The Bearded Lady Project

Challenging the Face of Science

Lexi Jamieson Marsh, Ellen Currano (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

208 Seiten

2020
Columbia University Press (Verlag)
978-0-231-19804-2 (ISBN)

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Challenging persistent gender biases in the sciences, the Bearded Lady Project puts the spotlight on underrepresented geoscientists in the field and in the lab. This book pairs portraits of these scientists after donning fake beards with personal essays in which they tell their stories.

During a discussion of how women are treated in traditionally male-dominated fields, paleobotanist Ellen Currano lamented to filmmaker Lexi Jamieson Marsh that, as the only young and female faculty member in her department, she was not taken seriously by her colleagues. If only she had the right amount of facial hair, she joked, maybe they would recognize her expertise. The next morning, she saw a message from Lexi saying: Let’s do this. Let’s get beards. That simple remark was the beginning of the Bearded Lady Project.

Challenging persistent gender biases in the sciences, the project puts the spotlight on underrepresented geoscientists in the field and in the lab. This book pairs portraits of the scientists after donning fake beards with personal essays in which they tell their stories. The beautiful photography by Kesley Vance and Draper White—shot with a vintage large-format camera and often in the field, in deserts, mountains, badlands, and mudflats—recalls the early days of paleontological expeditions more than a century ago. With just a simple prop, fake facial hair, the pictures dismantle the stereotype of the burly, bearded white man that has dominated ideas of field scientists for far too long. Using a healthy dose of humor, The Bearded Lady Project celebrates the achievements of the women who study the history of life on Earth, revealing the obstacles they’ve faced because of their gender as well as how they push back.

Lexi Jamieson Marsh is the founder of the independent production company On Your Feet Entertainment and the director and producer of The Bearded Lady Project short and feature-length documentary films. She is currently visiting assistant professor of media and culture at Miami University. Ellen Currano is a paleontologist at the University of Wyoming with a joint appointment in the Department of Botany and the Department of Geology and Geophysics. Her research focuses on the response of ancient forest communities to environmental changes.

Foreword, by Lexi Jamieson Marsh
Part I: Why Challenge the Face of Science
1. “Pictures in Our Heads”: Challenging Stereotypes of Scientists and Science, by Amanda Diekman
2. What’s in a Name?, by Amy K. Guenther
3. Sex, Science, and Beards, by Kimberly A. Hamlin
4. What Is Paleontology?, by Ellen Currano
5. Spaces Paleontologists Inhabit, by Ellen Currano
6. The Lost Legacy, by Ellen Currano
7. The Power of Contradiction, by Catherine Badgley
Part II: Women in Paleontology
Stereotypes
8. “Fitting In”: Freedom in the Field, by Carole S. Hickman
9. A Female Paleontologist in the 1970s and 1980s, by Anna K. (“Kay”) Behrensmeyer
10. From Microfossils to Museums: Reflections on My Journey as an Earth Scientist, by Lisa White
11. Can You Be a Paleontologist Without a Ph.D.? (The Answer Is Yes) , by Ashley Hall
12. The Path Is Not Always Straight, by ReBecca Hunt-Foster
13. A Less Traveled and More Meandering Path, by Karen Chin
Women
14. Definition: Woman, by Amy K. Guenther
15. The Moments When I Am Not a Woman, by Leslea J. Hlusko
16. My Love-Hate Relationship with Waders, by Andrea D. Hawkes
17. The Balancing Act, by Patricia H. Kelley
18. Being Brave, by Bonnie Jacobs
Gender
19. Definition: Gender, by Amy K. Guenther
20. Just a Paleontologist, by Denise F. Su
21. Performing Gender in Paleontology, by Amy K. Guenther
22. Taking Off the Beard for Good, by Sara B. Pruss
Part III: Behind the Lens
23. Behind the Lens: Filming a Documentary, by Lexi Jamieson Marsh
24. Being with Artists in the Field, by Ellen Currano
25. Creating Portraits for The Bearded Lady Project, by Kelsey Vance
26. Field Notes, by Lexi Jamieson Marsh
Why Diversify Science
Pledge for Equality in the Sciences
Bibliography
Acknowledgments
The Photographers
Portraits
Marieke Dechesne
Kristine Zellman
Dr. Ellen Currano
Dr. Carole S. Hickman
Dr. Anna K. (“Kay”) Behrensmeyer
Jenna Kaempfer
Dr. Penny Higgins
Dr. Lisa White
Dr. Emily Orzechow and Dr. Caitlin Boas
Tripti Bhattacharya
Camilla Souto and Lucy Chang

Erscheinungsdatum	07.05.2020
Illustrationen	Kelsey Vance, Draper White
Zusatzinfo	11 photographs
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	216 x 279 mm
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
ISBN-10	0-231-19804-3 / 0231198043
ISBN-13	978-0-231-19804-2 / 9780231198042
Zustand	Neuware