Women of the Wild

“Women of the Wild is an empowering, engaging, and intellectually stimulating set of chapters that depict, with delightful and sometime heart-wrenching detail, how women who work in field stations and marine laboratories (FSMLs) persevere, improvise, manage, and relate to others and their environmental challenges. From interview and case studies to autoethnographies, the varied approaches build new knowledge about and practical strategies for handling these women’s everyday experiences. Their inspirational chapters speak to the passion and resilience in human endeavors.” -- Patrice Buzzanell, Distinguished Professor, University of South Florida
“We tend to romanticize wildlife research in remote places, but that belies some serious challenges women in particular have to face in doing fieldwork. While the dangers of the wild make for thrilling and sometimes tragic tales, what we don’t often hear about are the particular risks women face from predatory men. Women of the Wild is a refreshing and powerful edited volume that brings together a variety of experiences of women doing research in remote field stations and marine laboratories around the world. This collection includes research-based articles, first person accounts, and fictionalized retellings of harrowing experiences and creative responses from women who nevertheless persisted. A must read for anyone who does fieldwork, has field researchers in their life, or simply enjoys reading about adventures in the wild.” -- Madhusudan Katti, NC State