This research examined challenges, choices, and decisions of women professors in higher
education. Special attention was given to Latina professors. This article reviewed the …

Growing research identifies problems in academia that contribute to the “leaky pipeline,”
wherein academia fails to retain women faculty due to salary inequalities (Ginther 2004) …

While Latino students are enrolling in greater numbers, Latino faculty have not seen similar
growth, making up only four percent of faculty nationwide. 4 These contrasting images …

This article reviews the results of a discipline-wide survey concerning lesbians, gays,
bisexuals, and the transgendered in the discipline. We find that both research and teaching …

Increased attention to racialized knowledge and methodological whiteness has swept the
political science discipline, especially international relations. Yet an important dimension of …

As more students of Color enter into Historically White Institutions (HWIs), the dearth of
mentors of Color continues to be an issue leaving students to rely on White mentors within …

Research indicates that increasing diversity in doctoral programs can positively affect
students' academic success. However, little research examines students' responses to …

Purpose–The aim of this conceptual paper is to explore Mentor-protégé fit as important to
the selection and development of successful doctoral student–faculty mentoring …

In this article I explore the experiences of women of color in the academy through the lens of
intersectionality. I use three major lessons of intersectionality research to frame the …

Women are underrepresented among political science faculty and leave academic careers
at far greater rates than their male colleagues. Women's lower research productivity is one …