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SDD18: Second Shift: Female Leaders in Higher Education
Hours: 1.3
When asked, many women cite family responsibilities as personal obstacles to career advancement. This can be especially true in the field of higher education. Can the same be said of male leaders? Most women work one shift at their respective places of employment, and then go home to start their "second shift" (Hochschild, 2003). Even women without children must tend to household responsibilities that can monopolize any personal time they may carve out for themselves. Even the tenure system, when established in the late 1930s and early 1940s, focused more on work than family. Has the field of higher education made any significant advancements in recent years to change any of this? If not, how can female leaders in higher education find work/life balance without hitting that proverbial glass ceiling? This workshop will focus on creating an environment on any college and university campus that will be fair to all employees - regardless of gender.
Workshop participants will walk away with techniques they can employ to improve their work/life balance. In addition, the information provided will allow all participants to become more aware of policies and procedures that can improve their chances for career advancement in the field of higher education.
Monique Johnson-Jones, of Port Allen, Louisiana, completed her B.S. degree in biology at Xavier University of Louisiana. She went on to complete her M.S. degree in leadership and policy studies in higher education at the University of Memphis. While serving as the Director of Freshman Studies at Lane College, she enrolled in the doctoral program in leadership with a focus on higher education at Union University in Jackson, Tennessee. She completed this degree in May 2009. She went on to serve as the Associate Vice President of Academic Affairs and the Interim Vice President of Academic Affairs at Lane College. After her tenure at Lane College, she moved to Austin, Texas to serve as the Director of the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Center at Huston-Tillotson University. As Director of STEM, Dr. Johnson-Jones also served as Director of the Austin Pre-Freshman Engineering Program (AusPREP). This seven-week non-residential summer program for 7th – 10th graders was designed to attract more females and minority students to the STEM areas. Dr. Johnson-Jones also proudly served as a freshman seminar instructor to the engineering and computer science cohort of first-year students, and the Interim Director of the Office of Sponsored Programs. She is currently the Executive Director of Learning Support Services at Austin Community College. She lives in Austin with her husband Stefan Dana Jones and their dog, Jake. |
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