International Studies Compendium Project

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Section editors: Meredith Reid Sarkees, Women and Politics Institute, American University; Vicki Golich, Metropolitan State College of Denver; Mary K. Meyer Incorporating Women into International Studies: Working Their Way In International Studies as a Discipline and Women's Status Therein Measuring “Success” for Women in International Studies in Academic Settings Organizing Strategies for Advancing Women in International Studies Women and Academic Organizations in International Studies Women National Leaders Women and Publishing in International Studies Women Teaching International Studies Meredith Reid Sarkees, Women and Politics Institute, American University; Vicki Golich, Metropolitan State College of Denver; Mary K. Meyer In the 1980s, the meetings of the International Studies Association (ISA) could be pretty isolating and lonely places for women. As the information in this collection of ISA's Compendium Project essays demonstrates, the vast majority of women who pursued careers in international studies or international relations encountered alienation or hostility from male faculty and students along the way. The prevailing “wisdom” of the day – that women were not, could not, and should not be knowledgeable about world politics – often led to subtle and more openly expressed attitudes that international studies was not a suitable place for ... log in or subscribe to read full text