Communicating as Women in STEM
- 1st Edition - September 19, 2018
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Author: Charlotte Brammer
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 0 2 5 7 9 - 6
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 0 2 6 7 2 - 4
Communicating as Women in STEM discusses various communication styles, also demonstrating how principles can be applied during interpersonal interactions in day-to-day environme… Read more
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Request a sales quoteCommunicating as Women in STEM discusses various communication styles, also demonstrating how principles can be applied during interpersonal interactions in day-to-day environments. It provides women and other underrepresented groups, faculty and administrators with the tools they need to break barriers raised by different communication styles within the STEM fields. Sections cover tactics on how to become more aware of communication patterns and how to cope with, and improve, communication. This practical resource for women in the STEM fields is also ideal for mentors, educators, advisers and organizations interested in encouraging women to choose and remain in these fields.
- Enables women, minorities, faculty and administrators to develop broader communication skills
- Teaches constructive communication strategies for interaction with mentees, mentors, faculty, managers, colleagues and other professionals
- Contains observation exercises that include questions and sample scenarios to illustrate communication strategies
Women in STEM fields, STEM mentors, educators and advisers. The book could be used in specialized communication courses and mentorship programs that encourage women to choose and remain in STEM fields. It will also be useful for those who are in management within STEM-based organizations
1.Introduction: Understanding STEM cultures and communication expectations2.Gender roles/differences and communication expectations and violationsa.Gender roles/differences b.Verbal influencing strategies3.Making culture and implicit rules visiblea.Voice/paralanguageb.Listening/responding/turn-takingc.Body movement, placement, and imaged.The invisibles: time, smell, and touch4.Communicator styles: male/female/androgynousa.Bem’s sex role inventory and the value of androgynous communication style
- Edition: 1
- Published: September 19, 2018
- No. of pages (Paperback): 108
- No. of pages (eBook): 108
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128025796
- eBook ISBN: 9780128026724
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Charlotte Brammer
Author, speaker, and educator, Charlotte Brammer researches professional communication and the rhetoric of storytelling. A tenured professor at Samford University, Charlotte directs the writing center, training consultants to work with students from across the curriculum. With a Ph.D. in English/applied linguistics, she focuses on verbal as well as nonverbal interaction.
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor, Communication Studies and Director, Communication Resource Center, Samford University, Birmingham, AL, USARead Communicating as Women in STEM on ScienceDirect