limited to):

The gender division of household labor
Families & women's careers: the 2nd shift, opting out, on-ramping, and flexible schedules
Representations of women in culture and history
Gender stereotyping & bias in the workplace
Gendered meanings and practices at work and home
Women's experiences in male-dominated fields, such as science and engineering
Gendered innovations in knowledge: Bringing gender analysis into the practice of science
Gender and culture in history or literature
Advancing women's progress in the professions of business, medicine, and law
Historical and cross-national comparisons of women's educational and occupational progress
Effects of legal mandates (such a Title IX and FMLA) on women's careers
National policies, organizational polices, and work-family balance: what works?
Men's involvement in gender equality movements
Gender, leadership, and entrepreneurship

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Home People News Events Fellowships Programs and Research Grants and Prizes Publications and Podcasts Art at the Institute Links Support our Work	Faculty Research Fellowships: Program Description While Faculty Research Fellows work primarily on their own research, we request that fellows contribute to the Clayman Institute's thematic focus: examples include helping to organize or lead a conference panel, leading a workshop, meeting with Graduate Dissertation Fellows, or talking with media about their work. Fellows also meet with other Faculty Research Fellows and Affiliated Faculty for a luncheon discussion scheduled regularly throughout the year. Fellows report on their own research, discuss the work of other speakers, and have the opportunity to suggest a speaker. Thematic Focus "Reinvigorating the Revolution: Advancing Gender Equality in the Twenty-first Century" Description Twenty years ago, Arlie Hochschild described the gender revolution as stalled, noting that while women had flooded into the paid labor market, men had not increased their involvement in the household, thereby limiting the potential of women in the workplace. More recently, scholars have identified further evidence of a stall in women's progress. The gender gap in wages, while narrowing over the 1970s and 1980s, has remained relatively constant since the mid 1990s. The movement of women into male dominated fields of work has slowed. Women's participation in the paid labor market has leveled off. And, while women are earning an increasingly large share of bachelor's degrees overall, the percentage of women earning degrees in some fields, such as computer science, has actually declined since the mid 1990s. Even women's state-level political office holding seems to have peeked. Accompanying these trends, there is evidence that Americans' attitudes towards acceptable roles for women have taken a conservative turn after decades of moving towards more egalitarian views. Through a series of workshops, conferences, and fellowships, the Clayman Institute will bring together an intellectually diverse group of scholars to provide new insights into the barriers to women's advancement and to propose novel and workable solutions to advancing gender equality. We welcome fellowship applications from scholars in a wide range of disciplines, including the humanities, social sciences, science and engineering, business, law and medicine, among others. Possible sub-topics include (but are not limited to): The gender division of household labor Families & women's careers: the 2nd shift, opting out, on-ramping, and flexible schedules Representations of women in culture and history Gender stereotyping & bias in the workplace Gendered meanings and practices at work and home Women's experiences in male-dominated fields, such as science and engineering Gendered innovations in knowledge: Bringing gender analysis into the practice of science Gender and culture in history or literature Advancing women's progress in the professions of business, medicine, and law Historical and cross-national comparisons of women's educational and occupational progress Effects of legal mandates (such a Title IX and FMLA) on women's careers National policies, organizational polices, and work-family balance: what works? Men's involvement in gender equality movements Gender, leadership, and entrepreneurship Apply Residential Fellowship Application Non-Residential Fellowship Application Frequently Asked Questions
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