Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Mothering in the Academy

After becoming a mother over a decade ago, I was thrilled to find a few titles (Mama, Ph.D., Parenting and Professing, and The Family Track: Keeping Your Faculties while you Mentor, Nurture, Teach, and Serve) addressing the complicated and often difficult relationship that mother-scholars have with higher education. The past year has seen a spurt of new additions to this literature. On my shelf right now, waiting for the end of the semester, I have Mothers in Academia and Professor Mommy. I recently finished Academic Motherhood: How Faculty Manage Work and Family and reviewed some of the salient points for Nursing Clio, here. Clearly, inroads have been made but little has been solved yet and there is much to be discussed.