Includes bibliographical references and index.

From people to policies : enduring inequalities and inequities for women academics / Kristine De Welde and Andi Stepnick -- Glass ceilings and gated communities in higher education / Robert J. Hironimus-Wendt and Doreen A. Dedjoe -- Challenges of race and gender for black women in the academy / Candice P. Baldwin and Monica D. Griffin -- Contingent appointments and the diminishing voice, agency, and professionalism of women / Cecile H. Sam and Adrianna Kezar -- Faculty gender inequity and the 'just say no to service' fairytale / Karen Pyke -- The influence of departmental culture on academic parents' and pro-work behaviors / Julie A. Kmec, Shanyuan Foo, and Amy S. Wharton -- Assimilating to the norm : academic women's experiences with work-family policies / Catherine Richards Solomon -- The eldercare crisis and implications for women faculty / Gretal Leibnitz and Briana Kaefer Morrison -- Perpetuating inequality through the canons of disciplinary knowledge / Barret Katuna -- Characteristics and perceptions of women of color faculty nationally / Corrine Castro -- Women sociologists and the question of inclusion in the academy / Kristin Marsh -- Not the ideal professor : gender in the academy / Laura Hirshfield -- Intersectional invisibility and the academic work experience of lesbian faculty / Diana Bilimoria and Abigail J. Stewart -- Gender differences in faculty responses to contrapower harassment / Claudia Lampman -- Confronting faculty incivility and mobbing / Susan K. Gardner and Amy Blackstone -- Women of color in the academy / Molly Everett Davis, Halaevalu F. Ofehengaue Vakalahi, and Renay Scales -- Multiple perspectives for creating change in the academy / Elizabeth J. Allan -- With so many problems, where do we begin? : building a toolbox for change / Abby L. Ferber.