Athena Vongalis-Macrow had just decided to leave her previous job and take some time off after a tough year when a position as a senior lecturer in the faculty of arts and education at Deakin University in Burwood, Australia came up. She decided to go for it, thinking she had nothing to lose.
Athena got the job. Now, she spends her time working with students, talking with colleagues and developing her latest research project or idea. Athena, who completed her Ph.D. in education at Monash University in Melbourne Australia, is specifically interested in the globalization of education, but also draws on her background in sociology, education and philosophy.
Athena's latest research considers women and leadership and works to capture the diversity in this field. She has co-authored posts for the Harvard Business Review blog titled "What Women Want in Their Leaders" and "Stop Stereotyping Female Leaders." Read on for more about her interesting research, including why she says pressures to be a "superwoman" have to end.