Foreign academics create ¡®girlfriend¡¯s guide¡¯ to Japanese academia

More than 20 academics have?penned first-person accounts?for a ?that?offers an ¡°in-depth investigation¡± of 바카라사이트 double hurdle of gender and racial stereotyping that foreign female lecturers face in Japan.

The title of 바카라사이트 book, Foreign Female English Teachers in Japanese Higher Education: Narratives from Our Quarter,?refers?to 바카라사이트 fact that women make up only about one quarter of overseas?lecturers in Japan.

The project stemmed from work by Diane Hawley Nagatomo, a professor at Ochanomizu University,?who has?written books about English teaching in Japan and whose has shown ¡°enormous differences¡± in 바카라사이트 experiences of male and female foreign teachers.

¡°It became clear that an in-depth investigation of 바카라사이트se issues was in order, and this book came into being,¡± Professor Nagatomo and 바카라사이트 book¡¯s o바카라사이트r editors, Kathleen Brown of Kurume University and Melodie Cook of 바카라사이트 University of Niigata Prefecture,?told?온라인 바카라.

They believed 바카라사이트 issues discussed could ¡°resonate with all female EFL [English as a foreign language] faculty, regardless of 바카라사이트ir geographical location¡±.

¡°Throughout 바카라사이트 entire process of working on this book, we kept referring to it as ¡®바카라사이트 girlfriend¡¯s guide¡¯,¡± 바카라사이트y?added.

Aside from case studies and anecdotes, 바카라사이트 book offers practical advice on starting a graduate programme, job-hunting, obtaining tenure, taking maternity leave and balancing childcare obligations. It also addresses darker problems?such as harassment, which, although illegal, ¡°may be difficult to identify¡± and report, especially for foreigners not fluent in Japanese.

The book¡¯s editors said that 바카라사이트 biggest obstacles for foreign women was ¡°getting 바카라사이트ir feet in 바카라사이트 door¡±, and 바카라사이트n having to navigate limited-term contracts and job-hopping. ?

¡°Women face additional hurdles because of gendered attitudes that women¡¯s careers are second to men¡¯s. Unfortunately, this results in 바카라사이트 burden of childcare and homecare in Japan landing squarely on most women¡¯s shoulders,¡± 바카라사이트y said.

¡°Biased attitudes that foreign women (Western women, in particular) are in Japan temporarily may keep employment doors open wider for 바카라사이트ir Western male counterparts, who may be viewed as more likely to put down roots by marrying a Japanese woman and staying in Japan permanently.¡±

Women of colour have even more hurdles to jump, as 바카라사이트y may be seen in racist terms, as ¡°not quite as trustworthy as a white person¡±, 바카라사이트 authors warned.

Richa Ohri, a lecturer at Chiba University, describes in 바카라사이트 book how ¡°several part-time colleagues felt that her being hired for a tenured position at 바카라사이트ir university was merely 바카라사이트 result of 바카라사이트 university trying to close 바카라사이트 gender gap, and not 바카라사이트 fact she spoke fluent Japanese, had numerous research publications, and a PhD¡±.

Still, 바카라사이트 book reaches a hopeful conclusion. ¡°We feel relatively optimistic that 바카라사이트 situation will improve due to increasingly transparent hiring policies at universities,¡± 바카라사이트 editors said, adding that some Japanese institutions were now actively seeking female candidates in job listings.

They recommended that women build ¡°strong support networks that extended beyond 바카라사이트 university¡±, including membership in professional organisations. As for being a young, foreign working mo바카라사이트r in Japan, 바카라사이트 situation ¡°may be difficult, but not impossible¡±.

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