University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Discourse in Science Communities: Issues of Language, Authority, and Gender in a Life Sciences Laboratory
Abstract
dc:description"Using ethnographic and discourse analytic methods, I present a detailed analysis of the discourse patterns in a life sciences laboratory group at a large research university. I show how language accomplishes the work of indexing and constituting social constraints, of maintaining or undermining the hierarchical power dynamics of the laboratory, of shaping members' presentation of self, and of modeling social and professional skills required to ""do science."" Despite the widespread conviction among scientists that ""the mind has no sex,"" my study details how gender marks many routine interactions in the lab, including an emphasis on competition, a reinforcement of sex-role stereotypes, and a conversational style that is in several respects more compatible with men's than women's forms of talk."
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Ph.D.
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Dissertation
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Communication
- Grantor
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Year dc:date
- 2015
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Conefrey, Theresa Catherine
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Treichler, Paula A.
Subjects
dc:subject × 1Rights
- Language dc:language
- eng
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Identifier
- (MiAaPQ)AAI9812564
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/87555