Abstract��Targeting at female returnees in Shanghai research universities, this paper adopts qualitative method to explore the experiences of female academic returnees. Based on interviews with 10 female returnees, this study describes the female returnees’ academic career from their teaching identity, collaboration with researchers home and abroad, administrative management and working environment, and analyses how the experiences of overseas education and working, and how the female role have affected their academic career development.
2014, Vol. 17 
