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Overview
Amid these disadvantages, what is a Mama, PhD to do? This literary anthology brings together a selection of deeply felt personal narratives by smart, interesting women who explore the continued inequality of the sexes in higher education and suggest changes that could make universities more family-friendly workplaces.
The contributors hail from a wide array of disciplines and bring with them a variety of perspectives, including those of single and adoptive parents. They address topics that range from the level of policy to practical day-to-day concerns, including caring for a child with special needs, breastfeeding on campus, negotiating viable maternity and family leave policies, job-sharing and telecommuting options, and fitting into desk/chair combinations while eight months pregnant.
Candid, provocative, and sometimes with a wry sense of humor, the thirty-five essays in this anthology speak to and offer support for any woman attempting to combine work and family, as well as anyone who is interested in improving the university's ability to live up to its reputation to be among the most progressive of American institutions.
Editorial Reviews
author of Not-So-Nuclear Families: Class, Gender, and Networks of Care - Karen V. Hansen
"Well-written, personal, insightful and engaging, Mama, PhD gives an accurate glimpse into the feelings and conflicts that mothers in academia don't often reveal because such disclosure is felt to be unprofessional."author of Waiting for Birdy - Catherine Newman
"All those sleepless nights and dirty diapers and baby food in your hair-where's the discursive construction of motherhood when you need it? It's here, in these smart, funny, poignant essays that struggle to balance mind and body, to balance body and soul."author of Striking a Balance: Work, Family, Life - Robert Drago
"Through the voices of those who have weathered the storm, Mama, PhD provides invaluable lessons for young scholars-both men and women-striving to navigate family and academic careers."author of Mothers on the Fast Track: How a New Generation Can Balance Families - Mary Ann Mason
"This is a charming, heartfelt book that expresses the difficulties and the joys of combining a life in academia with motherhood. Each story is different, but the experiences and challenges are widely shared."Bitch Magazine - Katura Reynolds
"Each writer beautifully articulates the personal details of her own experiences. Whether working to conceal their family lives in order to maintain professional credibility, fighting with administrators for fair and flexible treatment, defiantly toting infants into the offices of their advisers, or dropping out of academia to search for different ways to combine intellect and motherhood, the contributors to Mama, PhD offer themselves up as potential role models to women wondering how to tackle these two demanding responsibilities."Women's Studies Quarterly - Arielle Kuperberg
"An optimistic narrative of work-family balance among women with PhDs. Mama PhD gave advice about achieving a successful work-family balance in academia, presented several models of success, and left me with a more optimistic view of my chances at balancing child raising with s successful career."Feminist Teacher
"A unique and potent mixture of memoir, analysis, and advocacy. Mama PhD stands out in its ability to blend testimony, analysis, and advocacy, from a variety of perspectives. This volume raises striking questions about women's changing roles."Product Details
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Meet the Author
Caroline Grant is Senior Editor and a columnist for Literary Mama. She holds a PhD in comparative literature from the University of California at Berkeley.
Table of Contents
Foreword Miriam Peskowitz xi
Acknowledgments xv
Introduction xvii
The Conversation
The Conversation Jamie Warner 3
In Medias Res Sonya Huber 11
Scholar, Negated Jessica Smartt Gullion 16
Student/Body Sheila Squillante 20
On Being Phyllis's Daughter: Thoughts on Academic Intimacy Laura Levitt 25
Engineering Motherhood Jennifer Eyre White 31
The Wire Mother Susan O'Doherty 39
Fitting In Elrena Evans 49
Motherhood after Tenure: Confessions of a Late Bloomer Aeron Haynie 55
That Mommy Thing
First Day of School Amy Hudock 63
Two Boards and a Passion: On Theater, Academia, and the Art of Failure Anjalee Deshpande Nadkarni 66
Living (!) A Life I Never Planned Rosemarie Emanuele 72
Coming to Terms at Full Term Natalie Kertes Weaver 77
One Mama's Dispensable Myths and Indispensable Machines Angelica Duran 80
That Mommy Thing Alissa McElreath 89
Failure toProgress: What Having a Baby Taught Me about Aristotle, Advanced Degrees, Developmental Delays, and Other Natural Disasters Irena Auerbuch Smith 93
Infinite Calculations Della Fenster 103
I Stand Here Teaching: Tillie Olsen and Maternity in the Classroom Julia Lisella 109
The Facts, the Stories Leah Bradshaw 116
I Am Not a Head on a Stick: On Being a Teacher and a Doctor and a Mommy Elisabeth Rose Gruner 123
Lip Service Jennifer Cognard-Black 129
Body Double Leslie Leyland Fields 136
Recovering Academic
The Long and Winding Road Jean Kazez 145
The Bags I Carried Caroline Grant 149
One of the Boys Martha Ellis Crone 159
Free to Be ... Mom and Me: Finding My Complicated Truth as an Academic Daughter Megan Pincus Kajitani 168
Nontraditional Academics: At Home with Children and a PhD Susan Bassow Dana Campbell Liz Stockwell 174
A Great Place to Have a Baby Rebecca Steinitz 184
Recovering Academic Jennifer Margulis 189
Momifesto
The Orange Kangaroo Nicole Cooley Julia Spicher Kasdorf 201
Ideal Mama, Ideal Worker: Negotiating Guilt and Shame in Academe Jean-Anne Sutherland 213
In Theory/In Practice: On Choosing Children and the Academy Lisa Harper 222
Motherhood Is Easy; Graduate School Is Hard Tedra Osell 231
Momifesto: Affirmations for the Academic Mother Cynthia Kuhn Josie Mills Christy Rowe Erin Webster Garrett 237
In Dreams Begin Possibilities-Or, Anybody Have Time for a Change? Judith Sanders 247
Contributors 251